Blazinator
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I have a contract to make a mobile of tropical fish for Children's Hospital in Honolulu from the color-changing material that I manufacture, and realized that rays are perfect subjects for thermoforming (acrylic), then my wife suggested I put spots on them (one of my product line patterns called "Leopard"), and I realized that the Eagle Ray was perfect for this:
The video doesn't show it clearly enough, but the material changes color at different viewing angles.
More info here: Architectural Glass Design | Changing Color Glass | Dichroic Glass
They are pretty laborious to make, and I don't intend to make a living on them for sure (my other exotic projects take care of that), but I might sell them for $95.00 each.
Manta Rays and nudibranchs are my next attempts.
The video doesn't show it clearly enough, but the material changes color at different viewing angles.
More info here: Architectural Glass Design | Changing Color Glass | Dichroic Glass
They are pretty laborious to make, and I don't intend to make a living on them for sure (my other exotic projects take care of that), but I might sell them for $95.00 each.
Manta Rays and nudibranchs are my next attempts.