Glass and stone sculpture/paperweights/shiny baubles I like to make. I ran across an artist making them on YouTube, looked at what he charged for them, and then decided to learn to make them myself. Hope you enjoy!
Glass and stone sculpture/paperweights/shiny baubles I like to make. I ran across an artist making them on YouTube, looked at what he charged for them, and then decided to learn to make them myself. Hope you enjoy!
That’s so cool! What are they made of and how do you make them?
Thanks! They are made of stone and laminated glass.
To make them I cut the rock and make a flat face, then laminate multiple sheets of regular glass and one of dichroic glass with UV resin, and glue it to the stone. Once everything is set nicely I shape it on a tile saw, then grind and polish the faces with a flat lap machine and a massive wet belt sander.
Nevermind I get it now! I missed that it was a bunch of slides resined together
That’s a great idea! I feel like I’m not understanding fully though; how do you grind and polish the faces after laminating?
Once it’s a solid piece I can cut it with a tile saw. That kind of saw can’t really cut you, so I just do it by hand. Once it’s in the right shape I grind it down through various grits and then polish it with cerium oxide.