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Exquisite Frosted, Carved Hand Painted Glass Doors by Sans Soucie

February 13th, 2010 by lgannett – Comments (0)

This week, Sans Soucie Art Glass shipped this stunning pair or interior door glass inserts, that are frosted, dimensionally carved and hand painted glass, in an “Erte woman” style, portraiture design.

Each panel is 16-1/4″ x 68-3/4″ and is 3/8″ thick. The glass backbround is frosted, with the woman dimensionally carved and hand painted. Details in the fur hat are painted blue, and the red wine, lips and cigarette tip really “pop” and add the perfect finishing touches.

This glass was shipped and will soon be installed inside a Manhattan, New York apartment.

Visit our Portraiture Designs Glass Gallery to see more glass pieces like these.

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.

Tags: erte style art, frosted glass door, hand painted glass door, modern art glass, woman art designs, woman in black fur hat
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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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Idyllwild’s Tahquitz Peak Etched & Carved in Door Glass

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

A view of Idyllwild, California's beautiful "Tahquitz Creek" etched and dimensionally sculpture carved in a front entry door glass panel for Idyllwild residence.

We recently finished a gorgeous entry door glass panel for a private residence in Idyllwild, featuring a landscape scene with a view of Idyllwild, California’s well known “Tahquitz Peak” mountain. Set in the design with pine trees and boulders in the foreground and in the distance, the detail brought out in the pine tree needles can hardly be appreciated in these photos!

Pictures of the glass installed at the residence soon to follow!

etched glass door mountain landscape scene

Tags: decorative glass door, etched glass door, frosted glass door
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Entry Glass: Coordinated Etched Glass Doors & Windows

January 5th, 2010 by lgannett – Comments (1)

"Branch Out" Entry Glass, consists of 5 pieces.

The entry of your home is a huge focal point seen by all, and really “sets the scene” for your home. Custom coordinated glass entry doors and windows not only create a stunning look, but also allow light into the entry, while at the same time providing privacy. We call our glass “art with a function” because any design can be executed to provide the privacy level you desire. Sans Soucie Art Glass will turn an ordinary entry door and window into an extraordinary work of art.

"Odyssey Angles" Entry Glass

"Golden Waves" Entry Glass. Glass is carved with waves and color added.

Etching or carving the glass turns the area white, which will create obscurity and privacy. It will diffuse the light and reduce the amount of glare coming in. (It does not, however, reduce the amount of U.V. rays from passing thru, like “film tinting” can. Film tint CAN be applied to the smooth side of the glass, if desired).

"Sun Odyssey" Entry Glass. Glass is sandblast etched and carved and a gluechip texture is also added.

Designs are in most cases a collaborative effort, combining our creativity, knowledge and expertise, with your tastes, preferences and imagination. There is virtually no limit to the design possibilities. Most often, clients come to us with a basic design style in mind. They take a look at our vast array of design archives within that style and although the design may begin there, changes are made to suit your tastes and meet your specifications, creating a custom design for your individual piece. For some projects, we “start from scratch”, and create a one-of-a-kind, original design. Still a collaborative effort thru discussions with you, and taking a look at your home and the surrounding areas where the piece is going, we will base the design on your decor, and the architecture of your home or establishment. Still there are other times when a client will already have a specific design or vision in mind. We take that vision and make it a reality, first rendering it on paper, and then capturing it within the glass.

"Banana Leaves" Etched and Carved Glass Entry

Sans Soucie Art Glass Studios, Inc. is well known nationwide for setting the industry standard for high quality, custom designed Etched, Sculpture Carved and Stained Art Glass. Sans Soucie has been specializing in architectural glass since 1976, earning a well established name and reputation among thousands of homeowners, designers, builders and architects nationwide. Known for their quality craftsmanship and versatility, owners Chauncey and LeeAnn Gannett and their team are among only a handful of companies able to create these types of specialty glassworks. Their work can be seen in thousands of luxury homes across the United States and overseas, as well as a number of prestigious commercial projects such as Main & Sub Lobby Ceiling & Elevator Portal Glass at the Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park, New York, and a Carved Glass Presidential Seal on board The George HW Bush (CVN 77) aircraft carrier. Other commercial commissions include Princeton University, Old Dominion University, The U.S. Marine Corp, Johnson & Johnson, Kaiser Permanente Hospitals, The Heart Institute, Metropolitan Theatres, Spa Hotel & Casino and Spotlight 29 Casino, as well as the celebrity homes of Michael Jackson, Ginger Rogers, Al Davis, Sidney Sheldon and Don Drysdale.

