mike Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 Hey ho..... I'm looking for a new material that looks a bit like glass -- if it exists!Ideally see through - but a little bit frosted would be fine. This is for putting in a door (that happens to be on wheels). A single free-standing door. It would be good if it could smash or maybe even tear. - it's for dance (as ever my requests are) so shards not ideal...but obviously something that could be worked around while the piece is being created. I've considered sugar glass - but for a years worth of touring - including foreign touring - I'm not even going to entertain the idea - not even to make it. Anyone put anything like this up before... im; a bit stumped - hence hoping that there may be new products on the market I haven't encountered yet.. cheers all.... mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew C Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 Hey ho..... I'm looking for a new material that looks a bit like glass -- if it exists! Ideally see through - but a little bit frosted would be fine. mike. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> How about the packaging material used for rice, pasta & stuff. You know the one, it won't tear this way, it won't tear that way, all of a sudden it does tear, not where you expect, and you end up with 2lbs of rice on your feet. You could probably glue it into your frame and strategically weaken it to avoid the problems indicated above, and also persuade it to look like shards. Don't know where you could buy it though, or which plastic it is; you could try a Google for "food packaging"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V*L Ben Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 I have seen on TV a programme about stunts etc, & they use this special material that will either go into very small peices, or split down the middle, so I would say get in contact with a Stunt company. Sorry I cant be any more help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the kid Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 Where Ive seen some thing like that on tv, they then explain it, and it gennerally is a sheet of what ever say perspex that is cut up/scored over.Than when a force, a running/leaning person, is applied to it it will break easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 The material used in film and television is a polymer that is extremely brittle (much more so than glass). In particular, the fragments do not form the sharp edges that glass does. You would need special handling and storage arrangements to tour successfully. A thin film, stuck to the frame with double-sided sticky tape (or Gaffa!) can be stretched with the heat from a hair drier. You would have to experiment to find a thickness that the twirlies can tear through, though. I recall coming across a DIY secondary double glazing product based on this principle a few years ago. HTH Ellis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 tried polythene? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike Posted January 6, 2005 Author Share Posted January 6, 2005 Thanks to all... will let you now where we go with it...( if it turns out to be interesting!) mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jivemaster Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Off at a tangent, I did once see (L&SI ?? ) a system of smoke constrained in a laminar airflow used as a walk through projection screen. Project a door onto it and you have a walk/dance through door. No sharp edges, no shards, no transit problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londonjim Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 Is it my mistake, or is there something called sugar glass? I remember the bottles and glasses you smash over peoples heads are something like that? Maybe if I am correct, you can buy a big payne of it and break it like you would above; but on a larger scale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the kid Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 I've considered sugar glass - but for a years worth of touring - including foreign touring - I'm not even going to entertain the idea - not even to make it. it's for dance (as ever my requests are) so shards not ideal. Sugar glass is a no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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