Kinetic art paper
OwnerAlan Feiertaginventor
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Abstract
An art paper designed to facilitate the creation of kinetic art works. The term “kinetic art” refers to paintings or pictures, which have been designed to be shaped in a pleated manner and displayed in 3 dimensions to afford the viewer different images dependant upon the viewer's position in relation to the art. Kinetic art paper consists of a repeated pattern of long vertical strips of equal size separated by channels which define the precise location of where folds should be made to form a uniform pattern of pleats. The channels aid in the folding process. Image information is placed on the vertical strips, either through a manual painting or coloring process or through the use of a computer assisted printing program.
Claims4
A structure for facilitating the creation of kinetic artwork, said structure comprising:
- a base layer having a front surface and a rear surface;
- a plurality of parallel strips,
- said strips being attached permanently to said front surface, said strips being separated by a predetermined amount;
- an adhesive layer coated over portions of said front surface to which said parallel strips are attached, said adhesive layer being transparent, said base layer being folded in an alternating back and forth pattern;
- and a second plurality of parallel strips, said second plurality of parallel strips being attached to said rear surface, and a second adhesive layer coated over portions of the rear surface of the base layer to which said second plurality of strips are attached.
A method of creating kinetic artwork comprising:
- attaching a sheet for displaying said artwork to a base layer to form a combined structure;
- peeling portions of said sheet away from said base layer such that remaining portions of said sheet form a plurality of parallel vertical strips and such that portions of said base layer previously underlying said peeled away portions form a plurality of parallel voided regions, said parallel voided regions being narrower than said vertical strips;
- folding said combined structure in an alternating back and forth pattern, said folds being along said voids formed by said peeled away portions;
- placing a set of two images to be displayed on said combined structure, each of said images being placed on every other fold of said back and forth pattern.
A method of creating a kinetic artwork paper comprising:
- attaching a sheet of paper having a plurality of die cut-outs with an adhesive layer deposited
- on plural regions of the paper to a base layer to form a combined structure;
- peeling portions of said sheet away from said base layer such that remaining portions of said sheet form a plurality of parallel vertical strips and such that portions of said base layer previously underlying said peeled away portions form a plurality of parallel voided regions, said parallel voided regions being narrower than said vertical strips.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.