Here's a picture of what I'm talking about:
nedkahn.com/art/portfoli...indPortal.jpg
I want to use them for a project!
Thanks!
nedkahn.com/art/portfoli...indPortal.jpg
I want to use them for a project!
Thanks!
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Re: What are those little disks called used in SFO art installation?
Mon, May 5, 2008 - 12:22 PMThe picture doesn't show me mugch but I'm guessing that there is an inner curved wall that is covered with little metal disks. I'm guessing they can wobble for some kind of shimmery effect?
If so then they aren't called anything by any one who wasn't part of the build team. They were probably drawn up and specified by the architect just for that building. They could vapor deposition coated plastic or metal.
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Re: What are those little disks called used in SFO art installation?
Tue, May 6, 2008 - 1:13 PMCliff is right. They're probably commissioned specifically for that installation. If you're looking for scraps, talk to any metalworker who is stamping shapes out of any kind of sheet metal. -
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Re: What are those little disks called used in SFO art installation?
Tue, May 6, 2008 - 2:44 PMI can't make sense of your picture either, but I'm wondering whether "cheap plastic" might be what you need.
Compact Discs are made of vapor deposition coated, polycarbonate plastic. Somewhere out there there are dumpsters full of junk CDs. I'm also led to believe that polycabonate can be die cut, so in theory you could punch a whole lot of shiny discs (up to about 1 1/4" diameter) out of cheap or free plastic. Also if 4.7" shiny discs are what you need, there's no need to do any cutting.
No guarantees that any of the above will work as intended, but it might be worth experimenting a little.
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Re: What are those little disks called used in SFO art installation?
Mon, May 5, 2008 - 1:19 PMI think you could use shiny metal washers of some sort...
scour craft or hardware stores...
Or, you could use shiny dog tag like things...
Good luck!
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Re: What are those little disks called used in SFO art installation?
Mon, May 5, 2008 - 5:05 PMThose are schmibdibular oculasts.
You can get them at the will-call desk of any well managed Fotomat Hut. -
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Re: What are those little disks called used in SFO art installation?
Tue, May 6, 2008 - 12:53 PMOr wait for an Alhambra truck to be parked somewhere, and snag some off the back of it.
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