Been in the glass industry for 30 plus years and have never heard of this application for glass.

I stayed in a hotel in Vienna that had something like this in the shower. It was long enough ago that I can’t tell you if the glass was backed with the image directly or whether the image was on another surface with just clear glass covering it. It was cool. I think your challenge here is that this is such an unusual construction method that you will have no one local who can do it. You’ve got a high chance of problems in that case. I would pass on the glass wall idea and figure out what is really jumping out to you about that and how you might accomplish that in another way. Is it seamless materials and making a small space feel larger? Is it large scale pattern/design?

I thought there was someone on the forums a few years back that had done a special wallpaper in a shower? I don't think it was tile mural.

chispa, it's fun to hear about new technologies like shower wallpaper. I never imagined such a thing.

Millworkman and Verbo, I suppose if anyone had heard of it, you two would have. So I suppose it is a somewhat original idea. I wonder what thoughts would be from people who installed or live with glass kitchen backsplashes. Have either of you installed a glass backsplash?

Upstatem, thanks for that amazing photo. What is jumping out at me is the number of frustrated people posting about their small bathrooms. And other people advising the use of large format tile for the tiniest of rooms to avoid grout. Then there are these floor to ceiling fake marble panels to replace the old tub surround. So there seems to be an anti-seam movement. When I read about glass backsplashes I thought they sounded like a highly functional solution and novel. It took awhile, but there was this post from a person who had floor tile and a wallpaper they loved and we're trying to get  ideas for a shower surround with a frameless shower door. My mind just connected the two. And I figured I'd ask if it had been done before.

OK, here is another thought. My daughter's bathroom shower has two walls of glass. And I remember seeing pictures of a few showers with three walls of glass. This must mean people have figured out how to deal with the corner seams and the seam between the shower wall and floor.

If the technology has been worked out, then maybe the reason nobody has done it has more to do with it just not looking good. Maybe it looks too utilitarian? Maybe it reminds people of those clear plastic wall guards we once tried in the kitchen. And clear plastic living room furniture covers.

Most of the seams/corners are open with maybe a small bead of caulk or a co-polymer strip, none of them are guaranteed nor intended to be 100% watertight.

I have a glass backsplash in my kitchen and love it i have a silver metallic on the back. the company who did mine was great to work with. they actually somehow print on the back of the glass and will do pretty much any sesign you want. when we were ready to refo our bathroom, i inquired and they do shower walls as well, in the end we opted not to use it as it was super expensive and also we were worried that it wouldnt be a great idea with a steamer in the shower. heres a link to the company to give you an idea

https://imagioglass.com/

One of your challenges here is that installing large panels requires absolutely flat/level/plumb walls. That's what's been cited for using solid surface walls, and it must apply also to glass.

Sue 430, thanks for the link! That's wild, isn't it? So much potential!

Upstatem, I wonder if the flat-walls requirement is why the company Sue 430 found prints designs on the back of the glass in stead of letting clear glass cover a designed wall.

Millworkman, I didn't know those glass box showers weren't intended to be water tight.  I'm not sure I would want that. I suppose it's livable. Can you elaborate?

" Can you elaborate? "

On what? They are not sealed, maybe a bead of caulk, maybe a co-polymer strip and some are left open. The amount of water that would actually escape is slight. Typically you would not have the shower head aimed right at a door, or a corner for this exact reason.

Millworkman, yes, that's what I was asking. Thank you.

I think this idea can work on the back wall of an alcove shower. Here's a recommendation from companies that install shower enclosures:

No glass tiles where the glass shower enclosure will be installed; drilling necessary during installation can result in cracking; do not want to drill into glass to install hinges

Funny, I thought I was pretty original when I thought of this just now. Only to see exactly my train of thought expressed by you here. :-)