February 6th, 2010 by lgannett – Comments (0)
Butterfly, dimensionally carved and hand painted glass wall art.
These custom designed , carved and hand painted glass butterflies are wall art pieces displayed in the master bath tub area of a private residence. The glass is dimensionally carved, with chiseled edges the shape of each butterfly. The hand painted colors range from gold to soft copper hues with a shiny lacquer coating. Shown here are three different sizes: 20″, 16″ and 14″. There are a total of five in the collection.
February 2nd, 2010 by lgannett – Comments (0)
Custom Frosted Cabinet Glass, featuring dimensionally carved and gold hand painted bands and cabinet details.
Talk about CUSTOM! Inside these gorgeous cabinets, Sans Soucie Art Glass recently installed decorative frosted glass inserts that are feature carved and gold hand painted bands and a design element matching a metal clavos in the cabinet design. Talk about gorgeous! When it comes to custom designed cabinet glass, it doesn’t get any more custom (or any more complimentary) than this!
Visit our Cabinet Glass Gallery to see many more custom designed glass for cabinets and armoires. Whether it’s kitchen cabinets or bar cabinets of any material or configuration, Sans Soucie Art Glass can design and create just the perfect glass to compliment and create a look that will definitely set them apart!
December 30th, 2009 by lgannett – Comments (2)
Art Deco Mirror, hand etched carved and painted. "Symmetrical Waves"
One of the perfect items in a home or hospitality decor where a beautiful etched, carved and painted custom design is applied to, are MIRRORS. In addition to a bathroom or vanity, custom mirror is also fantastic for residential entries or foyers, for creating a spacious and open feel, through which a custom art piece can be made.
"Cascading Vines", beveled mirror, etched and carved on the front surface.
"Vibrance" etched, carved bathroom vanity mirror with beveled edges.
"Golden Cypress", etched, hand carved and painted decorative mirror.
Limitless textures and patterns can be etched & carved as a mirror frame. The design can be applied on either the front or back surface, depending of course on the design elements as well as the desired effect. Etching on the front will create a double image, which in some cases is undesirable, in other cases, perfect!
"Adria's Vanity", etched, carved and painted bathroom vanity mirror.
"Animal Print" bathroom vanity mirror, beveled frame.
"Cheyenne" mirror frame, hand carved and painted beveled mirror.
We often create glass wall art pieces using mirror. Landscape scenes etched or carved on the front surface of the mirror are stunning works of art. Mirror comes in a variety of colors, but they aren’t “limitless”. There’s bronze, grey, black, peach, green and blue .. but they don’t create limitless “shades” of each color. There’s just a standard basic selection. The good news is that we can apply any custom color to the surface to create the desired effect, complimenting the surrounding decor.
Oval Mirror beveled etched and carved glass, bathroom vanity mirror.
Decorative round mirror with etched, carved & painted glass overlay pieces. Fern leaves are etched and carved on the front surface.
Art Deco Mirror, hand carved and painted frame design in brilliant magentas, reds, blues and greens.
At Sans Soucie, we never get bored because we are continually creating new designs and textures to perfectly suit each individual project and piece for our clientele. After over 30 years, we DO of course have a vast array of design archives, but custom designs are still created and always will be!
Visit our Mirror Gallery to see dozens of examples like these, as well as Pricing Information! You can also Request a Quote and Tour Our Showroom and Facility!
November 24th, 2009 by lgannett – Comments (0)
Painted Glass Window, Pear Cactus in Bloom
Adding color to an etched glass design creates a brilliant effect and adds additional depth and highlights to the design details in the 3 dimensionally carved glass surfaces.
Painted Glass Sign
The color is applied through air brushing and any color can of course be used. Colors are blended over the glass surface to create even more of a 3 dimensional effect.
Decorative Glass, Carved & Painted Butterfly
Painted glass designs are very popular for door glass and window glass, as well as dividers. IF the glass is in direct sunlight, the colors will likely fade over time, but most entry doors have some degree of shade, so that’s not usually a big issue.
We can personally attest to this, with our front door glass installed back in 1989. That door glass is still in place today, and shows all the soft highlights of the pastel colors that were applied to the southwest adobe style design.
Of course direct sun not being an issue for indoor architectural glass, like showers and dividers, the color will never fade and is a fantastic addition, bringing in color from other decor items like wallpaper, throw pillows, floor tile, custom colors will
Painted Glass Tropical Fish, featured on an interior all glass door.
to help coordinate and compliment, really finishing off that “custom look.”
To view dozens of examples, visit our online Gallery of Carved & Painted Glass.
