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US 8,921,473 B1Granted
Image making medium
OwnerSydney Hymaninventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to an image support medium for creation of an aesthetic image that is a work or object for display. This support medium is made from a smart or intelligent material so that the medium provides or enables formation of an image having at least one aesthetic element that can be responsive, interactive, controlled, changed, programmed, and/or modulated. The support medium can further comprise stimuli, triggers or influences that cause the smart or intelligent material to respond to change shape, size, volume, density, light properties, color, appearance, and/or another physical property of the aesthetic element. In a preferred embodiment, the smart or intelligent material is reversibly responsive to the stimuli, triggers or influences.
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A method for making a mural with, upon or from an image-making support medium that is a new reinvented version of the conventional utilitarian fine artist's canvas or mural support, wherein the reinvented image support medium facilitates artistic expression and the creation and display of art, design or architecture made therewith, thereupon or therefrom, which method comprises:
- preparing the work with at least one ingredient or part so that it has the form of a mural,
- making the macroscopic work of, from or incorporating at least one nanomaterial, and
- making the work with distinct edges or boundaries;
- preparing the work with means for creating and showing a two or three-dimensional aesthetic, picture or design that can be seen from one or more sides or angles,
- making the work as or developing it into an aesthetic mural with a visible purpose for visual observation or display,
- integrating all of its elements visibly into the work as one whole, and
- creating the aesthetic mural as or developing it into macroscopic two or three-dimensional art that is:
- pictorial;
- fine art free of utilitarian function;
- a design;
- showing:
- a figure, an animal, a still life, landscape, nature, the sky, a part or aspect of any of these, subject matter that is not physically present, drawing, collage, a pattern or a depiction or representation of a recognizable subject;
- or art that is a combination of these, and
- making the aesthetic mural so that it is free of being purely commercial or informational, and
- making the aesthetic mural free of a computer, or making the aesthetic mural with a computer that serves the purpose described in this claim and making the work other than a conventional computer.
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A method for making an image-making support medium as a new reinvented version of the conventional utilitarian fine artist's canvas, wherein the reinvented image support medium facilitates artistic expression and the creation and display of art, design or architecture made therewith, thereupon or therefrom, which method comprises:
- creating a macroscopic image-making support medium of, from or incorporating at least one nanomaterial, and creating this work with distinct edges or boundaries;
- preparing the work so that it has means for creating and showing a two or three-dimensional artwork, picture or design that can be seen from one or more sides or angles;
- developing the work so that it shows at least one pictorial, artwork or design element that can be seen from one or more of the work's sides or angles;
- preparing the work as or developing it into an aesthetic work;
- and preparing it according to one or more of (A)-(D):
- (A) integrating the aesthetic work's utilitarian elements visibly into the work as a whole, including any wiring, batteries and utilitarian mount parts the work might have, so that most or all of it's utilitarian elements are hidden from view and/or entirely or largely unobvious or unapparent to viewers looking at the work as a whole;
- (B) preparing the aesthetic work for viewing with one or more of:
- a framework, a support or bracing hidden from viewer's visibility;
- a matt or a frame;
- a rigid mount system, a wire mount system, or a combination rigid and wire mount system;
- means of installation, mounting or display that leaves space between it and the wall, ceiling, floor or other structure from which it is installed, mounted or displayed;
- preparing the aesthetic work with a base, a stand or a pedestal for viewing;
- or preparing the aesthetic work with means by which at least part of it can scroll, roll out and/or physically unfold;
- (C) preparing the aesthetic work with a fine-art stabilizer that bonds to or enhances the bond to one or more superimposed conventional artists' paints;
- and/or
- (D) making the aesthetic work so that the ratio of it's strength to it's weight, structure, form and/or mass are different from what this ratio would be if it were entirely free of nanomaterials such that the aesthetic work is either:
- (i) stronger than it would be if it were entirely free of nanomaterials while it's weight, structure, form and/or mass are about the same or less than they would be if the work were entirely free of nanomaterials;
- or
- (ii) about as strong as it would be if it were entirely free of nanomaterials while it's weight, structure, form and/or mass are less than they would be if the work were entirely free of nanomaterials;
- and
- making the aesthetic work prepared according to one or more of (A)-(D) above, with a visible overall aesthetic and with a visible purpose for visual observation or display,
- integrating all of the aesthetic work's elements visibly into the work as one whole, and
- creating the aesthetic work as or developing it into macroscopic, two or three-dimensional art that is:
- pictorial;
- sculpture, a mural, a kinetic work, a mobile, an openwork art form, or fine art free of utilitarian function;
- a design;
- with means of display as art;
- showing:
- a figure, an animal, a still life, landscape, nature, the sky, a part or aspect of any of these, subject matter that is not physically present, drawing, collage, a pattern, or a depiction or representation of a recognizable subject;
- or art that is a combination of these, and
- making the work so that it is free of being purely commercial or informational,
- making the work free of a computer, or making the work with a computer that serves the purpose described in this claim and making the work other than a conventional computer;
- making the work free of a camera, or making the work with a part that is a camera that is subsidiary or that is subordinate in proportion to the visible work as a whole or hidden from view, and also
- making the work so that it is other than a conventional phone, personal digital assistant device or portable media player device.