"Z Bevels" Entry Door Glass & Transom Window

Visit our comprehensive web site with a Custom Designs Gallery and a Productions Designs Gallery, where 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.

Tags: custom glass entry, entry glass, etched glass door, etched glass window, frosted glass door, glass doors
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Door & Window Glass: Coordinated Designs

November 10th, 2009 by lgannett – Comments (0)

"Banana Leaves" Entry Glass

The entry into your home will take on a stunning and highly custom effect when both the door and window glass feature coordinated decorative, etched or stained glass designs that flow and continue across the whole entry, from sidelite to transom glass to the doors.

Whether it’s an all glass entry or door glass inserts, Sans Soucie Art Glass creates custom designs to your specifications that will compliment your architecture and decor .. and suit YOUR tastes.

Any design will be executed to the level of privacy desired, whether it’s a little or a lot.

"Golden Waves" coordinated door and sidelite window glass

I’ve selected a few of our beautiful entries featured in our web site Door Glass Gallery. You’ll see that all are very different in size, shape and configuration, and consist of completely different design themes and types of art glass. In our gallery, you’ll see that we create a number of types fo art glass from sandblast etched and carved glass, to stained and beveled glass, with countless variations of patterns and textures. Designs are created to compliment the configuration of your entry. See examplels of radius, arched and rectangle transom windows, and any imaginable design style, ranging from abstract to wildlife, and everything in between!

"Branch Out" 5 Panel Entry Glass. Tree branches are 3-dimensionally sculpture carved then painted and the background has been gluechipped for privacy.

Custom entry glass is one of the things we’re most famous for. Be sure to check out our online Custom Designs Gallery, and if you’re local, come visit our showroom where we have dozens of doors and window glass on display. Our showroom is open Monday thru Friday from 10am to 5pm, and Saturday by appointment.

Is there a particular design idea or style you have in mind? Give us a call at (760) 328-3399, OR submit a Quote Request, and we’ll give you an estimate. You can also visit our Pricing Page where we display dozens of pieces with sample pricing.

Let us turn your vision into a gorgeous work of art glass for your home! Glass for your home that is FUNCTIONAL ART!

Tags: custom doors, custom glass, custom window, decorative glass, Door Glass, entry glass, etched glass, etching, frosted glass, Glass Panels, leaded glass, painted glass, patterns glass
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Glass Doors For Oakland Raiders’ Al Davis

October 19th, 2009 by lgannett – Comments (2)

Glass Doors for Al Davis, Raiders Football Team Owner

Glass Doors, also called all glass or frameless doors undoubtedly create a very “high-end” or upscale look to any entry, whether it be for a home or place of business, and with the unlimited glass designs we create at Sans Soucie Art Glass, we believe that a number of the all glass doors we’ve been commissioned to create over the years have been some our most exquisite work.

Etched glass, carved glass Raiders logo on Glass Doors

One beautiful entry that comes to mind is the glass doors and all glass entry we were commissioned to create for the “The Raiders” football team owner, Mr. Al Davis. Custom designed for his home in the Coachella Valley, each door is a towering 10′ tall x 5′ wide and were etched and carved with a custom design to provide privacy, while at the same time, making a very personal statement!

The design features the Oakland Raiders football team logo front and center, and is bordered with two different etched and sculpture carved custom glass textures made up of wavy lines and a “glass chunks”. The background areas of the entire glass surface was solid frosted or etched, to obscure the glass and create privacy. There are two sets of sidelites, the first set butting up against each glass door, with the borders from the doors continuing all around. The second set of sidelite windows are about 18″ away from the doors on either side and feature a solid etched glass image of the infamous Super Bowl Trophy.

