Engraved glass images

[David]

Mike is going to try to resize some of my images so they can be posted on the forum. If he is successful, the first two images you'll see are the following: Both pieces are drill engraved utilizing a HNSY micromotor and a variety of diamond-tipped burs, abrasive stones, and rubber abrasives. The HNSY is similar to Dremel micromotors, but much easier to use and has some advantages that Dremel does not, or did not have at the time I bought the HNSY.

The Bouvier herding the sheep is from a photo by Mike, which he graciously gave me permission to use. The jade glass crescent was donated to NAWBA for their national specialty a couple years ago, and was auctioned on eBay if my memory serves me correctly. The Bouvier head study on the decanter is a piece I donated as Best of Breed trophy for one of my kennel clubs dog shows.

When I started feeling confident about my engraved glass work, I started donating pieces for dog show trophies, almost exclusively Bouvier images. Since then, I have started doing numerous other breeds both as commissioned pieces and just to donate at shows to make our clubs trophy tables more interesting. Some of the other breeds I have done include Affenpinscher (our second breed), rottweiler, schnauzer, Polish lowland sheepdog, English springer spaniel, Clumber spaniel, black Russian terrier, golden retriever, Bassett hound, and several more.

David