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.
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Posted in Color in Glass, Custom Edges, Edgework, Foliage Designs, Freeform Designs, Oriental Designs, Tables, Tree Designs, painted glass | 2 Comments »
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
Posted in Door Glass, Foliage Designs, Patterns & Textures, Tree Designs, Tropical Designs, Windows | No Comments »
September 11th, 2009 by lgannett – Comments (0)
Just this week, we installed three magnificent windows featuring truly graceful, elegant designs.
The hardest part about featuring them in our blog, is the fact that the photos can’t possibly demonstrate their beauty! Partly because photographing our work is always challenging, with reflection and light always being an issue, but also because the method of sandblasting used to execute these particular pieces.
Close up of "Floral Perch"
These windows needed to provide 100% privacy. In order to achieve that, the entire glass surface must be either “frosted” and/or carved, obviously laving no clear glass. In this case, the design elements were 3-dimensionally sculpture carved, leaving no clear areas, featuring no “shading” within the design. The design is illuminated beautifully by the natural sunlight coming through the glass, and the sculpture carved edges and angles in the design become a bright white.
Full view of "Floral Perch" 32" x 93" Window
The other thing you can’t appreciate without seeing these windows installed in person, is their SIZE! “Floral Perch” is 32″ wide x 93″ tall and “Swan Lake” is 94″ wide x 72″ tall. All are dual pane, insulated tempered glass units. Incidentally, these windows represent a very good example of what is considered one of our highest complexity, most intricate design styles. (Visit our “Techniques & Effects” page on our site to learn more about design complexity levels). It took many hours of carving, by extremely skilled hands to achieve the varying depths and perfect textures, fitting for each different design element: from swan feathers, tree bushels, various flowers, tiny leaves and streams of water, each surface has distinguishable differences in their carved textures.
These windows were just installed last week, at a private residence inside The Vintage Club, Indian Wells, California, as part of an extensive remodel being done by De Witte Construction, Palm Desert. And because I can’t wait to share, I’ll also tell you that coming soon, we are installing all new entry glass into this incredible home, that I can say with confidence, will be one the grandest, most stunning entries we’ve ever created and installed. Considering the many breathtaking entries we’ve completed in the past, I know that’s saying a lot, but once you get a look at it, we think you’ll agree that it’s one of our most beautiful. (Just a teaser: it incorporates both beveled leaded glass with an etched and shaded design combined!)
"Tranquil Meadows" 60" x 108" Window
Tags: architectural art glass, carved glass, etched glass, Floral Designs, privacy glass, sandblast techniques
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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
Posted in Abstract Designs, Ceiling Glass, Commercial Projects, Sans Soucie Art Glass News, Tree Designs | No Comments »
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