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A method for making an image-making support medium as a new reinvented version of the conventional utilitarian fine artist's canvas, wherein the reinvented image support medium facilitates artistic expression and the creation and display of art, design or architecture made therewith, thereupon or therefrom, which method comprises:
- creating a macroscopic image-making support medium of, from or incorporating at least one nanomaterial, and creating this work with distinct edges or boundaries;
- preparing the work so that it has means for creating and showing a two or three-dimensional artwork, picture or design that can be seen from one or more sides or angles;
- developing the work so that it shows at least one pictorial, artwork or design element that can be seen from one or more of the work's sides or angles;
- preparing the work as or developing it into an aesthetic work;
- and preparing it according to one or more of (A)-(D):
- (A) creating the aesthetic work as or developing it into macroscopic, two or three-dimensional art, and hanging, installing or mounting it for display as art;
- (B) cleaning the surface of the image-making support medium or the aesthetic work sufficiently to render it receptive to superimposed artists' paint, so that it has enhanced bond strength and permanence;
- (C) creating a two or three-dimensional, pictorial, artwork or design element by adding to the work and/or by subtracting from it so that this pictorial, artwork or design element can be seen from one or more of the work's sides or angles;
- and/or
- (D) creating a visible, two or three dimensional, pictorial, artwork or design element that employs light emitted from and/or transmitted through part or all of the aesthetic work that can be seen from one or more of it's sides or angles;
- and
- making the aesthetic work prepared according to one or more of (A)-(D) above, with a visible overall aesthetic and with a visible purpose for visual observation or display,
- integrating all of the aesthetic work's elements visibly into the work as one whole, and
- creating the aesthetic work as or developing it into macroscopic, two or three-dimensional art that is:
- pictorial;
- sculpture, a mural, a kinetic work, a mobile, an openwork art form, or fine art free of utilitarian function;
- a design;
- with means of display as art;
- showing:
- a figure, an animal, a still life, landscape, nature, the sky, a part or aspect of any of these, subject matter that is not physically present, drawing, collage, a pattern, or a depiction or representation of a recognizable subject;
- or art that is a combination of these, and,
- making the work so that it is free of being purely commercial or informational,
- making the work free of a computer, or making the work with a computer that serves the purpose described in this claim and making the work other than a conventional computer;
- making the work free of a camera, or making the work with a part that is a camera that is subsidiary or that is subordinate in proportion to the visible work as a whole or hidden from view, and also
- making the work so that it is other than a conventional phone, personal digital assistant device or portable media player device.
