RIP random dead dude. I finished it to see your excellent skill, but it’s you that attracted me to see this footage.

Outstanding work! Thank you for posting.

Real fancy work! Thank you for uploading.

Liz awesome as always!

Funny how I was watching a video on how to cook a rib eye steak on pan and this came up on the recommendation. Now I want that steak memorialized.

Good Morning Liz...that was a great video! I've never seen that process and was fascinated by what you do. It was a beautiful job and I want to learn more. Thanks so much for sharing that! I subscribed to your channel so I can watch more of this...!

Very informative. And awesome '80s metal ballad solo soundtrack!

I've been sandblasting for 41 yrs this system would be great in my shop for portraits instead of etching them great video

I'm surprised that such a method works. My father cut stencils by hand for lettering on headstones for 40 years. I'm impressed that this technique has been developed. I intend to have a QR code on my headstone that links to a memorial website with info about me and my life and a video that starts automatically... "greetings from beyond..." lol

So many cool people with great talents. Fun to watch even though I will not do something like this . But thank you for all your hard work and time.

Wow! Fascinating. I've never seen this process before.

Awsome! Thanks. That's a wonderful product with so many applications

Thanks for posting! Very interesting work!

Love how comenters criticized your methods but never actually realize your work turned out perfect.

This is awesome!!! Love it s k much!! Also very inspirational. Thank u for sharing it with us. All the love from South Africa 🇿🇦

You have done a great job!

Incredibly fascinating!

NIce work, but I have too say if you dont start wearing a respirator when you are painting, "YOUR" photo will end up on one of those stones sooner than later. PPE goes a long way to ensure longevity when working with materials such as this. You did a great job on the photo transfer, and RIP who ever that guy is.

I liked having seen this process. I liked it and it gave me some ideas. Good thing they uploaded this. Thank you.

Wow, love it! 25 Plus years ago I was sandblasting into thick glass. Those days it was draw the picture on the resist & cut it out by hand & blast. This is really awesome, thanks for sharing!

i'm having a blast watching that =)

There is a plastic handle for the razor blade available really cheaply. It holds the blade at the right angle to scrape without digging in. Auto body guys use them to remove runs and imperfections in paint without doing any damage. Saves ruining a really nice job with one tiny slip!

Beautiful job and awesome presentation!

This is absolutely amazing!!! Good on ya!

Many nice and respectable people died to bring us this information.

She's having a blast doing this

I'm glad I watched til the end. The paint really makes the image stand out on the stone. Very nice!

Fascinating that a newsprint-type of halftone image is used for this process. Thank you for demonstrating.

So what does nearly 150 thumbs downers have against this... there wasn't any stupid music completely blocking out the original sounds, it wasn't a high-speed replay video, the instructor was pretty detailed on the different processes, and the final result looked like it turned out nice

That was really cool. I always wondered how it was done. Thanks for the nice lesson. Best Wishes n Blessings. Keith Noneya

That's really neat! I've often wondered how photographic images are engraved onto stone. Now I know - a mixture of technology and skill. Thanks for the demo.

Really outstanding work !!!!

"Removes moisture, oil, and dirt" Touches the granite slab. -epic!!

It amazes me, when I watch a video of someone doing something creative that not many other people can or are doing. And all of the experts in the comments, are telling her what she is doing incorrectly or how it should have been done. The way they would have done it, or what other materials she should have used. When clearly, this is what the person does as their profession or art form. I airbrush, and the quickest way to get me to not take a job, is to start telling me how to do what I do.

THANK YOU you teach very well...and thank you for taking your time out of your day and showing people how to do this. People really do appreciate it. I've never seen this done before..im very impressed. keep up the great work. Bless your heart.

Wow, I have seen this before but I didn’t know how it was done and it is really something I would like to do. Great job!

fantastic working.

Thank you Sandcarving for taking the time to demonstrate this technique, it was enlightening. To the rude critics, your poor behaviour is help you feel superior but I guess that many of you have never done any similar work or have never shared your skills by video. My wife and I have done a lot of sandblasting in small cabinets like this, gloves are not essential. If you blast your hand, you only do it once and the effect is temporary. Often gloves are a hinderance. Please feel free to upload a video showing how you do it.

Brilliantly done 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

I stumbled across this, and watched it. Awesome job. I had no idea of the process. liked and subbed.

WOW...I'm impressed...

Information on the blue vinyl mask should be part of your video, as asked previously. Also, info about why you chose the fairly course image resolution. What are the reasons for not going with a coarser or finer resolution?

Looks awesome! That's cool!

Thank you for that.... I can tell the quality of your work is superb and you care about what you are doing.

Cool video never even thought how these were made. KZfaq algorithm doing its thing

What you do is perform service for someone that helps them heal through their pain of losing a loved one so I don't know why people have anything negative to say about what you do I think what you do is really great looks amazing thank you

I haven't done glass etch for years (decades). Techniques and such have come a long ways and, obviously, still require a lot of skill [and decent equipment, including dust collection), but you made it look easy. Thanks for a great video.

