def·i·ni·tion – Page 17 – defəˈniSH(ə)n/ noun : a statement that describes what something is. ← yep

Rooster Mosaic

February 7, 2010 No Comments

My wife and business partner Micky has finished her first mosaic.

She did a great job, but is disappointed in how long it took. I’m going to do my best to get her to do more. Her hands are very gifted in whatever she works on. If she does a few more I’m sure she’ll come up with plenty of tricks for speed, and I’ll never be able to keep up with her.

Her next project will be even more ambitious – five stained glass windows for the “Farm Cafe” in Portland Oregon which she will be starting in about a week. I’ll be doing a little photo spread of the process as it unfolds here on the website.

Carved Stone

Pet Memorial

February 5, 2010 No Comments

I got a chance to do something in stone today. This was the fourth pet grave marker I’ve done in about a month.

I like working with stone so much that I think I will actively market this particular product as best I can to the Vancouver area. I’m not yet sure what the best way to do this would be. Probably brochures in pet stores or a small add in the paper? I like that it helps someone who is in pain. The marker is a physical and symbolic statement; it says, “you were important to me, and I’m never going to forget you”.

Carved Stone

Pet Memorial

February 5, 2010 No Comments

I got a chance to do something in stone today. This was the fourth pet grave marker I’ve done in about a month.

I like working with stone so much that I think I will actively market this particular product as best I can to the Vancouver area. I’m not yet sure what the best way to do this would be. Probably brochures in pet stores or a small add in the paper? I like that it helps someone who is in pain. The marker is a physical and symbolic statement; it says, “you were important to me, and I’m never going to forget you”.

Etched Glass

Etched Glass for Cabinet

January 26, 2010 No Comments

Here is a job that just came through – clear cabinet door glass with a stained glass pattern sandblasted onto it. It’s what we call a “simple etch” – just peel and shoot. Click on the image to see the steps involved for even the simplest of projects.

This is also called a “single stage blast”. It is basically two-tone, black and white, or in this case – clear glass and solidly sandblasted glass. Often the work involves many more tones, or “shades of gray”. In multi-stage blasting this just means that parts of it are less than solidly blasted.

studio info

Moving Right Along

January 5, 2010 No Comments

The 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.