Hand-Drawn Holograms
WARNING - EXTREMELY RECOMMENDED
Genuinely impressive - representational 3D forms created on plastic and etched by hand. Lots of fantastic examples, but at 1 minute 43 seconds, you will see a convincing 3D cube:
Scratch-holograms can be made upon CD/DVD cases or other soft plastic using a couple of thumbtacks poked through a stick. Or get fancy and use a professional compass and black-painted polycarbonate plates. Or automate the process with a paperclip stuck into a motorized electric eraser, or a CNC mill with a drag-engraving tool.
For lots of hints, see http://amasci.com/amateur/holohint.html Best is to use a good $10 compass, soft plastic that’s slightly greasy, and replace the extremely sharp compass needle with a small finishing nail. Clear plastic works fine, or place some dark paper behind it.
Are these genuine holograms? Abrasion holography or “Chatoyant holograms” employ the same physics as white-light or “rainbow” holograms invented by Benton at MIT. Benton holograms reflect light from a point source, and they do not require any interference pattern. This is why a Rainbow Hologram functions the same under any wavelength of illumination. The fringes of Benton holograms can have any spacing: even spacings much wider than wavelengths of light. Said another way: if the holograms on your credit cards are genuine holograms, then also “Scratch-holograms” must be genuine holograms.William J Beaty has been doing this for years (as you will see from his Web 1.0 website), and even guides through writing how it all works and make your own.
LEGO x Moleskine Notebooks Collection
The legend of LEGO bricks joins the legendary notebook for this limited-edition Moleskine ledger collection. This is the latest in a series of products that plays with pop icons of our times, including Woodstock, Pac-Man, Petit Prince and Star Wars. Offered up in four different Ruled and Plain Notebook versions, each contains a printed themed flyleaf, an inner pocket, a color-coordinated bookmark and 10 adhesive labels representing LEGO bricks and LEGO men to personalize your records and pages. The LEGO limited edition will be available at the Moleskine Store and on shelves worldwide starting March 1, 2012.
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Summer fashion collection by Marios featuring landscape photography in it’s design.
Tumblr fashion memes win.
