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Two New Projects in the Studio
050713 14:34 EST Filed in: Company Updates | Clients | Project Updates | Public Art | Reese Schroeder
Two significant art glass projects we've been working on for months are now ready to move toward production. First, David Wilson's "Kinston Music Wall" public art project in Kinston, North Carolina is an exciting permanent cultural work depicting the "roots of musical expression and how they grew to become the Eastern Carolina Blues and Jazz" . The project is a free standing panelized structure of three walls, incorporating "graphic iconography and collaged-patchwork of images" in laminated tempered art glass.
Second is the new OPUS Restaurant & Bar under construction now in Salem, MA. Another exceptional restaurant by executive chef Jeff Cala and business partner Mark McDonough of Serenitee Restaurant Group, this restaurant has a large "L" shaped illuminated art glass bar as its feature. Reese Schroeder of liquidoranges STUDIO in collaboration with Paul Lyden, photographer, have created an art glass counter top appearing to be on fire. The opening date is tentatively set for late June 2013 at 184 Washington St., Salem, MA in the old Greenland space.
Second is the new OPUS Restaurant & Bar under construction now in Salem, MA. Another exceptional restaurant by executive chef Jeff Cala and business partner Mark McDonough of Serenitee Restaurant Group, this restaurant has a large "L" shaped illuminated art glass bar as its feature. Reese Schroeder of liquidoranges STUDIO in collaboration with Paul Lyden, photographer, have created an art glass counter top appearing to be on fire. The opening date is tentatively set for late June 2013 at 184 Washington St., Salem, MA in the old Greenland space.
liquidoranges STUDIO consults to Harries Héder
We are pleased to be providing consulting services to Lajos Héder of Harries Héder, a renown public art studio in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harries Héder is designing a public art installation for Philadelphia, engaged to the side of a new 7 story building and as canopy over a subway entrance. The work is titled, "LightPlay". Their use of prismatic glass panels acts to refract the visible light spectrum into its pure color components in ever changing ways throughout the days and months. liquidoranges STUDIO will be providing technical support, detailing and glass production management.
We've just finished Gordon Huether's 9/11 Memorial for Napa, CA
On its way to Napa California now are four large art glass panels as part of Napa's 9/11 Memorial, designed by Gordon Huether Studio. These laminated panels are some of our largest pieces produced to date, with the biggest panel measuring 168"H x 76.5"W (14'H x 6'-4 1/2"W). Visit our Facebook page to view over 20 photos taken during fabrication.
it was all hands on deck getting this project completed at our laminator, US ARMOR, LLC
it was all hands on deck getting this project completed at our laminator, US ARMOR, LLC
We're Published in US GLASS
073112 16:06 EST Filed in: Company Updates | Publications
liquidoranges at NeoCon12 GANA booth
GANA representatives sent us these photos of our art glass on display at NeoCon12 GANA booth. Thanks, Ashley!
GANA selects liquidoranges' Original Art Glass for NeoCon 2012
051712 10:27 EST Filed in: Company Updates
GANA (Glass Association of North America) has selected liquidoranges' 120511sq original #artglass for their Decorative Glass Display at NeoCon in Chicago. We are thrilled to be included. This original art glass piece will be on display for the duration of Neocon 2012 as part of GANA's promotion of the Decorative Glass Division. GANA will be in booth 7-3100c.
Glass Association of North America
042512 16:44 EST Filed in: Company Updates
Liquidoranges is a member of GANA (Glass Association of North America). Both members and non-members, researchers, architects, designers, etc., can find us on the GANA site in two locations.
Member Site
Decorative Division
Member Site
Decorative Division
We're moving to Urethanes
040312 10:44 EST Filed in: Company Updates | Product Updates
liquidoranges is now using urethane adhesives exclusively for all our art glass, unless specifications demand otherwise. Urethanes are superior over PVB's for a number of reasons. Urethanes won't yellow over time like PVB's, they are inert and less affected by moisture, and they are more compatible with our art interlayer, resulting in a superior art glass of the highest clarity. We are now using KrystalFlex PE399 which offers identical UV-A/UV-B filtration to the Safelex UV PVB (complete filtration up through 380 nanometers)
Public Art for Durham, NC
We're right in the middle of production on two bus shelters, each designed by winning artists Chris Vespermann and David Wilson, both from North Carolina.
David Wilson, Artist, captures historic neighborhoods in a map of images.
David Wilson, Artist, captures historic neighborhoods in a map of images.
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
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
