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Today's Urban Design Observation: Snazzy Xmas Window Display. How Do You Think They Made It?
On the daily pre-dawn morning dogwalk I passed this store in SoHo. Their window display caught my eye. From the side it just looks like a bunch of large-scale Christmas ornaments.
Enter a caption (optional)But from the front you can see they've sliced them in half and are displaying their wares inside.
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Enter a caption (optional)How do you think the fabricator made these? My first thought was that the half-spheres are vacuum-formed, then painted, then fitted with the rims. My guess is that the rims are painted MDF that has been edge-banded with gilt strips.
Enter a caption (optional)I looked at these as close as I could through the glass and the workmanship appears to be incredible. There are no visible seams where the rims meet the hemispheres.
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Enter a caption (optional)I also don't know how you get those patterns painted onto a sphere unless it's hand-done.
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The sphere backs are likely hydro dipped patterns or decoupaged and gloss clear coated... the rims - were I to have to make them;
I'd route the circles out of brush brass luster board and band the edges. OR adhere brushed brass sheet onto 10 mil pvc sheet and then route my circles and then band the edge.
The hemispheres are easily sourced.
Yes the patterns appear hydro dipped. As per the spheres, I know that there are foam suppliers that carry all kinds of shapes, popular with florists. But to make the hemispheres, my guess is the cnc routed sheets of mdf or foam, glued them together and did lots of sanding...
The rims could easily be spun on an MDF mandrel. The metal finishing is then quite easy to get.
The process is called Hydro Dipping