| Here's an interesting little
piece of flashed glass.� Flashed glass has a thin layer of color on one side of
usually clear glass.� Sometimes you can also get flashed on colored glass, which
makes for interesting blasting. The object is to blast through the color into the clear.� On this piece of test glass, you can see different shades of the red flashing as I blasted partially though it on the bottom. |
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Wood can also be fun to blast on.� This piece is redwood with vertical grain, that is the grain runs from the top to the bottom of the piece rather than along the length or width. � Blasting takes the softer grain out leaving the harder grain remaining but greatly textured and lower in profile. I find that hand carving designs for wood seems to work the best, however plastic stick-on letters work well too. |
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This is also a wood carving but done in pine.� Pine is a nice soft wood for blasting, however the grain is much larger than redwood.� Also the grain is quarter sawn instead of vertical, so it appears as little waves rather then the thin lines of grain in redwood.� This piece is about 5" wide and has been antiqued for effect.� It makes a nice personalized curio for desk or shelf. |
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