Did this for a client a couple of years back. Carved 5/8" thick glass. Life size. Built into led light boxes set on motion sensors. He was an Elvis freak. I'm a fan so I didn't mind as much. I also got to pick what era Elvis. This dude was a serious collector. He had clothes of the king on manequins with pictures of Elvis wearing them in floating plexi boxes. His record collection was insane.

THat fuckin rocks!!! How long did it take you to do that. You got crazy skills man. Love seeing your work always.

thanks man, this piece probably took about a week from layout to stencil to sandblast.

man, all i can say is that it's just great. i love it alot. again, amazing work man.

This is the most impressive thing I've seen from you! Not saying I LIKE it more than anything else, but it's INSANE! AMAZING! Perfect choice for the era too.

TCB!

Lamour, you're supreme.....!!!

KILLAH! How does sandblastin work?

thanks everyone.... Glad I could contribute to the many talents on this board. As far as the process of sandblasting, it works very similar to the etching kits you buy. Just on a larger, more industrial level. First you need glass. You can use tempered glass which basically means it's cooked in an oven. The glass is heat treated for strength as well as safety. If the glass breaks, it shatters in small pieces instead of large shards which kill. You can only etch tempered glass because of its properties or else it shatters. For this project, I had to carve deep into the glass so I used non tempered. 5/8" is pretty damn thick so I just went with regular glass. I then stretch the buttercut stencil material on the glass. Remove bubbles. Lay up the art work. Once the artwork is layed up, take an x-acto knife and start cutting. Once the stencil is cut, you can start sandblasting. I use aluminum oxide. 100 grit which is very, very fine sand. Pour it into my sandblasting machine which is a large tank that holds it all. A large compressor feeds the aluminum oxide through a fat hose with a ceramic tip .
It pumps the aluminum oxide at very high pressures which carves into the glass. Similar to airbrushing but using aluminum oxide instead of paint.
I hope this helps.

This is so awesome, if i thought i could follow those instructions at all i would be busting out a gloved thriller era MJ, or a danzig, or maybe a full on zombie army in creepy blues and greens. Actually if i knew how to do that nobody would ever see me again and i would be surrounded by glass.

Wow, this is fantastic. You can do it all Lamour! I like the era you have chosen for this peice. Its absolutely perfect

That's too awesome!!!! Would love to see some kaiju characters to take on the king! Great stuff Lamour!!!!!