[Jewelry making - Article 00066] - Re: [Orchid] Lucite Luminous Glow information

[David Barzilay Lord of the Rings]

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    Judy, my guess is that the items which you are describing are NOT
    fiber optic, BUT "laser art." Since they were first invented (within
    the last 10 years,) they have become ubiquitous in gift shops and on
    'carts' in malls, and at tourist attractions. 

    They are cubes (spheres, etc.) USUALLY of glass, (perhaps some are
    acrylic) in which the design has been embedded by 'burning' tiny
    pits completely within the inside of the object.  There is even a
    device which I have seen for doing this on a custom basis.  You sit
    for a 'portrait' and *voila,* you get a three-dimensional picture
    (bust) inside the cube. 

    When I first saw this technology, It immediately brought to mind the
    laser drilling of diamonds. Laser drilling leaves a 'track' or tube
    from the surface of the diamond to the (removed) flaw. 

    I told the scientist who showed me the process: "If you can come up
    with a way to do this in a diamond WITHOUT leaving the 'track,' you
    and I can become FILTHY RICH.  

    (I wouldn't mind hobnobbing with Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and
    George Soros <grin>.) David Barzilay, Lord of the Rings 

    p.s. As far as I know, no one HAS done that, any Orchid folks have
    information that I'm wrong? 

David Barzilay


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