My new design for taking the perfect picture !!!

Hello readers!

Here is my next barmy brain wave idea, design and make of trying to get the best picture I can of my Dichroic Glass jewellery.

Simple things laying around the studio were gathered together for this build.

Bits and pieces.

Small piece of 12mm MDF

A piece of foam core board

Some silver foil

Gaffa tape

Two sets of LED Christmas lights (left over from the window display).

Tools

Dremel

Craft knife

Spray glue

The Make!

The housing for the lights to fit in was made with the MDF. Shaped with the dremel and drilled for the LED lights. 

The shiny wall around the lights was made from the foam core board, scored at about every1/4" to make a curve. Spray glue was applied and the silver foil was stuck to the inner walls. This was then gaffa taped around the light housing. 

Well you get the picture anyway.

Two sets of lights = two rows of lights.

This is what it looks like the correct way up.

Lights off.......Lights on!!!!!

With the lights on and camera sat on top.

It needs a bit of tidying up but the lights work really well and here is the proof.

A dichroic pendant in all it's sparkling splendour.

Thanks for reading, leave a  comment if you want and share as well.

Steve :-)

The making of LED Jewellery Display lights for the studio cabinet

It's been a while since last posted.

I have been really busy with commissions (something later on that) and putting to good use one of my other talents. Soldering!!! Well I think talents is a bit strong but what I do seems to work. LOL.

So here is a selection of pictures, a bit like a story board showing the different staging of how to make the LED lighting for the studio display cabinet.

"A picture says a thousand words" 

as they say but I still have to add a few of my own. lol

My trusty old soldering irons dusted off and plugged in. 

 Finding a UK company that sells LED light strips that seem like they know something about them took a while but found this amazing company LED Lighthouse based in Huddersfield. 

A quick phone call to them made things a lot easier. They advised on powering them and different types and ways to connect them up.

Here's a close up of a couple of pieces cut and pre-soldered (by me) . As my cabinet has about nine shelves, the LED strip is sold by the meter and you simple have to cut into the required lengths.

 Here, you can see the short lengths of LED strips with two core cable soldered and plugged into the mains adaptor. Because the shelves are at different heights. I had to work out the different lengths of cable to fit the cabinet. 

 And here, the lights are fitted into the cabinet. 

The picture on the left has them off and the one on the right has them on. The pictures don't really bring up the difference but I can assure you they look great! 

Lights on making the glass sparkle!

Full length pictures of the cabinet, the left one with lights off and the right one has lights on

 So, here is the cabinet, in all it's glory......

  Thanks for reading, 

and I hope you come back to see what else a Alchemist can come up with.