That’s what I like about youtube you can always find intriguing subjects.

Thank you for making and sharing this video. You are very skilled, both in what you are doing and in explaining how to do it. I’m sure every woman on earth would like to know your secret of how you use a sandblaster barehanded and still keep paint on your nails!?! Lol!

That was interesting. Had never seen or even knew how this was / is done. Thanks for sharing.

Very interesting technique. You did an amazing job! I wish I could watch you work in person.

That's pretty cool, thanks for sharing!

The University of KZfaq. Now I can make my own gravestone. Thanks

Cool!

Thanks for making such a clear and comprehensive video!

Thank you, even an old dog can still learn something! Well done.

Can you make a video of how you get the photo on the film

This is very interesting tut and I learned a lot! Thank you from Germany for sharing. (And please ignore the disgusting comments which hopefully will be a dying breed in weirdful times...)

Amazing work and how in the world did the first person to do this figure it out amazes me.

very cool . the finished stone looked great

Can you make a video of how to make the half tone picture in compurer

Use a HEATING PAD. On high, lay the pad out and place the stone on it and give it about or 10 mins before you start to warm... I would never use a torch on a cold stone. Some stone can be very cold and the sudden heat can make it crack or shatter, and yes you could be hurt... Use a heating pad.

I would most definitely enjoy a video on making the mask. Thanks awesome video!

Beautiful work

Watch that torch and that spray can !!! 😨🔥🔥🔥

What's with some of this negative comments. Looks great

That was very interesting. Would love to see more of this

Excellent Video and excellent job ! Thanks for sharing your expertise.

I'm a fellow etcher and this blows my mind..I've done about 40 hand etched headstones and still amazed at the tricks of the trade..was wondering where to get that film transfer material..hows that done ? Awesome video !

It's a very interesting process. Personally, I would have masked the entire stone before I sandblasted the image. I mean, after all, you were going to mask it anyway.

I had never seen such amazing work before, great

Wow, this is pretty darn cool. Never knew you could do such a thing.

I love reading the comments more than watching the video. It’s amazing how many professionals there are out there do you really think anyone truly cares what you think. Nice job by the way.

Great video -- very interesting. Please ignore the safety mavens who always seem to get up on their high horse about something.

Wow...it's clear&clean photo... nice job 👊👊 👊

You have no idea how much this video has helped me. Thank thank thank-you

Where can I get a picture of that guy to put on my headstone? The epitaph will read -------> THIS ISN'T ME BUT IT'S THE ONLY PHOTO I HAD.

I wonder if the family who had this done has ever watched this video

Thanks for the demonstration. Well done.

Excellent job, i didn't expect it to turn out so good !

Use a heat gun, instead of a fuel flame... if you are trying to warm up a surface for applying something to adhere to it. Fuel flames create carbon soot that covers your workspace, leaving a 'dusty' type layer...

You shouldn't use an open flame torch to heat up the stone surface because it could cause spalling. A much safer way is to use a hot plate, or a hot air gun. (HEAT GUN) You can use a shop forced air heater for large stone. I just thought someone would want to know. After all these materials are not cheap. I'm going to use this method to create a tombstone with my grandsons picture on it. Thank you for the upload. It is appreciated.

Beautiful. Thanks for sharing that technique.

WOW ................ Awesome ................ thanks for showing us ........... Beautiful, Simply Beautiful

TIP: You must have a previous obsession with peeling labels off things to do this.

Everything was awesome until the very end when I saw the bands in the suit. Any way to make that more solid?

You are so talented Ms Liz

I’ve never watched a how to video with so much suspense and anticipation. 😃

Well done and beautiful result. I would have never guessed that method. Please don't be offended, but there were several concerning safety issues. You used a flame indoors near the napkin and aerosol can. The propane torch could both ignite the napkin and blow if off the table onto other combustibles. You blew off the sandblast media residue without safety goggles. That stuff gets in your eyes and results in pain and injury. Lastly you used the razor blade without leather gloves. And please don't excuse yourself with a comment that you've done this a million times without incident. It just takes one time and no one is immune from accidents.

pls, make video s to how you get the halftone picture on the film.

That was pretty cool, did not know that was so simple ( i mean non industrial equipment )

That was beautiful work.

I thought the picture was turning out great until you uncovered the area of his suit. It appears to be streaked both horizontally and vertically, and the streaks look like the width of the spray from you sandblaster. Have you tried increasing the distance from the gun to the surface so you cover a much larger area when blasting? You may need to increase the PSI, but blasting a larger area may not show up the streaking as much. Maybe it got a bit over blasted as well?

but you can still see the horizontal lines from moving the nozzle back and forth.

Really looks great

Perfect done 👍🏼

can this be done on other type surfaces

The streaks from horizontal/vertical passes with the blaster are *super* obvious at the end (17:02). I think that's why they barely show it done and skip right to a close up of the halftone dots.

I've always wanted to know how this was done and now I know..Thanks KZfaq i learn something new everyday 👍

Thank you. I’ve been doing it by hand for years, I’ve done this once or twice. I’d love to order the photos from you ❤️👏