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Etched Glass for Gates: Making an Entrance

March 8th, 2010 by lgannett – Comments (0)

Courtyard and Entry Gate Glass with etched and frosted glass designs will truly create a custom look that’ll truly “make an entrance” into your home!

"Shielded Retreat" This is an all glass gate, that has support frames at the bottom edges and two vertical.

"Triple Jump" 3D Carved and shaded, these are glass panels, inserted into metal frames.

Coordinating the front door glass with the entry gate glass will take it to an even higher level of “custom!”

"Trails" gate glass. A center door panel and two "sidelite" panels.

The glass can be etched or frosted and 3D carved to any level of privacy, whether you need a little or a lot and since there’s no limit to the design possibilities, Sans Soucie Art Glass can create the perfect look to compliment your architecture and decor.

"Falling Squares" This stunning, contemporary design is on a pair of Frameless Courtyard Doors.

"Streamline" All Glass Entry Gate, Frosted Glass design on Bronze Glass

Take a look inside our Custom Gate Glass Gallery to view dozens of examples. You can choose from any of the designs in our galleries, or let Sans Soucie create an all new design, specifically created just for you.

Inside our Online Galleries, you can view hundreds of pieces, by Type of Piece or Type of Design. Take a virtual tour of our showroom and read the bio of our principal artist, Chauncey W. Gannett. There’s even a page with Pricing Examples. Read about some of our Commercial Commissions and even Request a Quote. For further details, and to request a custom quote, Contact Us.

"Triptic" Gate Glass. This glass is exposed on the top edges, and we've added custom chiseled iregular edging. There are narrow sidelite panels wth a center door glass.

Tags: custom entry gates, etched glass gate, Gate Glass
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Contemporary Door Glass: Frosted, Carved & Hand Painted

February 2nd, 2010 by lgannett – Comments (0)

This homeowner was looking for a contemporary glass design for their front entry. Our client had the fantastic idea of combining two of our most popular designs into one! Our “Triptic” Design, and our “Water Trails” design were combined to create this gorgeous new geometric, contemporary design aptly named “Triptic Water Trails”.

Straight on View of "Triptic Water Trails" Entry Door Glass

The background area of the glass is the “Water Trails” .. the glass is frosted, leaving narrow wavy lines running vertically down the glass.

Close up view, showing textures.

Wide rectangles of varying widths and carved textures were added to the upper portion. Our Triptic design features the same sort of feel with its odd-shaped, irregular edged rectangles. The textures vary from smoother to a more deepr “bumpy” texture we call “Moonscape”, to wavy, narrow, vertical grooves.

We’re sure this will prove to be a very popular design!

Visit our Abstract Designs Door Glass Gallery or our Geometric Designs Door Gallery to view dozens of design options and examples like these.

Tags: contemporary glass, entry door glass, etched hand painted glass entry door, frosted glass door
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Sans Soucie Etched & Carved Glass Signature Design: Rugged Retreat

December 8th, 2009 by lgannett – Comments (0)

Frameles Glass Shower Enclosure etched and carved with "Rugged Retreat" design by Sans Soucie.

Originally designed and created early on when we first began exploring the art of etched and carved glass many, many years ago, one of our most popular “signature designs” was birthed: The abstract design, “Rugged Retreat”. This abstract texture will compliment and coordinate with a very wide variety of design and architectural styles and is custom designed each and every time, for each individual piece of glass, whether it be for a window, an all glass frameless door, shower, or divider panel or partition, so it is constantly changed and adapted.

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Frameless Entry of etched and carved glass Rugged Retreat design.

Etched, carved glass Sculputre in "Rugged Retreat" design.

The word “abstract” is defined as “nonrepresentational”, and that’s a very good description for this design. It does, however at times, and on some pieces, seem to take on the feel of hills or mountains with it’s various peaks and valleys within. The movement in the design is “contradictory’ … the top features waves that border or outline the top edges, with the bottom section showing wide wavy “swoops” that also climb and descend.

