Ray of Light
This illuminated shrine is dedicated to Steve Irwin. Goofball delivery and ironic death aside, he was a great conservationist and used his popularity and his money well.
It features a fetal ray, a stingray spine, a chipboard gear and alcohol inks that came from Hannah Grey. The frame was a gaudy thing from Ross or somewhere like that and the shadow box is made from an Altoid-style mint tin (treated with alcohol inks and a blowtorch), and the rice lights were procured from the wedding aisle of a hobby store-- these were all provided to the class by the instructor for the project.
I ended up using the back of the frame since the rhinestone-studded front didn't suit the imagery. (Besides, the back took alcohol inks wonderfully.) The stage (the chipboard gear) is fastened to a little bezel cut from a copper pipe and soldered directly to the mint tin as a standoff. I believe I might have had to add a couple washers in there to clear the tips of the tiny lights poking through from the back.
Ray of Light
This illuminated shrine is dedicated to Steve Irwin. Goofball delivery and ironic death aside, he was a great conservationist and used his popularity and his money well.
It features a fetal ray, a stingray spine, a chipboard gear and alcohol inks that came from Hannah Grey. The frame was a gaudy thing from Ross or somewhere like that and the shadow box is made from an Altoid-style mint tin (treated with alcohol inks and a blowtorch), and the rice lights were procured from the wedding aisle of a hobby store-- these were all provided to the class by the instructor for the project.
I ended up using the back of the frame since the rhinestone-studded front didn't suit the imagery. (Besides, the back took alcohol inks wonderfully.) The stage (the chipboard gear) is fastened to a little bezel cut from a copper pipe and soldered directly to the mint tin as a standoff. I believe I might have had to add a couple washers in there to clear the tips of the tiny lights poking through from the back.