sample of photo-resist carved stone Etched shower panel - closeup Sandblasted for Mercury Glass Company in Phoenix Az. Designed by Bob 

Heathcote / Sandblasted by Ron Branch for Mercury Glass Company in Phoenix Av. Designed and sandblasted by 

Ron Branch for Mercury Glass Company in Phoenix Az. close up Birch trees 

sandblasted on clear glass by Ron Branch for Rich Lamothe and Chuck Franklin Grapevine sandblasted on clear glass for Chuck Franklin Glass Studio in Portland Oregon Grapevine close up Slumped form by Ray Algren of 'Fireart' in Portland Oregon. Carved fluting by Ron Branch Comissioned stained glass and wire sculpture by Ron 

Branch Designed by Miles Macgregor and sandblasted by Ron Branch for Mercury Glass Company in Phoenix Az.

Office Upgrade

April 4th, 2010 by Ron Branch

summa cutter for sandblast stencil

summa cutter for sandblast stencil Two years ago when I started creating my home workspace I made a special nook in the office with the hope that someday I might be able to fill it with a very special tool, one that I have wanted for many years. It’s hard to believe it actually happened, the Summa has arrived! The importance of owning our own plotter became obvious over these first few months of working at home. As a glass etching studio perhaps we could have sustained ourselves without one, but as far as diversity of products and competitive pricing, the horizon is now significantly wider.

Slideshow of Studio

March 13th, 2010 by Ron Branch

glass workshop Vancouver WaTook some photos of my little workshop last night. To check them out, click on the image to the left.

Construction is done for now. There is still plenty I would love to do to the place, such as putting in a ceiling, and doing something with the floor – but those things will have to wait for a while, I have actual glass jobs to do!

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Moving Right Along

January 5th, 2010 by Ron Branch

Ron Branch sandblastingThe sandblast booth is done at last, which is good – it’s going to be a busy end of the year for us. The website is also pretty much done now, a bit bare bones at the moment, but I have big plans for it.

…and a Happy New Year!

January 2nd, 2010 by Ron Branch

snowing in Vancouver WaWe did finally get some snow, but it was a few days late. It was completely unexpected and unforecast – the weather-folks up here were quite embarrassed. Four inches dumped on us during rush-hour and caused some people to be stuck in traffic for as long as five hours!

The Florida restaurant job is complete, and we are getting ready for the next job, which is another big one – a library. Hopefully for this one we will have time to take pictures.