Over the study break I experimented with different options for concealing the LED strips behind or in between the copper strips. The LED's were quite bright in the working prototype so I need to find a method of covering or concealing them in a way that doesn't compromise the design.
The above image is a wood veneer on thin PVC plastic
This image shows the PVC plastic, one side with wood veneer and the other side with car window tint
This image shows the same car window tint on a sheet of opal skylight acrylic.
This image is the wood veneer on the opal skylight acrylic.
I think that the wood veneer might look a bit tacky because it glows quite orange with the light behind. The opal acrylic doesn't come in a smaller thickness than 3mm so it would need to be heat bent which could be hard to line up with the copper.
Another consideration is that the copper becomes quite bumpy along the edges when it is hammered so could potentially look messy if it is juxtaposed against straight plastic.
No comments:
Post a Comment