Gocco Glass Etching
Mr. Slakethirst concocted his own Falernum (what’s falernum, you ask?) and desired a custom container for it — something inspired by his collection of vintage glass seltzer bottles with etched labels. To the left (click for a larger image), you see our first and only etched glass attempt using Armor Etch and a Gocco screen (label designed in Illustrator). Considering the lack of a test round (we only had the one bottle), we were pretty satisfied with the result. The distressed appearance was completely intentional, of course. 
For Gocco folks interested in the details:
Two more containers are required (for two other recipes) so we will have a chance to practice again and hopefully finesse the process. I flashed the master from a laserprinter original and had problems with carbon sticking to the screen (a common problem). For various reasons, I had no control over the toner output of my printer. In the future I may photocopy the master before flashing it, or I may even just trace the artwork with a compatible pen, use the tracing and avoid the whole toner issue, altogether. I’d also like to try enhancing the label by rubbing a small amount of white enamel paint into the etching.
July 18th, 2005 at 7:07 pm
[...] And speaking of visuals, I don’t particularly care for unlabeled bottles of fluid in the bar, so a bit of experimentation with glass etching seemed in order. The able Ms. Thirsty and I spent some quality time pushing pixels around and mucking with screen printing and acid creams, about which more can be read here. It didn’t turn out half-bad, if I do say so… with some modifications to the process, I think we’ll be etching-up vessels for gomme and grenadine in the near future, and likely any other domestically produced mixological reagents that become permanent fixtures of the backbar. [...]