Name Plaque ideas for bedroom door

[Andy P]

I want to make a door plaque for my daughters room with her name on it out of glass. Has anybody done this?

I was thinking I could make each letter individually with some kind of peg sticking out the back, then mount them on a piece of wood. That's all I've got so far.

Got any brilliant ideas? I would love to hear them!

[BombDiggity]

Write her name on the outside of a tube 50mil or bigger, then snip and flip. You could go a few steps further and set that on the back of a piece of plate glass place some disc flips in a couple spots, some scrap dichro,and slump that shit in. Whatcha think about that?

[smolder holder]

Check out chris carlsons thread. Some of his latest stuff with just clear rod is really cool.

Here's the link.

http://chrisacarlson.blogspot.com/2011/06/los-angeles-international-glass-show.html

Not sure if it was him that made the sign but I think ita's cool as hell

[Andy P]

Bombdiggity, sound interesting. I want it to be kind of big so maybe one disk flip for each letter. My brain is working.... I don't know if my bluebird gets hot enough to fuse boro though. Research time....

I'll check that out too Boiseno, thanks

[BombDiggity]

this should work better

http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j321/crissyW2/demo.jpg

[BombDiggity]

well that didn't work the way i planned, lol


fixed it, but it still looks better on my puter, yay LINUX

[styles1 torchlife]

I could do a custom dicro image if you want?

[somewhere]

How about a 8 or 10mm rod and write it in cursive. If you have a piece of cement board you can write it out and check your work on the layout.

[B-Rye-oNeR]

How about write in cursive in tubing, some 12mm or something thin, and fill it with some glow liquid, I'd be stoked on that if I were a kid,...or an adult.

[menty666]

Make the letters out of 5mm wrought iron style?

[Bo Diddles]

Microwave kiln!

[maui greenstone]

Write her name on the outside of a tube 50mil or bigger, then snip and flip. You could go a few steps further and set that on the back of a piece of plate glass place some disc flips in a couple spots, some scrap dichro,and slump that shit in. Whatcha think about that?

I like this idea for getting the name on there, but don't think you will be able to slump dichro on there without getting devit on the surface of your glass.

I would suggest getting a fused piece of dichro plate made from bullseye, inlay that into a nice piece of wood, then uv glue clear sculpted letters to that. Make each letter individually with a flattened back and a bit of dome to the front and it will magnify the dichro nicely

[Andy P]

I'm glad I asked. There's some good ideas here, thanks for the input.


I haven't had time to think about it today, but when I make this thing I'll post pics.

Keep 'em coming!

[sunray]

Jared puts names in Belt Buckles he makes.. so you could do you one and put a hanger on the back. All of them are done in Boro with a thick clear cover to mirror the name.

[B-Rye-oNeR]

mirror?...

[sunray]

When you look in the mirror things stand out.. Just magnify's
Thick clear makes things below it stand out..