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Designs

Combat Arena

This design was hand drawn and then colour rendered in Adobe Photoshop.

David SmithDecember 28, 2010

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My Website Design

It's always hard to design your own front website page. I had all sorts of ideas on what I visioned the final design to look like.

David SmithDecember 28, 2010

Portfolio

Decorative Bathroom Mirror

I made this mirror for my wife to keep her happy. I was for ever promising a new mirror in our bathroom and so for her birthday made her an ornate mirror.

David SmithDecember 9, 2010

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Dave Smith Victorian Reverse Glass Sign

Made for the end credits of my film which you can see here. Acid etched lettering with 23crt Gold-Leaf blended to 12crt Gold. The background was hand painted and finger blended , all the lettering was hand written and then…

David SmithDecember 4, 2010

Step By Step

P.H.Zang Brewing Co – Step by Step

This Victorian reverse glass sign was made for a local pub in my town. It was designed from an original trade card that Rick Glawson bought from an advertising show in Los Angeles.

David SmithOctober 3, 2010

Turn Of The Century

Victorian Reverse Glass

These images are examples of original Victorian glass pieces from pubs scattered around London & the British Isles. This page is a homage to the Victorian glass artists who produced this work 100 years before I produced mine at the…

David SmithSeptember 26, 2010

Turn Of The Century

American Reverse Glass

This page is dedicated to the American Craftsmen who were continuing & developing glass decoration techniques on the other side of the pond from the late 1800’s onwards. I would also like to mention here about my friend Rick Glawson,…

David SmithSeptember 26, 2010

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French Embossing

French Embossing is the corroding of glass with an acid to produce a great variety of Tones, textures and decorations. Very widely used during the Victorian period and still practiced today.

David SmithSeptember 21, 2010

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Heat Slumped Glass Signs

Various examples of curved glass made in my studio, using the same basic techniques of Victorian craftsman. The later pictures show the technique of forming the glass in a kiln to a pre-shaped metal former.

David SmithSeptember 21, 2010

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Mural Painting

A blast from the past! Some of my early hand-painted, pictorial work. Large paintings onto painted plywood.

David SmithSeptember 21, 2010