Tub window glass etched and carved with Rugged Retreat.

These are free standing shower partitions, that were crated and shipped out of state, so this photograph is taken at our Studio. The panels are chiseled irregular at the adjoining edges.

As with all our designs, Rugged Retreat is executed a number of different ways, depending on what it’s being applied to, and also at various levels of privacy, depending on the need.

Frameless Glass Entry, bronze glass etched and carved with Rugged Retreat design.

Door Glass etched and carved with Sans Soucie Rugged Retreat design.

Tags: abstract glass designs, carved glass, decorative glass, etched glass, frameless glass doors, freeform glass, glass patterns
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Etched Glass Shelves & Shelving with Custom Edges

November 20th, 2009 by lgannett – Comments (0)

Glass Corners Shelves, etched and carved in Sans Soucie's "Moonscape" Texturer

As with any of our custom glass products, glass shelving of any size, shape, thickness and design can be created for multiple uses, for any area of your home! From custom glass bar shelves, to glass corner shelves, our etched and carved glass designs add a gorgeous custom look, perfectly suited to compliment your decor.

Etched glass bar top with coordinated glass bar shelves, "Moonscape" Texture

Take a look at the “Moonscape Bar Counter & Shelves”. These glass corner shelves are etched and carved on the underside of the glass, in our “Moonscape” texture,ustom designed to coordinate with the bar top, that is also carved with the Moonscape texture, and features colored glass as well.

etched floating glass bathroom shelf

Even the simple, “Small Chiseled Shelves” are a beautiful as well as functional addition to this bathroom! These small glass shelves have a chiseled irregular edge, and are floating above the commode. They are just the right size,to hold a few decorative items, off-set from one another for a nice, balanced look.

etched glass wall shelf

Glass Niche Shelves with Iceberg, chiseled edges

Another great example of what can be done in glass, where custom size shelving is needed, are these “Iceberg Edge Shelves” that are installed inside two side niches of an entertainment center. On these glass shelves, the custom edge is sandblast actually etched and carved on the top surface, for a different effect. Again, they’re custom fit for inside the niches, floating on top of stainless steel round peg supports and coordinate beautifully with the beautiful art glass pieces and vases set on each. The custom lighting inside the niches is crucial, highlighting and setting if all off perfectly.

Glass Shelf installed inside niches on either side of an entertainment center. Glass is etched and carved on the top surface.

Tags: bar glass shelves, corner glass shelf, corner shelving, decorative shelving, display shelving, etched glass shelf, etched glass shelving, floating shelving, Glass shelves, glass shelving, glass wall shelves
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Custom Wrought Iron Gate Glass: Making an Entrance!

November 6th, 2009 by lgannett – Comments (1)

"Leaf Gate", Frames by Smiley's Metal Craft, Inc.

Wrought iron gates transform into beautiful, illuminated works of art with decorative etched glass inserts by Sans Soucie Art Glass! Custom gate glass panels are inserted into metal, steel, iron gate frames, or wood frames, and are etched and carved with custom designs to compliment the exterior textures and architecture of the home.

The glass will be tempered for strength, and depending on whether we surface etch or sculpture carve the design into the glass, the glass thickness will typically range from 1/4″ thick up to 1/2″ thick. Glass inserts are made to custom fit any shape or form within the frame, whether it be an iron gate, or wood gate frame. The most popular glass color is still regular clear glass, but bronze or grey glass can also be used.

At Sans Soucie, “we do glass”, and so unless the gate is to be an all glass or frameless gate, we will be installing our glass into our clients’ pre-existing frame. If they’re starting from scratch and need to create an all new gate, we refer our clients to a custom metal craft or wrought iron fabrication company. If you’re in our area, one company we’ve worked with for years is Smiley’s Metal Craft, Inc. They do fantastic work, creating all sorts of custom metal products, and fabricated the Leaf Gate Frames shown here.

