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.

Door Inserts

March 21st, 2010 by Ron Branch

sandblasted glassSometimes simple projects can be more difficult than they look. One would assume in looking at the lines in this design that they are the simple combination of a line and an arc, but not so. The curve of the arc actually lessens to meet the line – more like an oval.

One of the more difficult tasks in sandblasting is shading large areas evenly. There are no guarantees that your sand will shoot with perfect consistency, in fact I can almost promise you it won’t. Nor is it possible to force the human body to perform with absolute machine like precision. Shadows in the booth can also deceive the blaster into thinking it looks perfect.

These are all reasons that being an adrenaline junky is a helpful personality trait in this business. The challenge in this project was to try to evenly blast the middle areas. Click on the thumbnail to see how it turned out.

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