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A method for making an image-making support medium as a new reinvented version of the conventional utilitarian fine artist's canvas, wherein the reinvented image support medium facilitates artistic expression and the creation and display of art, design or architecture made therewith, thereupon or therefrom, which method comprises:
- creating a macroscopic image-making support medium of, from or incorporating at least one nanomaterial, and creating this work with distinct edges or boundaries;
- preparing the work so that it has means for creating and showing a two or three-dimensional artwork, picture or design that can be seen from one or more sides or angles;
- developing the work so that it shows at least one pictorial, artwork or design element that can be seen from one or more of the work's sides or angles;
- preparing the work as or developing it into an aesthetic work;
- wherein the image-making support or the aesthetic work is prepared according to one or more of (A)-(D):
- (A) preparing the work with means of having and using energy from a source that is part of it or separate from it;
- and creating a two or three-dimensional visual element that is observed in the work, that employs energy or that is enhanced by or reliant upon a feature of the work that employs energy;
- (B) preparing the work with at least one interactive feature that enables the creation, development or change of a visible pictorial, artwork or design element on one or more viewable areas wherein the work is active, with this interactive feature more complex than or other than a conventional on/off switch or dimmer, and also developing the work so that it shows at least one pictorial, artwork or design element that can be seen from one or more of the work's sides or angles;
- (C) preparing the work with means enabling the creation, development and/or change of a visible pictorial, artwork or design element on one or more viewable areas wherein the work actively responds:
- to movement, gesture, light, sound, temperature, the environment, a trigger or a stimulant;
- to a subject that is separate from the work and/or not present with it;
- to a process that uses sensing, detection or recognition capability, wireless communication, broadcasting, input or the Internet;
- or the work actively responds using a combination of these, and in addition, developing the work so that it shows at least one pictorial, artwork or design element that can be observed in the work;
- or
- (D) creating a two or three-dimensional, pictorial, artwork or design element that can change over time with the work being active, that can be seen from one or more of the work's sides or angles, and that is more complex than or other than the visual effect of a conventional on/off switch, or a conventional dimmer, and
- making the aesthetic work prepared according to one or more of (A)-(D) above, with a visible overall aesthetic and with a visible purpose for visual observation or display,
- integrating all of the aesthetic work's elements visibly into the work as one whole, and
- creating the aesthetic work as or developing it into macroscopic, two or three-dimensional art that is:
- pictorial;
- sculpture, a mural, a kinetic work, a mobile, an openwork art form, or fine art free of utilitarian function;
- a design;
- with means of display as art;
- showing:
- a figure, an animal, a still life, landscape, nature, the sky, a part or aspect of any of these, subject matter that is not physically present, drawing, collage, a pattern, or a depiction or representation of a recognizable subject;
- or art that is a combination of these, and,
- making the work so that it is free of being purely commercial or informational,
- making the work free of a computer, or making the work with a computer that serves the purpose described in this claim and making the work other than a conventional computer;
- making the work free of a camera, or making the work with a part that is a camera that is subsidiary or that is subordinate in proportion to the visible work as a whole or hidden from view, and also
- making the work so that it is other than a conventional phone, personal digital assistant device or portable media player device.
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A method for making an image-making support medium as a new reinvented version of the conventional utilitarian fine artist's canvas, wherein the reinvented image support medium facilitates artistic expression and the creation and display of art, design or architecture made therewith, thereupon or therefrom, which method comprises:
- creating a macroscopic image-making support medium of, from or incorporating at least one nanomaterial, and creating this work with distinct edges or boundaries;
- making the image-making support medium useful for creating art so that:
- art can be created as the image-making support medium is made or developed, art can be created on the image-making support medium, art can be created with the image-making support medium, or a combination of these;
- preparing this work with means for creating and showing a two or three-dimensional artwork, picture or design that can be seen from one or more sides or angles;
- making or developing the work so that it shows at least one pictorial, artwork or design element that can be seen from one or more of it's sides or angles;
- and
- when the work is made with a feature that employs energy, preparing the work with means of providing energy from a source that is part of it or separate from it;
- and
- making the work as or developing it into an aesthetic work, with a visible overall aesthetic and a visible purpose for visual observation or display,
- integrating all of the aesthetic work's elements visibly into the work as one whole, making the aesthetic work a whole in and of itself, and
- creating the aesthetic work as or developing it into macroscopic, two or three-dimensional art that is:
- pictorial;
- sculpture, a mural, a kinetic work, a mobile, an openwork art form, or fine art free of utilitarian function;
- a design;
- with means of display as art;
- showing:
- a figure, an animal, a still life, landscape, nature, the sky, a part or aspect of any of these, subject matter that is not physically present, drawing, collage, a pattern, or a depiction or representation of a recognizable subject;
- or art that is a combination of these, and,
- making the work so that it is free of being purely commercial or informational,
- making the work free of a computer, or making the work with a computer that serves the purpose described in this claim and making the work other than a conventional computer;
- making the work free of a camera, or making the work with a part that is a camera that is subsidiary or that is subordinate in proportion to the visible work as a whole or hidden from view, and also
- making the work so that it is other than a conventional phone, personal digital assistant device or portable media player device.
