Gary Lee on sat 22 jan 05
Hi Ann
As the President of the Lincoln Arts Council here, I just had several acrylic
pedestal tops made for our gallery. The larger ones were 24 inches x 24 x 24
with one side open to fit on the pedestal top. These were 1/4 inches thick
acrylic and cost $125 each. The smaller ones were 24 inches square by 12
inches tall. They were $97 each. The small price difference between the two sizes
is because we ordered 14 of them. Hope this helps.
Gary
In beautiful, slightly cold Lincolnton, NC where the snow and ice went far to
the North of us today.
Ann Brink on sat 22 jan 05
The last few days I've been thinking about boxes, and began to picture
acrylic boxes as presentation containers. At first thought, they seemed
slick & cold, machine-like, perhaps more suited to certain styles of pottery
than others.
But the pot would be wrapped in something...cloth or paper, and the feeling
of the pot could be complemented by the choice of wrapping.
Thinking further- the acrylic could be smoky or black. Could be quite
elegant.
I know there are businesses which custom-make whatever you want- I have no
idea of the costs.
One good thing about the clear boxes: the piece could be displayed by the
purchaser, dust-free.
Ann Brink in Lompoc CA
Antoinette Badenhorst on sun 23 jan 05
Ann acrylic boxes are very elegant, however it is very expensive, even to
make them yourself. It is also difficult to make. I made a few in the past
for display. At the time I did not know that one get a spesific glue for
acrylic. Something else to consider that will have similar effects will be
mirror glued to a box. This time I am in the dark as far as cost conserns.
Regards.
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Subject: Clear acrylic boxes?
> The last few days I've been thinking about boxes, and began to picture
> acrylic boxes as presentation containers. At first thought, they seemed
> slick & cold, machine-like, perhaps more suited to certain styles of
> pottery
> than others.
>
> But the pot would be wrapped in something...cloth or paper, and the
> feeling
> of the pot could be complemented by the choice of wrapping.
>
> Thinking further- the acrylic could be smoky or black. Could be quite
> elegant.
>
> I know there are businesses which custom-make whatever you want- I have no
> idea of the costs.
>
> One good thing about the clear boxes: the piece could be displayed by the
> purchaser, dust-free.
>
> Ann Brink in Lompoc CA
>
>
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Mayssan Shora Farra on sun 23 jan 05
>Ann acrylic boxes are very elegant, however it is very expensive, even to
>make them yourself. It is also difficult to make. I made a few in the past
>for display. At the time I did not know that one get a spesific glue for
>acrylic.
idea of the costs.
>>
>> One good thing about the clear boxes: the piece could be displayed by the
>> purchaser, dust-free.
>>
>> Ann Brink in Lompoc CA
Hello Ann:
Yes Acrylic boxes would be expensive, butI ordered a sample from U.S.box of
their clear Styrene boxes and they look pretty good. and very reasonably
priced http://www.usbox.com/Box/clear_styrene_plastic_cubes.html
Good luck finding what you want
Mayssan
http://www.clayvillepottery.com
Janet Kaiser on mon 24 jan 05
They cost an arm and a leg here in the UK.
Definitely not an option for most makers. Indeed
ALL makers that I know well.
Thinking about it objectively, I also question if
it is truly appropriate for use by a potter? I
suppose it would be if they are graduates of that
School of Ceramics Edmund de Waal and his ilk
belong to, making souless, high-end porcelain,
which is so damned tight it looks untouched by
human hand, but cannot think of anything worse
for any of the traditional makers in the
Leach-Cardew-Casson workshop tradition. After
all, their work even looks ill at ease on a
perspex plate stand where you only see little
bits on the display surface, let alone if it were
inside a box made of the stuff.
It is also a precision job to make anything of
perspex, needing appropriate machinery and very
accurate techniques. I had a little try with the
left overs from The CoA... It was between 4mm
and 6 mm thick (we used different gauge depending
on the elevation) but it still produced very
wobbly joints. I would never trust anything
handmade to hold precious pots! It also looked
tatty... Transparent with globby glue round the
edges. OK I am not good at working so cleanly
that I am not even allowed wipe unwanted smears
and ooze-outs off, but even so...
You also have to remember perspex scratches very
easily indeed and will soon look tatty and
worn... As another layer of wrapping would still
be necessary inside the box, increasing cost even
more... No. Sorry! But thumbs down from me!
Sincerely
Janet Kaiser
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Cindy Eve on wed 26 jan 05
Hi Anne,
I have 2 sets of acrylic boxes that I use for display. They range from 6"
to 15" square. I have had them for maybe 10 years now and they have held
up pretty well. My only complaint is that they do scratch easily.
As to how they would work for packaging I think that that all depends on
how it is presented. I know that some customers would appreciate the cube
for display.
I got my cubes and my wood display stand from Thompson Merchandising &
Supply. Their website is www.makeyouhappy.com. The cubes range in price
from $12.15-47.17.
Cindy
Eve Pottery
Great Falls, MT where the sun is shining and the sky is a fine shade of
blue.
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