May 27, 2009

Sign - progression

This almost definitely will NOT be ready for Tuesday, but it will most certainly be made for the show.
I pulled in a favour from a saintly former teacher to get this laser-cut from glossy black acrylic. Slight error: He works from a PC-based programme, so in the conversion it sadly lost the absolute flow of the curves, but the difference isn't overly noticeable. It's roughly A2 in size, although for a miniature mockup I've got an A4 copy. I cut a clear acrylic glaze for the front and reverse, and when they're sandwiched together they're high-shine and really smart.
This image shows it over a lightbox with flat lighting behind it...this would be the effect of lighting it with fluorescent tubes and then diffusing the glow.
Tonight going to experiment with the mirrored film and fairy lights (controlled twinkling effect) To be honest not entirely sure I want to bulk it up by sticking a box behind it to light it up. Will consider the options.

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