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A method for making an image-making support medium as a new reinvented version of the conventional utilitarian fine artist's canvas, wherein the reinvented image support medium facilitates artistic expression and the creation and display of art, design or architecture made therewith, thereupon or therefrom, which method comprises:
- creating a macroscopic image-making support medium of, from or incorporating at least one nanomaterial, and creating this work with distinct edges or boundaries;
- making the image-making support medium useful for creating art so that:
- art can be created as the image-making support medium is made or developed, art can be created on the image-making support medium, art can be created with the image-making support medium, or a combination of these;
- preparing the work so that it has means for creating and showing a two or three-dimensional artwork, picture or design that can be seen from one or more sides or angles;
- preparing the work as or developing it according to one or more of (A)-(E):
- (A) preparing the work with or as:
- (i) one or more sheets, or (ii) a plurality of associated sheets arranged in a pad or book form for image making, or arranged in a pad or a book with a form of or similar to a conventional blank paper pad or blank book for image making;
- (B) preparing the work so that it has:
- the visual appearance of or resembling a conventional artist's canvas;
- deckled edges;
- irregularities resembling handmade paper;
- texture resembling conventional canvas;
- or preparing the work so that it has an aesthetic texture made by taking one or more positive or negative impressions from one or more organic or natural materials, or an aesthetic texture resembling this;
- (C) drawing or painting on the work, or applying an imprimatura, a ground, collage or a conventional artist's medium to it;
- (D) accompanying the work with instructions for developing it as or into art, and/or for displaying it as art;
- and/or
- (E) preparing or developing the work with a form that is largely or entirely transparent or translucent, so that the work provides and/or enables the creation of a two or three-dimensional, pictorial, artwork or design element employing light transmitted through it that can be seen from one or more of the work's sides or angles, with the work having one or more of (i)-(iv):
- (i) an external surface made with poly(methyl methacrylate), methacrylate ester or methacrylamide derivative;
- (ii) an external surface of a non-conductive or poorly conductive polymer with a stabilizer present to enhance the ability of the work to remain color stable or to remain unchanged with exposure to ultraviolet light;
- (iii) an external surface that has a varnish, sealant or coating that provides or contributes to permanence of the image;
- and/or
- (iv) one or more nanomaterials acting as a stabilizer;
- and
- making the work prepared according to one or more of (A)-(E) above, with a visible overall aesthetic,
- integrating all of the work's elements visibly into the work as one whole, and
- making the work so that it is free of being purely commercial or informational,
- making the work free of a computer, or making the work with a computer that serves the purpose described in this claim and making the work other than a conventional computer;
- making the work free of a camera, or making the work with a part that is a camera that is subsidiary or that is subordinate in proportion to the visible work as a whole or hidden from view, and also
- making the work so that it is other than a conventional phone, personal digital assistant device or portable media player device.
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A method for making an image-making support medium as a new reinvented version of the conventional utilitarian fine artist's canvas, wherein the reinvented image support medium facilitates artistic expression and the creation and display of art, design or architecture made therewith, thereupon or therefrom, which method comprises:
- creating a macroscopic image-making support medium of, from or incorporating at least one nanomaterial, and creating this work with distinct edges or boundaries;
- making the image-making support medium useful for creating art so that:
- art can be created as the image-making support medium is made or developed, art can be created on the image-making support medium, art can be created with the image-making support medium, or a combination of these;
- preparing the work so that it has means for creating and showing a two or three-dimensional artwork, picture or design that can be seen from one or more sides or angles;
- preparing the work as or developing it according to one or more of (A)-(E):
- (A) preparing the work so that it has an overall aesthetic shape or form that is figurative or that depicts or represents a recognizable subject;
- (B) preparing or developing the image-making support medium with a fine-art stabilizer that bonds to or enhances the bond to one or more superimposed conventional artist's paints, and this fine-art stabilizer is at least one conventional artist's paint, conventional artist's painting primer, or conventional artist's paint binder;
- (C) preparing or developing the image-making support medium with a viewable surface at least part of which has an absorbent polymer, and superimposing this absorbent polymer with a paint or other colorant to modify or change it's color and/or light property;
- (D) integrating the aesthetic work's utilitarian elements visibly into the work as a whole, including any wiring, batteries, control buttons, electrical parts, and utilitarian mount parts the work might have, so that most or all of it's utilitarian elements are hidden from view and/or entirely or largely unobvious or unapparent to viewers looking at the work as a whole;
- and/or
- (E) preparing the work with the visible signature or distinguishing mark identifying the artist, designer or group of artists and/or designers who created it, which is other than the mark of an industrial or commercial manufacturer or scientific organization;
- or preparing the work with a title as art;
- and
- making the work prepared according to one or more of (A)-(E) above, with a visible overall aesthetic,
- integrating all of the work's elements visibly into the work as one whole, and
- making the work so that it is free of being purely commercial or informational,
- making the work free of a computer, or making the work with a computer that serves the purpose described in this claim and making the work other than a conventional computer;
- making the work free of a camera, or making the work with a part that is a camera that is subsidiary or that is subordinate in proportion to the visible work as a whole or hidden from view, and also
- making the work so that it is other than a conventional phone, personal digital assistant device or portable media player device.
