Archive for September, 2008
Motherboard Wall - Final Phase
SO the installation of this idea was a lot harder than the concept. In Phase I, we started cleaning boards. In Phase II, we cleaned more, and started painting them. Now…we get to see if it was all worth it.
We needed to first replicate the size/shape of the wall on the ground so we could figure out how to lat them all out. Because we had so many different shapes/sizes, it was pretty difficult to NOT get a pattern, and keep it looking random, while having enough space in between to show some green.
First step was to re-create the wall shape on the ground. We don’t have the lounge built yet, so we have plenty of space for this. We used tape on the ground and started placing them. The LCD panel will eventually welcome people to the office.
Next step was getting the boards to ‘float’ off of the wall an inch. For this, I bought 50′ of “Ice Maker” tube for a refrigerator. I cut it into 1″ pieces, and we used that to keep a consistent depth off of the wall. (Pretty smart, eh?)
We realized that the patterning was going to be an issue, so we seperated the boards into different size groups and just started “going for it”. The idea was to keep the top-line of all the boards even, and a consistent 2″ between them. This made it pretty easy to install after we had a plan.
The end result was just about EXACTLY what we were going for. We still need to get in there and finish cutting some of the boards at an angle to fill in those holes. Truthfully, we’ve been pretty busy lately and don’t have time.
