Getting inspiration from seeing a post by @pauline.lally, I decided to take a crack at making a few vases. The first couple were must modifications of the Thingiverse tupip flatpack vase. The first I added color on draftboard to see how it would turn out along with some engraving. The second was geometric shapes cutout on Walnut. The third was an enclosure for a 2" bottle I picked up at Hobby Lobby, this also on walnut.
Off to the next project!
Oooh, like them all but the little square bottle is a fav! 
Those are beautiful!
Really nice, I have some designing to do. I don’t like to trash bottles, too useful. Thanks for the inspiration.
Wife saves those little syrup bottles from Cracker Barrel.
If I feel like a new project I may show her your effort.
Inspiring! Need to get back to some more vases… I keep buying funky glass at the dollar store…
They’re all amazing, but I love everything about that first one!
What a beautiful job. You are an inspiration to us all.
Oh wow, you’ve really pushed the concept to a new level!
Wow this is amazing!
All very pretty, but I really love that blue/wood combo!
I have questions on the first one, but if you consider them trade secrets, I’ll understand! Did you paint the area with the swirls before etching? If so, is it like a wash? And how did you get the blue outline? (I see that it’s not just on the edges, but outlining the swirl area, too) Masking?
Super sweet!! I like your modifications.
It’s not a trade secret, but it is a PITA. In my design, I use Illustrator as my tool of choice, I create an negative offset path from the outside border. The outside border will be cut, so it’s set to one color, and the line that is the result of the offset will be a score, and set to a different color. I also use that inside line to perform a clipping mask on the design that I want to engrave. I load everything up into the glowforge UI, and make multiple passes at each. I’m using proofgrade, so the draftboard was already masked.
Ensure that your wood is taped/magnet/honeycomb hold down to the bed, as you don’t want it to move, and will be used a jig for multiple passes.
I like how this turned out, but not sure about this specific color. I would probably do something less flashy next time, but the concept worked out. Let me know if you have any other questions!
Thank you so much! I used to know how to do clipping masks in Photoshop, but now I’ll have to learn in Inkscape or Affinity Designer.
I have to say that you always take your pieces to the next level. It’s inspiring.
I absolutely love the first one! All of them are fabulous. Thanks for explaining your process.
These are wonderful, thanks for sharing
I usually just by non-flavored, non-sweetened plain yogurt so I don’t pay attention to all the varieties. I was looking for a likely candidate for culturing some of my own when I noted the Oui brand of yogurt from Yoplait. There are in some great glass bottles that caught my attention. I thought about putting a note in the dairy case to contact me if they buy this brand. I figured after a couple weeks I’d get more glasses than I could ever use.
My wife always asks me, “Why did you buy that?” and she already knows the answer, it’s because of the bottle… 
The dark blue glass always calls to me. 