To learn more about the advantages between an iron gate or wood frame gate, you may want to check out a couple of articles I found online:

• Wrought Iron vs. Wood Gates on about.com

• Metal vs. Wood Electric Gates on doityourself.com

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"Triptic" Entry Gate & Accent Glass, with coordinated Entry Door Glass.

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"Z Bevels" Courtyard Doors, leading to Entry Doors

In addition to the standard full gate frame, there are limitless configurations like “L” shaped, where the glass sits in a frame supported on the bottom and outside edges, making it “frameless” on top and where the centers meet, as well as arched and radius top frames.

Everyone who visits your home may not notice the special picture or flower arrangement or other beautiful design element you’ve hand selected and placed inside your home, but make no mistake: Every person entering will of course “pass thru the gate” and front door, and will see the attention to detail and without question notice a custom glass design that’s been featured inside the entry gate, then continued and featured on the front doors!

See examples of coordinated gate and door glass on pieces our web site like Triptic Gate Glass, Z Bevels II, Sun Odyssey Angles and Reeds Entry. (Be sure to scroll down to “additional photos”).

From abstract designs to contemporary, and patterns to landscapes, come visit our etched, Gate Glass Gallery and see dozens of examples, custom designed for our individual clients.

Tags: custom gate glass, custom gates, decorative gates, entry gate, entry glass, etched glass, fences and gates, Gate Glass, iron doors, metal gate, ornamental gates, steel gate, wrought iron gates
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Glass Panels Separate with Style!

October 27th, 2009 by lgannett – Comments (1)

"Swan Song" Glass Panel Interior Partition

Glass Panels are a fantastic way to separate an area. Depending upon type of design applied to the glass, the panels can create privacy where needed, or simply add a beautiful custom look suitable to the decor where an open feel is desired, but privacy may not necessarily be needed.

"Galloping in the Vistas"

Different types of custom glass panels etched and carved by Sans Soucie would include free standing dividers, enclosed bath and shower partitions, glass handrails, narrow fixed partitions, accent glass and pony wall dividers. All of these are available in any custom size or configuration.

In some areas, the only thing that’s needed is a glass panel separation, to create sound privacy in areas such as an office or conference area. In those instances, simple etched or frosted bands with corporate logos are often applied to wall and partition glass, bringing in the company brand. Any size logo can be applied to any height level on the glass.

"Abstract Hills" Glass Panel Partitions

"Renaissance Waves" partitionglass at Long Beach Renaissance Hotel

For other areas where visual privacy is needed, we’ll apply frosting or glass etching over the majority of the glass surface. Again, any custom look is possible, so there’s no limit to what can be featured.

Another fantastic custom element for glass panels are chiseled irregular edges. The chiseling can follow the design elements, such as mountain peaks, as seen on the beautiful Mountains Panels installed inside the Companion Animal Clinic of Yucca Valley, California this past year.

"Rugged Retreat" Shower Divider Glass (photographed at our Studio)

Many times the irregular edge will just flow across the top and coordinate nicely with the design, like the Ocean Wave panels we did for the Marriott’s Long Beach Renaissance Hotel in Long Beach, California.

Glass panels with abstract formation designs add a stunning look and are a great alternatives for things like shower and bath dividers.

Come visit our Glass Panels Gallery and view dozens of pieces like these! Sans Soucie can custom design a glass panel for your home or business that will be a “one of a kind: YOURS!”

"Fairway View" Carved Glass Panel

Tags: architectural glass, art glass, custom glass, custom glass panels, custom partitions, divider glass, etched glass, glass etching, Glass Panels, glass partitions
Posted in Abstract Designs, Commercial Projects, Custom Edges, Desert Designs, Freeform Designs, Glass Panels, Landscapes, Partitions & Dividers, Shower Dividers | 1 Comment »

Frosted Glass, Inside & Out!

