Comments on: In moving color http://www.morganica.com/bloggery/2008/glasswork/in-moving-color/ My life, my sculpture...and other things Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:38:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: TK http://www.morganica.com/bloggery/2008/glasswork/in-moving-color/comment-page-1/#comment-249 TK Sun, 17 Feb 2008 03:56:00 +0000 http://www.morganica.com/bloggery/2008/02/12/in-moving-color/#comment-249 Nifty but I think for that money I'd rather just have someone figure out how to mount a waterproof LCD tv behind the shower so I catch the news while I'm in there. Nifty but I think for that money I’d rather just have someone figure out how to mount a waterproof LCD tv behind the shower so I catch the news while I’m in there.

]]> By: gary brown http://www.morganica.com/bloggery/2008/glasswork/in-moving-color/comment-page-1/#comment-248 gary brown Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:01:40 +0000 http://www.morganica.com/bloggery/2008/02/12/in-moving-color/#comment-248 "Water based screen inks containing microencapsulated Cholesteric thermal liquid crystal" Probably not the best application for a shower...unless they could be encapsulated behind glass. “Water based screen inks containing microencapsulated Cholesteric thermal liquid crystal”

Probably not the best application for a shower…unless they could be encapsulated behind glass.

]]> By: charlie http://www.morganica.com/bloggery/2008/glasswork/in-moving-color/comment-page-1/#comment-247 charlie Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:19:40 +0000 http://www.morganica.com/bloggery/2008/02/12/in-moving-color/#comment-247 how about thermo inks that can be screenprinted? <a href="http://www.hallcrest.com/reversible.cfm" rel="nofollow">http://www.hallcrest.com/reversible.cfm</a> how about thermo inks that can be screenprinted?

http://www.hallcrest.com/reversible.cfm

]]> By: Cynthia http://www.morganica.com/bloggery/2008/glasswork/in-moving-color/comment-page-1/#comment-246 Cynthia Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:13:19 +0000 http://www.morganica.com/bloggery/2008/02/12/in-moving-color/#comment-246 Hmmmm. If you used it that way you'd be sealing it BEHIND the glass in the shower. It certainly could be done, and most likely could be waterproofed (I'm thinking you'd make a "box" of the glass tile where the crystal sheet fit snugly into the back of the tile, you embedded the sheet into some kind of optically clear resin to make a solid block, and then pushed THAT, resin side first, into a polymer mastic of some kind. However...I wonder how much insulation you'd get from that combination? The heat would have to travel through the glass and resin to reach the sheet... Hmmmm. If you used it that way you’d be sealing it BEHIND the glass in the shower. It certainly could be done, and most likely could be waterproofed (I’m thinking you’d make a “box” of the glass tile where the crystal sheet fit snugly into the back of the tile, you embedded the sheet into some kind of optically clear resin to make a solid block, and then pushed THAT, resin side first, into a polymer mastic of some kind.

However…I wonder how much insulation you’d get from that combination? The heat would have to travel through the glass and resin to reach the sheet…

]]> By: gary brown http://www.morganica.com/bloggery/2008/glasswork/in-moving-color/comment-page-1/#comment-245 gary brown Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:49:51 +0000 http://www.morganica.com/bloggery/2008/02/12/in-moving-color/#comment-245 On further searching, a 12"x12" sheet of liquid crystal material is around $25. You can get 9 4"x4" tile sheets out of that, so the LC cost would be around $2.75. In bulk, I'm sure that would be a lot less... the trick is getting that sheet into a nice glass case that will NEVER leak. Not an easy task in an environment (shower) that's hot & humid. On further searching, a 12″x12″ sheet of liquid crystal material is around $25. You can get 9 4″x4″ tile sheets out of that, so the LC cost would be around $2.75. In bulk, I’m sure that would be a lot less… the trick is getting that sheet into a nice glass case that will NEVER leak. Not an easy task in an environment (shower) that’s hot & humid.

]]> By: gary brown http://www.morganica.com/bloggery/2008/glasswork/in-moving-color/comment-page-1/#comment-244 gary brown Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:31:16 +0000 http://www.morganica.com/bloggery/2008/02/12/in-moving-color/#comment-244 Cool... but like you say, pricey. And...over $5,000 you can't use a credit card. That means if they sell you junk you can't use your credit card leverage on 'em. Found this: <a href="http://www.astc.org/resource/exhibits/stein.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.astc.org/resource/exhibits/stein.htm</a> I guess the trick is to seal the liquid crystal between a backing and a sheet of protective glass. Hmmm.... GcB Cool… but like you say, pricey. And…over $5,000 you can’t use a credit card. That means if they sell you junk you can’t use your credit card leverage on ‘em.

Found this: http://www.astc.org/resource/exhibits/stein.htm

I guess the trick is to seal the liquid crystal between a backing and a sheet of protective glass. Hmmm….

GcB

]]> By: charlie http://www.morganica.com/bloggery/2008/glasswork/in-moving-color/comment-page-1/#comment-243 charlie Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:41:29 +0000 http://www.morganica.com/bloggery/2008/02/12/in-moving-color/#comment-243 same stuff that they use to make mood rings or stick on thermometers for fish tanks. oddly enough, these crystals are produced from cholesterol. thermotropic liquid crystals <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermochromism" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermochromism</a> same stuff that they use to make mood rings or stick on thermometers for fish tanks.

oddly enough, these crystals are produced from cholesterol.

thermotropic liquid crystals

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermochromism

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