topcat Loc: Alameda, CA

Thank you. I appreciate that

Boris77

Made for a light backed transparency view. Could be very nice as a soft hall light.
I have a flower related panel I turn on some evenings as a room light for a special thrill in the same old house.
Boris

topcat Loc: Alameda, CA

That sounds interesting, how did you do that?

Real Nikon Lover Loc: Simi Valley, CA

Looks like 60's art and a post card potential. Nice work.

Jim

topcat Loc: Alameda, CA

Thankyou

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

I like it TopCat. Going in a new direction is always fun

topcat Loc: Alameda, CA

Thank you. It is fun. I am not one for this type of image, but a friend was doing them, so I started.

Boris77

I bought flower art as a transparency that I thought that I would hang in front of a window. I could not find a window with a satisfactory bland background, so I built a simple frame about 3" deep out of white surface wood paneling, with another piece of white surface board behind the picture. Being lazy I jammed the shoddy construction into the top panel of the double hung window where I wanted to display the picture. Basically tape construction, hidden by curtains, but building a real shallow frame would be easy.
Then the magic. I experimented with light sources and stumbled on a string of LED lights, laid across the bottom of the frame. The lights are hidden by a curtain fringe. Even though the lighting is weaker at the top, it works with this picture. (I experimented with lights strips on the sides, etc., but preferred the bottom illumination.) This was an experimental construction I put up about 5 years ago, and has endured since I never open that window.
In the spirit of my Lava Lamps.
Boris

topcat Loc: Alameda, CA

That sounds like a great installation. I wish that I was able to do work like that.