October 22nd, 2009 by lgannett – Comments (0)

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INSIDE View. Jagged Peaks all glass doors.

OUTSIDE View.

What a difference a VIEW makes!

The main factor that will change the viewing appearance of any of our etched, carved or stained glass is one thing, and one thing only: LIGHT! And in the case of our art glass, being ARCHITECTURAL Art Glass primarily illuminated with natural sunlight (which, by the way is really the best form of lighting for it), is the time of day, and whether you’re viewing from inside our outside!

As you’ll see in the examples included in this blog, glass and the artwork applied to it will take on a completely different effect, depending on how the light is hitting it.

The most obvious difference comes when the glass is viewed from inside or outside of the home or building, and whether it’s day or night, the factors change again. Colors will change, details in the carving will stand out and the visibility thru the glass will change as well. One of the best examples we can give you is the “Jagged Peaks” all glass doors. These doors were photographed in the day, are ½” thick bronze glass, and have been sandblasted with a frosted pattern on the outside surface. From the outside, the glass takes on a dark brown hue, and creates a nice level of privacy when looking in. Viewing the glass “from the inside out”, it looks completely different. The glass almost appears clear, but if you were to look at “clear” glass side by side, you’d see the difference.

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"Sun Odyssey", viewed from OUTSIDE.

Inside View

When viewed at night, the opposite becomes true. The glass is illuminated from the inside, and so when viewed at night, as you approach the door, you would be able to see IN to the house or building. The same rings true, even on clear glass. Viewed at night from inside the house, the glass will appear darker and take on a different look. It’s really one of the great things about glass .. light changes everything and the art glass will have a different look depending on the time of day you’re viewing it.

Visit our special Effects & Techniques page on our web site, to read more about the different types we use that create different looks. We found a very interesting web site called GlassFacts.info that you might also be interested in. Another interesting article is Glass Facts, the History of Glass.

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"Squares Pattern", grey glass, viewed from OUTSIDE.

etched carved glass squares pattern doors inside

Inside View

Tags: Door Glass, frosted glass, glass effects, glass etching, light effect on glass, light on glass, privacy glass
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Shower in Illuminated Art: Custom shower enclosures

September 17th, 2009 by lgannett – Comments (0)

Over the last 33 years, Sans Soucie has created incredible custom designed etched and carved glass frameless shower doors and shower enclosures inside hundreds of luxury, custom homes.

"Arctic" shower enclosure, features heavy glass overlay pieces, chiseled edges and a stunning random texture. The shower is being illuminated by the window on the opposite wall. Commissioned by Susan Schreiber Interior Designs.

Our etched and carved glass designs on shower glass instantly turn an ordinary, plain glass shower enclosure into an illuminated work of art that you will enjoy not only each time you step into the shower, but every time you enter your bathroom!

"Rugged Retreat" gives the illusion of multi-layers with waves crossing over one another. Note the "matching mirror" inside the shower, the edges are chiseled and waves are etched and 3-dimenssionally sculpture carved.

As with all our products, the design possibilities are limitless and so are the applications. One design option is to merely “trim” or “frame” your shower glass. Adding a beautiful etched and/or carved and painted border, for example, adds a beautiful custom touch. We can also target certain areas of your shower glass where you may want to create privacy or obscurity, such as the center sections, or lower section, running up into the center, while leaving the top area clear, allows for visibility in to the shower (allowing you to admire your tile work), which at the same will allow you to “see out” from inside the shower, creating a completely open feel as you stand in your shower.

"Cyclone" shower door with narrow side panel. Center section is 3-dimensionally carved and painted, side waves are carved and shaded.

Adding one of our custom edges to the exposed, top edges of the glass is a fantastic application as well. Sans Soucie creates a large number of custom edge designs, ranging from a simple chiseled edge, to waves and various textures.

"Expanding Bands", a simple design targeting the center sections, for an added touch and a bit of obscurity.

