Etched Glass Corby

Founded in 1994, the Leadbitter Glass Studio has been supplying Etched Glass panels to homes and businesses across Corby ever since, delivering to every other part of the UK too. Corby earned the nickname “Little Scotland” from the thousands of Scottish steelworkers who moved south for its steelworks and simply stayed, building lives here rather than treating it as a stopover.

Etched glass, sometimes known as sandblasted glass, permanently frosts sections of a clear pane to leave a pattern that won’t wash off or wear away. We cut every panel to your own glass sizes, and just as Corby’s own arrivals didn’t half-settle, we don’t half-finish a design either — nothing leaves our studio until it’s properly at home in your door or window. The great majority of orders qualify for free delivery across Corby.

It’s among the oldest decorative techniques we offer, and it suits a town whose whole modern identity was shaped by people choosing to put down real roots rather than pass through. We’ve supplied glass to a Prime Minister’s residence and Hollywood film sets, though homeowners across Corby account for most of what leaves our workshop. We also make the other three styles of Decorative Glass found on this site, including Stained Glass, Bevelled Glass, and Fused Glass.

See your glass before we create it!

Our Free Client Pages Design Service

Every Corby order gets its own Client Page, where within a few days you’ll find a computer-generated proof, drawn to your glass’s exact dimensions. Not quite right? Say so and we’ll amend it — there’s no cap on revisions, and the sandblaster stays off until you’re confident the design belongs on your door, not just squeezed into it.

Perfect For House Names And Numbers

House names and numbers are one of the most common requests we get for etched glass, particularly for the fanlight above a front door. If your Corby home has one, we can build a panel showing your number or name — usually keeping the lettering clear against a frosted background, so it reads at a glance from the street.

How Our Etched Glass Is Made

The process itself starts with a sheet of toughened safety glass, over which we lay a mask cut precisely to your chosen pattern. Blasting fine abrasive at high pressure wears the exposed glass down to a permanent frost, while anything under the mask stays perfectly clear — a change that becomes part of the glass, not something laid over the top of it, so it settles in for good rather than sitting there temporarily.

That’s the real difference between genuine sandblasting and a stick-on “etch effect” film — the film sits on the surface and, within a couple of years, tends to yellow and start lifting at the edges. Ours doesn’t, because there’s nothing stuck on to peel.

Got an old etched panel at home that’s cracked, or gone missing entirely over the years? A decent photograph is usually all our glass artists need to bring the original pattern back.

Ready to have Etched Glass, or any other decorative glass, made for your Corby home or business? Get in touch today for an accurate quote and turnaround time.

Browse Our Etched Glass Galleries

Our website holds one of the largest collections of decorative glass patterns anywhere. Browse hundreds of Etched Glass designs in our main gallery, arranged by theme and by door style, to find the right pattern — or simply for inspiration towards your own. Visit the Main Gallery to see what’s possible.

Notable Etched Glass Commissions from the Corby area…