November 12th, 2009 by lgannett – Comments (2)
We just finished and delivered this gorgeous Glass Dining Table top that includes a custom glass base to match, delivered and set up inside a home at PGA West in La Quinta, California.
The glass table top is 68″ x 68″ and is 3/4″ thick regular clear glass. This custom design is an exquisite work of art glass, featuring a Cherry Blossom Tree Branch running across and around the edge of the glass. The design is 3-dimensionally sculpture carved and features colored glass as well. A soft green was added to the carved leaves and the cherry blossom flowers were painted with a light pink. The background area is gluechipped.
For an additional custom element, we carved our “Shoreline” edge around the outside perimeters of both the top and the glass table base. The Shoreline Edge features 3 to 4 waves, with a chiseled irregular outside edge.
The design coordinates perfectly with the asian, oriental-feel of the decor in this home that’s being newly renovated and remodeled by contractor “All Shapes & Sizes” of Palm Desert. Our client is sure to get “rave reviews” for years to come!
View dozens of asian or oriental theme custom glass designs at our online Gallery where you’ll see not only additional Cherry Blossom pieces but also bamboo glass designs and oriental portriatures. To see more tables like these, visit our online Gallery of custom, decorative etched and carved glass Dining Tables, as well as Living Room & Coffee Tables and custom Glass Counters & Shelves. We also specialize in custom glass backsplashes.
October 8th, 2009 by lgannett – Comments (0)
A great custom feature that is added an additional design element to many of our etched and carved glass is COLOR! From soft hints to deep, bold hues, color adds another beautiful dimension to any carved texture or design.
More often than not, color is added as a “highlight” to only certain portions of the design, as you’ll see on most of the examples I’m including in this blog. 
For example, we’ll add color to the fish and some of the plant life in a tropical aquarium design, but not to the background areas. Very often when we’ve done “Reeds” designs, the design will include a hummingbird, and only the hummingbird has been painted while the reeds were left “white” sandblasted only. Desert scenes will have some of the foliage and boulders, or even the palm trees painted, but the majority of the design will remain unpainted, like the foreground, mountains and clouds.
Carved and painted signs are very popular and we can custom match any color for any logo. We color match to items in the decor like flooring, walls, wallpaper, fabrics, or other decorative art pieces that may be near the glass, etc. In most cases, the color used will be transparent so the light can pass thru, which creates a beautiful, colorful “glow” in the glass. We do also apply solid colors, which will block the light from passing thru, but will add a perfect, custom element by pulling an exact color match between, say, flooring and a glass door.
There’s one particular piece we did a few years ago, that out of all our work, I believe might be the most “colorFUL” piece we’ve ever done. It was an interior glass window commissioned for the Inyokern Baptist Church, Inyokern, California. The window features a cross with “beams” surrounding and extending from it with a crown above the cross. Color was applied to 100% of the glass surface, and the colors chosen were deep, bright yellow, orange, turquoise, purple and neon pink. The glass is back-lit with flourescent lighting and has the appearance of “stained, leaded glass”, but all achieved thru sandblast carving and painting the glass.
Early stained glass, incidentally began by very similarly painting the glass, just as we’ve done on this cross piece. For a great story about the history of stained glass, read “The History of Stained Glass” on the Stained Glass Assoc. web.
Color matching is of course very specific, so in most cases we will create color samples for your approval, to be sure that the color is correct. Color is popular for every type of product we create, from etched carved glass doors, windows, showers, couunters and tables, dividers and mirrors. For items such as exterior door or window glass, we will caution you that if the glass is exposed to direct sunlight, colors can and likely will fade over a period of time, IF they’re exposed to direct sunlight. They won’t likely “disappear” but can fade. 
A personal experience we had that really “stood the test of time”, was the front door glass we had for many years. It was a Southwest landscape design that featured adobe houses, a beautiful clay pot, and colorful clay pot draped on a ladder. The glass was installed in 1990, and in 2003, the glass was actually moved to a different home (a beautiful, southwest adobe style home, perfect for the southwest design in the glass). To this day, over 20 years later (!), the color still remains! In both homes, however, the front door did not receive direct sunlight.
Adding color does take our artists more than twice the time to create, (in most cases, it will actually take longer to apply the color than it does to sandblast the design). All areas of the design have to be “re-masked” after sandblasting. This takes our artists many, many hours to achieve and so of course adding color the design will increase cost. But it does make a huge statement and adds a very rich element to the design.
Visit our Carved & Painted Glass Gallery on our web site, to see many examples of various types of glass products that feature color.
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