ExperimentS...

After a brief design freeze, I started experimenting with acrylic plastics in terms of scale and thickness'. The consideration of incorporating other materials such as glass is still an option for now depending on the outcome of the acrylic. Glass would be a contender due to its similarity in transparancy and lighting effect, but the fact that its glass gives it whole new demension in terms of class and the sheer fact that most people would be more interested in displaying a glass mantel-type piece rather than plastic...or would they? If you have any suggestions or thoughts on this, feel free to help a brother out...Soifua...

After the drawing on it, the painful process of cutting it out commences...

Peeling of the back-strip to reveal the engrave pattern...

TAA-DAAAaa!!!...

Other concepts...

Ready for sand blasting...