Visit our online Gallery of Glass Doors to view this and many other examples of framelsss, all glass doors. You can also visit our Custom Glass Logo Gallery to see dozens of custom corporate logos we’ve been commissioned to etch and carve in glass such as the U.S. Presidential Seal, The U.S. Marine Corp Seal, The Cheesecak Factory, all glass doors for Johnson & Johnson, Metropolitan Theatres, The Palm Springs International Airport, The Beer Hunter and The City of Palm Desert.

Etched Glass Super Bowl Trophy

Close up of textures in borders

Tags: architectural glass, art glass doors, custom doors, decorative glass, Door Glass, doors for al davis, etched glass, frosted glass, glass doors, glass etching, patterns glass, raiders logo in glass, window glass
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Etched Glass for your Pantry Door: From Classic to More Custom

October 14th, 2009 by lgannett – Comments (1)

Etched glass pantry door inserts are a very popular item seen in many homes. Having an etched glass pantry door, rather than a plain solid door, will add a wonderful custom element and “open feel” to any kitchen.

At Sans Soucie Art Glass, we create a wide variety of designs, with a very broad price range. From the classic, very simple panel where the glass is solid frosted for obscurity, leaving a border of clear pinstripes and the word “Pantry” … to a more detailed, decorative design, such as a multi-stage carved and gluechipped design, such as our “Bundled Wheat Pantry”. As with all our glass, there are limitless design possibilities.

The frosted glass pantry door designs range in price

between $245 to $345, depending on the size of the glass and how many elements are featured (a border, the word “Pantry” and perhaps a whimsical “chef” or veggies). These designs are what’s called a negative, “single stage sandblast”. There are many various types of borders and type styles to choose, all of which can be seen in our Pantry Glass Production Designs Gallery our web site.

The more custom glass designs, (that are dimensionally CARVED and feature gluechipped backgrounds), will range in price from about $600 to $1400, again depending upon the size of the glass, the complexity of the design and whether we surface etch or sculpture carve it into the glass. (For more info., see our blog about “Etched vs. Carved Glass” and the page on our web site showing the differences).

Naturally, the goal with pantry door glass is to obscure the view into the pantry, which means the majority of the glass surface will need to have some sort of coverage, whether it’s a solid sandblast, a gluechip surface or carving and shading. Leaving some clear areas is fine, so long as they’re narrow, or small. These areas will appear “dark” the majority of the time, when the pantry light is turned off. When the lights are flipped on, the glass will of course beautifully illuminate and all the details will be even more visible.

Visit our Custom Pantry Door Glass and our Production Pantry Door Glass to see dozens of examples and a wide variety of designs. For sample pricing, visit our Pricing Page and scroll down to “Door Glass – Pantry”.

Tags: carved glass pantry door, custom glass, etched glass, etched glass pantry door, kitchen glass, pantry door, pantry door etched glass, pantry glass
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Portraitures: Artistic Impressions in Glass

September 25th, 2009 by lgannett – Comments (0)

One of the most difficult and most intricate design styles we create at Sans Soucie Art Glass, are portraits in glass, or “portraitures”. Just drawing a portrait is difficult enough, but etching and carving it into glass, being able to create just the right depth and shading effect in the glass, requires a gift of another level of artistic ability and then years of work and practice, honing that gift into a high level of skill.

Over the years, we’ve been asked to create literally hundreds of different types of portraits, most of which are artistic interpretations of a character type, and not a specific individual.

Our most popular portraiture, no doubt, is our woman featured in waterfall scenes, that we years ago named “Ecstasy“. She has been featured on shower enclosures and dividers, frameless doors as well as mirror.

From cowboys to Geisha girls, golfers to mermaids, as with any other design style we create, there’s literally no limit to the different type of characters that can be designed and etched and carved into the glass.

Back in the 80’s with the popularity of southwest designs, we did a large number of various indian maiden and warrior characters. Color was very often incorporated into those designs to really bring out a southwest feel. A number of different types of “pantry chef’s” is another popular portaiture design.

