Apparatus and method of manufacture for a layered artwork
OwnerHoward Harrisinventor
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Abstract
The disclosure provides apparatus and methods of manufacture pertaining to a layered artwork that provides the illusion of depth, or three-dimensional volume, and that shifts in color and spatial relationships as a viewer moves in relation to the artwork or as the light cast upon the artwork changes in intensity, angle, and/or color. The layered artwork may include a base image reproduced on a rigid substrate and at least one top image reproduced on one or more translucent substrates. The translucent substrates may be suspended above the rigid substrate such that a viewer sees both the base and top images when viewing the artwork. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
Claims20
A method of generating a layered artwork for display, comprising:
- providing a rigid substrate having front and rear surfaces;
- reproducing a base image on said front surface of said rigid substrate;
- providing a translucent substrate having front and rear surfaces;
- reproducing a top image on said front surface of said translucent substrate;
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- mounting said translucent substrate to said rigid substrate such that there is a defined offset between said front surface of said rigid substrate and said rear surface of said translucent substrate.
A layered artwork that projects an illusion of three-dimensional volume that shifts in color and spatial relationships as a viewer moves in relation to said artwork, comprising:
- a rigid substrate having front and rear surfaces;
- a base image reproduced on said front surface of said rigid substrate;
- a translucent substrate having front and rear surfaces;
- a top image reproduced on said front surface of said translucent substrate, wherein said translucent substrate is mounted to said rigid substrate such that said top image overlays said base image at a defined offset.
A layered artwork, comprising a top image suspended at a defined offset above a base image, wherein said base image is visible through said top image such that said top image and said base image combine to project an illusion of a three-dimensional volume.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.