We are very happy to own and operate a CNC cutting machine from Flow Water jet. This is one of the most versatile tools available today. The machine can cut through any type of the material with incredible precision and speed. There are so many types of glass that is not possible or very difficult to cut by hand. The machine opens up for us a lot of technical possibilities that are not achievable while cutting glass by hand

All glass professionals know that to cut glass this rough is not an easy task. Not for our water jet machine. It cuts through 4 layers of glass as a knife through butter

Part 2

KIln formed glass parts precut for custom hand beveling folowed by the images of assembled leaded glass dome Completed stained glass dome with custom beveling

The lost art of hand bevelled glass taken to the new level . Part 1

Bright and shiny ... colored beveled glass acanthus border and crystal pale jewels are great accent highlights for a large domed skylight.  One of the most amazing elements used in this leaded glass skylight is  custom made hand beveled colored glass. Each piece of beveled glass has a color stretching of delicate elusive colors of neon (lilac), pink, straw and pale blue to expose a sole of glass: transparency, brightness, color, texture.

The team behind  worked really hard. First, glass was formed in our large computer controlled kiln in a few stages, all elements were programmed for CNC machine and water jet cut in our studio in Mississauga.

After cutting, it was sent to Europe, detained by Ukrainian customs due to uncertain artistic value of content. That caused a few months delay in our production schedule. After explaining customs officers about glass beveling process it was released reaching the beveling studio in Ukraine. Absolutely stunning, fantastic, complex, technically difficult and crazy beveling work done by talented Yuriy Sergeev

Black opal glass looks gorgeous! We cut 170 ovals for the client in Flesherton using our water jet machine!

We are getting ready for new leaded glass skylights and domes! Acid etched glass just arrived from Europe, Spectrum clear textured and bevelled glass from the USA, and lead came from Vancuver! We are excited and looking forward!

Recently we had a chance to use our water jet machine to help Lucy and Libor from Cascade Hand Cut Crystal to cut a starphire 12 mm glass. It is still a lot of polishing and cold work is to be done. Here is a process in our studio!

I just want to thank Libor for a beautiful custom beveled glass peace that he fabricated for our leaded glass dome presentation in Minneapolis. We fused pale lilac, blue and yellow glasses. Then the kiln formed slab was cut with our water jet machine. Libor turned it into beautiful custom made beveled glass peace! Please notice what a great difference cold worked glass makes!