Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Go Groms!
We just saw photos of some acrylic trophies that we made for the folks over at Rip Curl. They were for Gromsearch 2007 in which the hottest talent in youth surfing compete for a chance to go to the world finals in Bell's Beach Australia. We took two pieces of inch thick acrylic and then sandwiched dyed resin between them for a unique and individual look. After the resin finally dried we cut them down to size and hand polished them for hours until they were flawless. Then we had them laser engraved and attached the Rip Curl logo that we made with artFORMULA. The result? Great looking trophies for the Groms. Good job guys.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Certified Clear!
Monday, October 8, 2007
ARTAE GALLERY GRAND OPENING
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Acrylic NestingTables
This photo shows both the Aaron R. Thomas 3/4" acrylic nesting tables and our artc 3/8" acrylic nesting tables. Both are amazing to look at for different budgets. Our 3/4" tables are $1200 and our 3/8" tables are only $295. The artc version are available online at www.artc-acrylic.com
Monday, September 24, 2007
This is Acrylic...
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Acrylic is 100% Recyclable
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Simply Beauty
Monday, September 17, 2007
General Characteristics of Acrylic
Half the weight of glass
Impact resistant
Unaffected by sun or salt spray
Temperature range of -30 to 160° F for continuous service
Cleaning
Wash with mild soap or detergent, with plenty of lukewarm water, dry with soft cloth or chamois.
Grease, oil or tar can be removed with hexane or kerosene. Solvent residue should be removed by washing immediately.
Do Not Use window cleaning sprays, scouring compounds, acetone, gasoline, benzene, carbon tetrachloride or lacquer thinner.
Friday, September 14, 2007
Acrylic and Light
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Bulletproof
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Material Choice in Design
All of the chairs are identical in size and shape, but there's one important difference between them. Each chair is made from a different material. One's marble. Another's redwood. The others are in concrete, acrylic, wickerwork, attaché-case metal, polyurethane foam, felt and even hay.
The result is intriguing. Each material transforms the appearance of the chair, creating what seems like an optical illusion. The transparent acrylic chair seems to melt away to nothingness. The marble one looks chunkier, and the redwood chair chunkier still. That's exactly what their designer, Naoto Fukasawa, wanted to happen when he hit upon the idea of creating a series of chairs to illustrate the impact of a single design decision - the choice of material.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
The Good
Now that we have shown the bad and the ugly it would only be fair to show the good. One of the reasons that we work with acrylic is because of the pure beauty of the material. Acrylic has a way of capturing light that is more pure than even ice or water. What do you think?
Monday, September 10, 2007
Hillbilly Acrylic Photos
As promised here are some photos of the ugliness we uncovered from our debacle with Reynolds Polymer. A lot of artists like to think of their work as being alive. If this material were a living being my guess is that it would be the product of years of inbreeding. Photos can only show so many flaws but they say a picture is worth a 1,000 words so instead of working all day on synonyms for garbage, here you go.
Saturday, September 8, 2007
Bad Materials
Friday, September 7, 2007
Acrylic Manufacturers
There are many manufacturers of Acrylic around the world. Because quality and location are important to us we use only the clearest, hardest, most resilient acrylic made by Polycast. This material is absolutely colorless and does not yellow over time. It resists chemicals, hazing, and cracking. Best of all Polycast is made here in the United States.