Claims
- 1. A method of making a picture comprising the steps, utilizing a sheet having a regular and uniform surface and of predetermined size to correspondingly determine the size of a picture to be made, and presenting said surface to be viewed to an observer, and
- applying substances to said surface of the sheet in the form of individually dimensioned and proportioned particles and positioned relative to each other as to form a predetermined picture, and further form a picture independently of and separate from that portion of the sheet that is not covered by the substances and that constitutes a portion of said regular surface,
- including the step of preselecting such substances that are transparent and the particles thereby reflect light from the surface thereof that is directed to the observer and reflect, from the opposite surface, light that passes through the first mentioned surface.
- 2. A method according to claim 1 and including,
- the step of utilizing a sheet in the form of a pliable foil, and
- forming depressions in the foil to form said pictorial representation and placing said substances in the depressions.
- 3. A method according to claim 2 and including the step,
- forming the depressions by placing a pattern to the foil having an outline of the intended representation, and tracing the outline by an instrument to form the depressions in the foil.
- 4. A method according to claim 2 and including the steps,
- forming the depressions by placing a stencil under the foil having cut-out portions forming said pictorial representation, and applying an instrument to the foil and following the cut-out portions therewith and thereby forcing the material of the foil into the cut-out portions and consequently form the pictorial representation on the foil corresponding with that in the stencil.
- 5. A method according to claim 2 and including the steps,
- producing a positive shaping form with embossments thereon distributed to form a pictorial representation,
- placing the shaping form against the foil to form depressions in the foil, and so forming the depressions, to form a pictorial representation therein corresponding to that on the shaping form.
- 6. A method according to claim 5 and including the step,
- placing an expandable material over the foil,
- confining the shaping form, foil and expandable material and expanding the expandable material to force the foil against the shaping form and thereby produce said depressions in the foil, the confinement forming a predetermined shape of the expandable material, to form a backing member, and the backing member and foil together forming a panel, separable from the shaping form.
- 7. A method according to claim 1 and including the step,
- utilizing a said sheet in the form of a transparent panel.
- 8. A method according to claim 7 and including the step,
- placing the panel to view with the space behind it surrounded and enclosed by a light-absorbent material.
- 9. A method according to claim 1 and including the step,
- utilizing a said sheet in the form of reflective material.
- 10. A method according to claim 2 and including the step,
- utilizing a said foil in form of reflective material, and producing reflections from the outer surfaces of the transparent substances and from the surfaces of the depressions.
- 11. A method according to claim 10 and including the step,
- producing the depressions at spaced apart locations, and producing greater reflectivity of the foil in the depressions than in areas between the depressions.
- 12. A method according to claim 2 and including the step,
- placing said substances in the depressions in such quantity that the substances extend above the main surface of the foil to form convex lenses.
- 13. A method according to claim 1 and including,
- the step of utilizing transparent substances that are colored.
- 14. A method according to claim 13 and including,
- the step of utilizing transparent substances of different colors.
- 15. A method according to claim 14 and including,
- the step of forming depressions in the sheet, and
- the step of utilizing a plurality of substances of different colors in each of at least certain of the depressions.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part of my prior and co-pending application, Ser. No.284,939, filed July 20, 1981, now U.S. Pat. No.4,499,127.
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Non-Patent Literature Citations (1)
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The Random House College Dictionary, Rev. Ed., 1982, New York, p. 969. |
Continuation in Parts (1)
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