2011
Exploring New Vendor Relationships
122911 13:12 EST Filed in: Company Updates
We're always looking to improve both our products and our pricing. Last week we signed an agreement with one of North America's largest laminated glass manufacturers to explore a business relationship. We won't mention their name for a while, as we are careful to see whether their capabilities match our needs. This can only be determined over time through testing and review. We are off to a good start with them, and things look promising, so stay tuned.
Reese Schroeder
President
Reese Schroeder
President
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An Art Form That Works For A Living
121411 08:50 EST Filed in: Company Updates | Presentations
It is the pursuit of New Media Art in architectural glass, produced through exciting technologies, yet referential in a non-objectivism approach as beautiful spectral transformations of light. I’d like to share my thoughts:
With light as the fundamental defining factor in all visual art, the glass work I have successfully produced is both highly advanced, and culturally relevant. Combining computer media artworks created through the use of advanced graphical software and hardware with environmentally responsible materials and processes, I have created an architectural art glass of colors so pure (up to a theoretical 36 Billion potential, far exceeding the human eye’s 10 Million color perception) that the combining with sunlight produces spatial moments, changing by the minute, by the day, by the year as dynamic interrelationships between light and space.
Our glass work is the merging of diverse materials, technologies, and New Media art. The process begins with the finalization of an artwork on the computer, transmitted via internet to a proprietary UNIX server. This server drives an extremely precise RGB (red, green, blue) laser machine to transform by continuous exposure, a super-high resolution polyethylene film interlayer, achieving 4000dpi equivalent resolution continuous tone colors exactly as I have specified within my artwork. The film interlayer is then moved to a clean room where it is layered between sheets of urethane and low-iron optically clear glass. The glass assembly is then sealed in a vacuum bag and placed in an autoclave, reaching 5000psi at high temperature, semi-liquefying the urethanes to permanently bond all layers together.
The result is an art form that works for a living. It is an art that at once brings the visible light spectrum to witness by intricate design and pattern, forms and textures, contrast and complexity. It brings vibrancy to the physical backdrop of our daily lives while ever changing as its unbreakable relationship with the sun tracking the movement of our earth. A public space with such an influence is a public place never the same.
With light as the fundamental defining factor in all visual art, the glass work I have successfully produced is both highly advanced, and culturally relevant. Combining computer media artworks created through the use of advanced graphical software and hardware with environmentally responsible materials and processes, I have created an architectural art glass of colors so pure (up to a theoretical 36 Billion potential, far exceeding the human eye’s 10 Million color perception) that the combining with sunlight produces spatial moments, changing by the minute, by the day, by the year as dynamic interrelationships between light and space.
Our glass work is the merging of diverse materials, technologies, and New Media art. The process begins with the finalization of an artwork on the computer, transmitted via internet to a proprietary UNIX server. This server drives an extremely precise RGB (red, green, blue) laser machine to transform by continuous exposure, a super-high resolution polyethylene film interlayer, achieving 4000dpi equivalent resolution continuous tone colors exactly as I have specified within my artwork. The film interlayer is then moved to a clean room where it is layered between sheets of urethane and low-iron optically clear glass. The glass assembly is then sealed in a vacuum bag and placed in an autoclave, reaching 5000psi at high temperature, semi-liquefying the urethanes to permanently bond all layers together.
The result is an art form that works for a living. It is an art that at once brings the visible light spectrum to witness by intricate design and pattern, forms and textures, contrast and complexity. It brings vibrancy to the physical backdrop of our daily lives while ever changing as its unbreakable relationship with the sun tracking the movement of our earth. A public space with such an influence is a public place never the same.
Another Glass Floor
120611 15:52 EST Filed in: Company Updates | Project Updates | Glass Data Center Flooring | Glass Flooring | strategic partners
liquidoranges completes another laminated glass floor for a data center in Alexandria, VA integrating our triple laminated tempered glass floor panels with Specialty Raised Flooring, Inc.'s unique raised floor pedestal system which ties directly to Tate Access Flooring products. This project included 72 - 24"x24" panels.
2012 Catalogs Now Available
113011 16:47 EST Filed in: Company Updates | Catalog
Light Fixture Design - Part II
112911 09:59 EST Filed in: Company Updates | Specialty Products
Our meeting with the light fixture manufacturer in New York went very well, and we are now awaiting their shipment of fixtures to us for redesign incorporating our art glass. This is really exciting for us as light is what really makes our glass come alive. The office is now in a scramble to acquire workshop space to work with these fixtures, as well as prototype our own. Our mission is to prove our fixture designs can be manufactured economically. We know they can, but we will demonstrate how it is done, taking advantage of modern manufacturing practices, some of which come from the electronics industry.
Light Fixture Design
110811 15:07 EST Filed in: Company Updates | Product Updates
Reese Schroeder at liquidoranges recently gave a preliminary presentation to the regional representative for one of the big light fixture manufacturers in the USA. We have received an invitation to travel to their headquarters and present to the company. These fixture designs incorporate liquidoranges laminated art glass as lenses over the manufacturers LED technologies, for maintenance free architectural fixtures.
Art Glass for a Saudi Prince
We've been working hard on a version of the great Mecca Clock in Saudi Arabia, to be installed at the residence of a Saudi Prince. Using our architectural laminated art glass technology, we presented a pair of samples to our worldwide clock maker client last week. This glass clock face will be the ultimate test of our process, as the sun is very intense in Saudi Arabia, and the specified color temperature for the internal LED's is less than desirable. We prefer working with 5300K, as true daylight. Here's a snapshot of the sample when placed outside on our client's light box.
12"x12" clear sample with optional background colors.
12"x12" clear sample with optional background colors.
liquidoranges Gets a Showroom
Our strategic business partner, Noteborn-USA is now hosting the liquidoranges showroom at 150 Market Street, 3rd Floor, Lynn, MA, where our Specialty Interiors Products including hand-tufted rugs, laminated art glass and exclusive tableware products are on display.
Call David or Roxanne @ 781-599-7402 for an appointment!
Call David or Roxanne @ 781-599-7402 for an appointment!
Noteborn-USA Open House
050611 16:06 EST Filed in: Company Updates | strategic partners
It was a great time! Thank you to David Downs and Roxanne McLean of NoteBorn-USA.com for their wonderful hospitality in making our introduction to their excellent products such a success.
(L) David Downs, (M) Roxanne McLean, of Noteborn-USA, (R) Reese Schroeder, President at liquidoranges STUDIO
(L) David Downs, (M) Roxanne McLean, of Noteborn-USA, (R) Reese Schroeder, President at liquidoranges STUDIO
Prince of Peace receives praise
043011 12:37 EST Filed in: Company Updates | strategic partners
Prince of Peace church in Philadelphia burned to the ground three years ago. As part of their building reconstruction, a glass floor component was incorporated. liquidoranges strategic business partner Specialty Raised Flooring designed the support system to span across the baptismal recessed into the floor, with liquidoranges clear floor panels allowing for congregants to see through.
"The install went very well. I was really pleased with the fit of the glass panels. The thickness was consistent and the panels slipped in nicely when held completely flat. The gap was minimal, just like we drew it up. I bet your QC jig worked out nicely. Thanks for a great job."
Roman Pastuch
http://www.specialtyraisedfloors.com
"The install went very well. I was really pleased with the fit of the glass panels. The thickness was consistent and the panels slipped in nicely when held completely flat. The gap was minimal, just like we drew it up. I bet your QC jig worked out nicely. Thanks for a great job."
Roman Pastuch
http://www.specialtyraisedfloors.com
