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, said reproducing said top image comprising:
- modifying a copy of said base image to form a number of cutout patterns from said copy of said base image;
- and
- reproducing said cutout patterns directly onto said front surface of said translucent substrate such that each of said cutout patterns is offset from one another;
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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;
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- a top image reproduced on said front surface of said translucent substrate, said top image comprising a copy of said base image, wherein said copy of said base image is segmented into a number of cutout patterns, each of said cutout patterns offset a defined distance from one another, and 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 top image comprises a copy of said base image;
- said copy of said base image is segmented into a number of cutout patterns, each of said cutout patterns offset a defined distance from one another;
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- 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.
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