Visit our Custom Shower Enclosure gallery to see dozens of sample showers of all shapes, sizes and configurations. We also create free standing dividers for showers and baths.

Tags: architectural art glass, carved glass, carved glass shower doors, carved glass shower enclosures, custom showers, decorative etched shower glass, decorative glass showers, etched glass shower doors, etched glass showers, frameless shower doors, frameless shower enclosures, shower enclosures
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First Impressions Count: Stunning entries that make a statement!

September 15th, 2009 by lgannett – Comments (0)

"Bamboo Forest" Frameless, all glass entry doors. Carved & painted with a solid frosted background for privacy.

Without question, our most popular product is our Custom Door Glass Inserts and Frameless, all glass entry systems. This makes sense for a number of reasons. First and foremost is the fact that the entryway into any home or business is a major focal point that everyone see’s, time and time again as we come and go, so the look and feel presented on our front door glass really makes a statement as to the decor and design flow for the rest of the home, not only coordinating with and complimenting the architecture when viewed from the outside, but the interior decor when viewed from the inside. Our clients want a highly personalized, custom look that sets the tone as you enter their home.

This is also is an area where a lot of light is desired, but privacy is usually needed, at least to some degree. Custom glass is the perfect solution for this. Any design can be executed to the privacy level needed, which gives a lot of room to customize and make the design “fit” the need. When viewing our glass, it’s always “all about the light!” At different times of the day, as light and shadow shift, the glass will actually take on different looks and effects.

"Jagged Peaks" Frameless Entry Doors when viewed from the inside in the daytime.

During the day, the natural light from outside illuminates the glass and adds a very dramatic effect to the entry when viewed from the inside. At night, the opposite will take place. The interior lighting will illuminate the glass, highlighting every detail in the design, creating a bright, stunning, dramatic effect as you approach the home from the outside. No doubt this is why we create more door glass than any other item type in our wide variety of residential and commercial glass products.

"Jagged Peaks" Frameless Entry (BRONZE glass), viewed from the OUTSIDE in the daytime.

Tags: all glass entry systems, carved glass, commercial glass, entry glass, Frameless Doors, painted glass, privacy glass, sandblast techniques
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Bank of America Glass featured in Glass Magazine

September 1st, 2009 by lgannett – Comments (0)

The industry publication Glass Magazine, featured an article about the glass we did for The Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park, New York.

The tree bark texture glass is suspended as a large "cube" of ceiling glass, inside the main lobby entrance.

The article was released earlier this year, but is continually posted on their web site, inside their “Photo Gallery: Green Great Glazings” section. The project was the first featured in the section, and is listed among many other notable “green” projects or buildings such as the University of Colorado’s Research Complex, (which won the Project of the Year award for more than $3 million projects from the Colorado Glazing Contractors Association. Also featured is an article about special Nano-coating used on glass at California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, California.

Glass Magazine serves the architectural, retail and automotive glass industries and is published monthly. We have been receiving the magazine for a number of years and find it to be a very informative resource for product guides, industry profiles, industry stats and informative coverage.

Tree Bark Texture of the glass at Bank of America Tower, One Bryant Park, New York

See more photos and a short video presentation that tells the whole story about the glass at One Bryant Park inside the Featured Projects section of our web site!

Tags: abstract design glass, architectural art glass, bank of america one bryant park, etched carved glass, textured glass
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Etched Glass for Gates: Making an Entrance

Contemporary Door Glass: Frosted, Carved & Hand Painted

Sans Soucie Etched & Carved Glass Signature Design: Rugged Retreat

Etched Glass Shelves & Shelving with Custom Edges

Custom Wrought Iron Gate Glass: Making an Entrance!

Glass Panels Separate with Style!

Frosted Glass, Inside & Out!

Shower in Illuminated Art: Custom shower enclosures

First Impressions Count: Stunning entries that make a statement!

Bank of America Glass featured in Glass Magazine

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