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A method for making an image-making support medium as a new reinvented version of the conventional utilitarian fine artist's canvas, wherein the reinvented image support medium facilitates artistic expression and the creation and display of art, design or architecture made therewith, thereupon or therefrom, which method comprises:
- creating a macroscopic image-making support medium of, from or incorporating at least one nanomaterial, and creating this work with distinct edges or boundaries;
- making the image-making support medium useful for creating art so that:
- art can be created as the image-making support medium is made or developed, art can be created on the image-making support medium, art can be created with the image-making support medium, or a combination of these;
- preparing the work so that it has means for creating and showing a two or three-dimensional artwork, picture or design that can be seen from one or more sides or angles;
- preparing the work as or developing it according to one or more of (A)-(E):
- (A) preparing or developing the work so that it shows:
- a figure, an animal, a still life, landscape, nature, the sky, a part or aspect of any of these, subject matter that is not physically present, a pictorial subject, drawing, collage, a pattern, a two-dimensional depiction of three-dimensional form, or a depiction or representation of a recognizable subject;
- and/or preparing or developing the work as a mobile or with a matt or a frame like that used on a conventional image;
- (B) preparing or developing the work with means that provides or enables interactivity enabling a visible pictorial, artwork or design element to be created, developed and/or changed, to make, develop and/or change an aesthetic image or an overall aesthetic effect in a process in which the work is active, wherein this interactive means is other than conventional computer word processing and it is more complex than or other than a conventional on/off switch or dimmer;
- (C) preparing the work with means enabling the creation, development and/or change of a visible pictorial, artwork or design element to make, develop and/or change an aesthetic image or an overall aesthetic effect in a process in which the work actively responds:
- to movement, gesture, light, sound, temperature, the environment, a trigger or a stimulant;
- to a subject that is separate from the work and/or not present with it;
- the work actively responds in a process that uses sensing, detection and/or recognition capability, wireless communication, means of broadcast, means of input and/or the Internet;
- or the work actively responds using a combination of these;
- (D) preparing the work so that it has a visual aesthetic element visible to viewers resembling that in an image by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Turner, Van Gogh, Monet, Seurat, an Impressionist artist, Jackson Pollack, Marc Rothko, Brancusi, Noguchi, Tiffany or I. M. Pei, or resembling that in a known work of or kind of fine art or design;
- and/or
- (E) preparing the work with the means enabling the creation and/or development of a two or three-dimensional, pictorial, artwork or design element that can change over time with the work being active, that can be seen from one or more of the work's sides or angles, and that is more complex than or other than the visual effect of a conventional on/off switch, or a conventional dimmer, to make and/or develop an aesthetic image or an overall aesthetic effect;
- and
- making the work prepared according to one or more of (A)-(E) above, with a visible overall aesthetic,
- integrating all of the work's elements visibly into the work as one whole, and
- making the work so that it is free of being purely commercial or informational,
- making the work free of a computer, or making the work with a computer that serves the purpose described in this claim and making the work other than a conventional computer;
- making the work free of a camera, or making the work with a part that is a camera that is subsidiary or that is subordinate in proportion to the visible work as a whole or hidden from view, and also
- making the work so that it is other than a conventional phone, personal digital assistant device or portable media player device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.