I would have to say that one of my personal favorites from over the years was a double entry door glass commissioned by Johnson & Johnson, for the Centector Medical Research laboratory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Unfortunatley the photo we have of the installed glass is low resolution, so the rich, deep carved details are hardly visible, but at least the design comes across. The detail on this design was just incredible. The design featured six different sections, all portraying something scientific and relating to to medical research, fitting for a laboratory entry way! There’s a face of a surgeon with a molucule, a doctor holding a chemical vile, a pair of hands holding open a medical reference book, another different molecule or cell, and a section with a doctor and nurse conversing. This glass will always be one of my favorite pieces.

Tags: architectural art glass, carved glass, carved glass portraits, commercial glass, custom glass, decorative glass portraits, etched glass, etched glass portraits, girl character in etched in glass, portraits in glass, portraitures in glass, portrayals in glass, woman etched in glass
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A Stunning Combination: Etched and Beveled Glass

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

We recently installed one of the most stunning, most unique entry glass systems we’ve ever designed and created. Commissioned by the homeowner, the glass was installed inside their private residence inside The Vintage Club of Indian Wells, California. This gorgeous luxury home is currently undergoing a complete renovation and remodel by De Witte Construction of Palm Desert.

"Grand Entry" View from inside the home.

We featured additional art glass windows created for this home in a previous blog .. elegant windows of landscape and floral designs, featuring our highest levels of design quality and complexity levels.

The glass for the entry is unique in that it features both a tropical etched glass design that was applied to leaded beveled glass .. a rare and stunning combination.

The entry system has a total of seven triple pane, insulated glass units installed into metal frames (provided by Crystal Clear Mirror & Glass of Thousand Palms). The glass used to create the leaded panels, consists of tall vertical rectangles and squares with beveled edges all around, that run across both the top and bottom sections, combined with panes of clear glass across the remainder of the glass, called “the field” areas. The center sections of the door glass features a “diamond shape” with various types of beautiful textured glass, adding another level of variation and interest to the design.

The leaded panels were then sandblasted with an etched and shaded Tropical Leaf design, with tall leaves that run up the sides and angle in toward the center, creating an “inviting” feel as you approach the entry.

View from the outside as you approach the home.

We are extremely proud to have been selected to create this stunning entry, as well as the additional art glass windows for this incredible home and working with this homeowner, the staff of De Witte Construction and Crystal Clear Mirror & Glass was a pleasure as always! What a great project.

door/window/stained glass/beveled tropical leaves - 2

Tags: beveled glass, contemporary glass, custom glass, Door Glass, entry glass, etched door glass, etched glass, Stained Glass, textured glass
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Stained Glass: Beauty that endures

September 3rd, 2009 by lgannett – Comments (0)

"Beautiful Bevel Clusters" door glass installed at a private residence at Rancho La Quinta Country Club, La Quinta, California

When Sans Soucie first began in 1976, the original primary medium was stained glass. Creating custom partitions and lamp shades for various establishments such as Rusty Pelican restaurants, stained glass was back then and remains today to be very popular and beautiful choice for many product applications and types of projects.

Windows and door glass are of course the most popular products, but another would be custom cabinet glass. As with our etched glass designs, any design is possible and of course there are thousands of glass colors and almost limitless textures that can be implemented.

"Magnolias & Hummingbirds" custom cabinet glass.

Beveled glass remains one of the most beautiful looks and effects for stained and leaded glass pieces. Much like diamonds, that beautiful faceted, prism effect will never go out of style and are used inside both traditional or contemporary designs.

When leaded or stained glass panels are used for an exterior application (for a window or door), most often, the decorative panel is sealed in between two layers of glass, a “triple pane” unit, providing ultimate protection from the elements outside as well as easy cleaning and maintenance.

"Arabesque Bevels" tub windows, private residence The Hideaway, La Quinita, California

Visit our Stained Glass Gallery to view dozens of stunning pieces created over the years.

"Z Bevels" A contemporary, leaded glass design.

Tags: beveled glass, contemporary glass, Door Glass, Stained Glass, tub windows
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Contemporary Door Glass: Frosted, Carved & Hand Painted

Idyllwild’s Tahquitz Peak Etched & Carved in Door Glass

Entry Glass: Coordinated Etched Glass Doors & Windows

Door & Window Glass: Coordinated Designs

Glass Doors For Oakland Raiders’ Al Davis

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