# US 9,753,295 B2 · Apparatus and method of manufacture for a layered artwork > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,753,295 B2 - Document ID: US9753295B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/276,186 - Filed: 2016-09-26 - Published: 2017-02-09 - Granted: 2017-09-05 - Earliest claimed: 2014-10-02 - Applicants: Howard Harris - Inventors: Howard Harris - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9753295B2 ## CPC - G02B 30/52: the three-dimensional [3D] volume being constructed from a stack or sequence of two-dimensional [2D] planes, e.g. depth sampling systems - B44F 1/10: Changing, amusing, or secret pictures - B44F 7/00: Designs imitating three-dimensional [3D] effects - G02B 30/50: the image being built up from image elements distributed over a three-dimensional [3D] volume, e.g. voxels - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS - B44F: SPECIAL DESIGNS OR PICTURES ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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; and 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein said base image is generated photographically, through illustration, through painting, or electronically. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein said rigid substrate is formed of acrylic, aluminum, stainless steel, or photo paper. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein said cutout patterns of said top image form a larger geometric pattern. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein said geometric pattern comprises a grid pattern. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein said geometric pattern is black-and-white. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein said translucent substrate comprises clear acrylic, glass, or polyester. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein said mounting said translucent substrate comprises setting said defined offset to achieve a three-dimensional optical illusion in said layered artwork. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: providing a second translucent substrate having front and rear surfaces; reproducing a second top image on said front surface of said second translucent substrate; and mounting said second translucent substrate to said translucent substrate such that there is a second defined offset between said front surface of said translucent substrate and said rear surface of said second translucent substrate. ### Claim 10 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; and 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. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The layered artwork of claim 10, further comprising a plurality of standoffs having first and second ends, said first ends affixed to said front surface of said rigid substrate and said second ends affixed to said rear surface of said translucent substrate such that said translucent substrate is suspended above said rigid substrate by said defined offset. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The layered artwork of claim 11, wherein said defined distance and said defined offset are configured to achieve a desired three-dimensional optical illusion in said layered artwork. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The layered artwork of claim 10, wherein said base image is generated photographically, through illustration, through painting, or electronically. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The layered artwork of claim 10, wherein said top image comprises a geometric pattern. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The layered artwork of claim 10, wherein said translucent substrate is formed of clear acrylic. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The layered artwork of claim 10, further comprising: a second translucent substrate having front and rear surfaces; a second top image reproduced on said front surface of said second translucent substrate; and a plurality of second standoffs having first and second ends, said first ends affixed to said front surface of said translucent substrate and said second ends affixed to said rear surface of said second translucent substrate such that said second translucent substrate is suspended above said translucent substrate at a second defined offset. ### Claim 17 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; and 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. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The layered artwork of claim 17, wherein said base image is reproduced on a rigid substrate and said top image is reproduced on a transparent substrate, and wherein a plurality of standoffs separate said rigid substrate and said transparent substrate by said defined offset. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The layered artwork of claim 18, further comprising a second top image suspended at a second defined offset above said first top image. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The layered artwork of claim 19, wherein said second top image is reproduced on a second transparent substrate, and wherein a plurality of second standoffs separate said transparent substrate and said second transparent substrate by said second defined offset.