Etch Pattern for Cocktail Glasses
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I want to etch a pattern in these glasses I recently won in an auction. I am looking for a lace or snowflake or flower design that will wrap around the top of the glass. I can't figure out how to edit a flat pattern to work for the upper portion. Does anyone know how to do this? Or have ready made patterns, (I Google'd and searched the entire web)!?
10 answers
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You might try using a doily.
Debbie Harris
on Nov 17, 2013
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I cut a pattern out of contact paper, and then use etching cream (you can get the etching cream from any craft or hobby store). Follow the directions on the container. Be sure to press the contact paper on to the glass as smooth as possible.
Lisa
on Nov 17, 2013
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Do you have a particular pattern in mind that you would like to use? That may make our answers a tad more applicable.My first thought was to divide your flat pattern into 4 (number them tho in the order as you would like them to be applied to your round piece. Let us know what you decide to do AND we want pictures too!.......lolol
GrandmaCarol Speight
on Nov 18, 2013
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If you have access to a silhouette or cricut, you can cut your own stencils from contact paper, and use the glass etching cream.
Deborah S
on Nov 18, 2013
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So, maybe my original question wasn't clear. I understand the etching cream and contact paper part, I am asking more about making the pattern. Since it isn't a cylinder but a cone, how do I get a design to wrap correctly?
Julie Benson-Grant
on Nov 18, 2013
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You'll have to adapt whatever design you choose and cut it into much smaller pieces and then apply. Each section will have to be trimmed at an angle where the bottom is smaller than the top. It will be more time consuming but that's the only way you'll be able to wrap it around. With either snowflakes or flowers, you could apply each one individually and if you wanted to have any kind of connecting design you do it free hand by applying the etching medium with a fine tipped paint brush. You could buy a cheap dollar store glass in the same shape and experiment on that first.
Shari
on Nov 19, 2013
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I just recently started collecting items for my new hobby of high speed carving on glass, gourds, mirrors and eggs. Welburn Gourd Farm has stick 'n burn design transfer sheets for sale. They are $9.95 per six sheets with two sheets of different designs and the rest are copies of those designs. They also have blank sheets that you can copy a design on from your laser/ink jet printer. You just peel off the design paper after you have cut out the design you want and place it where you want on the object you are working with. Then you can use the high speed carver to cut along the pattern lines, however in your case you could use the pattern to copy to your contact paper. Don't know if this will help, but thought I'd let you know. Who knows, you might like high speed carving! :). I do not work for SCM, but that is the company the Power Carver comes from and I am so excited to start carving/etching on glass I just had to share that excitement!
Gramma Carol
on Nov 19, 2013
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not knowing your design in mind...i'm not sure if this will help you or not. You can try clipping up a little bit from the bottom toward the top ...1/4 inch or so..then repeat the cuts every 1/2 inch or son. Then, when you stick it to the glass...the bottom pieces will have enough slack that they will overlap each other just a little bit-but enough that it should lay on the glass o.k. As long as your pattern won't be messed up with the overlap - this should work. if it doesn't seem to lay flat enough..adjust your cuttings..you can go up higher toward the top and increase or decrease the amount between the slits. hope you can understand this...kind of hard to explain
Tammy w
on Nov 19, 2013
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Definitely some good ideas and will try some out. I may have an idea from a graphic designer for adapting the design in Photoshop that I may try as well. Thanks to everyone who responded! Once I get some done, I will post some "after" photos!
Julie Benson-Grant
on Nov 19, 2013
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Martha Stewart has fabulous stuff available in craft stores - you can paint on the "etched" design - bake them and they are dishwasher safe and look great -
Trisha Flaherty
on Nov 19, 2013
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