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Trying out glass etching with some vintage tiki graphics |
Mo-Eye
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Joined: May 17, 2006
Posts: 600
From: Costa Mesa, CA
|  Posted: 2009-01-17 1:06 pm Permalink
Aloha,
I was having some fun and trying my hand at some glass etching. Used some vintage tiki graphics and etched them on to some new glasses. What do you think?? These were quite a pain to get a good photograph of them. Any suggestions? Would it help to have them filled with a dark liquid?
Kauai Surf Hotel logo 
Tiki from an old Matson letterhead
Philadelphia Pub Tiki
Mahalo!
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MadDogMike
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Joined: Mar 30, 2008
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From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2009-01-17 2:57 pm Permalink
Very nice work Mo-Eye, nice detail and good even coverage. Using etching cream and contact paper mask? It's difficult to do with a drinking glass but you could do a tiki in the forground (outside of the glass) and some big tropical leaves in the background (inside the glass) - or even 3 layers; outside, inside, and back of glass.
I think the photos look great like they are. Etching is a subtle art - sometimes hard to even see, let alone photograph.
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Sneakytiki
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From: Boise, Idaho
| Posted: 2009-01-17 4:22 pm Permalink
Very SWANK!
Nicely done.
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Mo-Eye
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Joined: May 17, 2006
Posts: 600
From: Costa Mesa, CA
| Posted: 2009-01-19 12:08 pm Permalink
Thanks guys.
I started with the contact paper, but found it was much easier to just print the graphics right on to shipping labels, stick on the glass, and cut away.
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tiki-smith
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Joined: Jun 14, 2008
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From: Los Angeles
| Posted: 2009-01-19 12:37 pm Permalink
WOW! Awesome work!!! -very elegant.
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MadDogMike
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Posts: 6412
From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2009-01-19 4:23 pm Permalink
Shipping labels in the printer - Smart!
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Mo-Eye
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Joined: May 17, 2006
Posts: 600
From: Costa Mesa, CA
| Posted: 2009-01-19 6:32 pm Permalink
Here's a few more I just finished.
NY Bali Hai
Another Kauai Surf
and a Trader Vic's
There's a bunch of subtle detail around this guy's mouth that you can't see.
Mahalo!
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Mo-Eye
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Joined: May 17, 2006
Posts: 600
From: Costa Mesa, CA
| Posted: 2009-02-23 1:52 pm Permalink
Aloha!
I had some time and did a few more designs - I love doing these!
Tiki Ho maori face
Set of 4 Waikikian cut outs
Aloha!!
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MadDogMike
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From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2009-02-23 2:50 pm Permalink
Mo-Eye - the blue glasses are sweet, the etching shows up so much better than on clear glass. Are they regular colored glasses?
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Mo-Eye
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Joined: May 17, 2006
Posts: 600
From: Costa Mesa, CA
| Posted: 2009-02-23 3:20 pm Permalink
MDM,
It's actually just the lighting. In regular light, the etching on the blue glasses is very subtle, almost hard to see. I photographed them in a dark room, with a restricted light underneath and a flash, and the etching just popped out in the photos.
It was all luck!
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OceaOtica
Grand Member (8 years) 
Joined: Sep 29, 2003
Posts: 869
From: la, home of Tiki Ti
| Posted: 2009-02-23 3:37 pm Permalink
Man, these are cool, are the glasses still food safe after the etching? if so i really want to make some for my home bar. I really dig the cut outs too, nice work!
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Mo-Eye
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Joined: May 17, 2006
Posts: 600
From: Costa Mesa, CA
| Posted: 2009-02-23 4:56 pm Permalink
Yes, completely food safe.
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little lost tiki
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From: Orange,CA-right near the Circle!
| Posted: 2009-02-23 10:09 pm Permalink
very cool Mo-eye!
You've mastered this in an amazing amount of time!
what tikibar wouldn't want the whole set of these?
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