Portfolio Pieces  12.10.07

The Backlit Plasma-Cut “Holiday Hood”

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Season’s Greetings from Metallo Arts!

We pulled out some rather unusual stops for this showpiece hood - The frame is plasma-cut with rough veins, allowing two halogen bulbs mounted inside to shine right through for that “twinkling stars” effect, a result of the lights flashing though the fine cuts in the frame. The treatment was borrowed from Chris’s experiments with “patina art”; the frame carefully patinaed and stabilized to give that classic, aged feel.  Perfect for any culinary celebration!