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What to do with 60+ glass bricks?!

lorrainbow

Hey folks,

I saw these glass bricks on Facebook marketplace and just had to have them!
Facebook post selling 70 retro glass blocks/wall bricks with phot
It turned out the person selling them is a friend whose website I updated lately so she was happy to give them to me for free! There's about 68 of them. They're covered in expanding foam and paint. I've started to clean them up using a scraper and some nail polish remover for the tough bits.
A single cleaned glass brick with a banana on top for sale
But the question is - what to do with them!?! They're 19*19*8cm. They're hollow in the middle so not too heavy. 
I'm going to get 9 cleaned up and stack them in a grid and light up the centre one from different angles. I want to see what's the best way to light them up. And then.... ??
  • A giant wall for Tetris? 
  • An igloo? (Thanks for the idea  !)
Also, how do I stack them? And where! I don't want them to fall on anyone but I also don't want to permanently stick them together. So a frame of sorts? It feels like an outdoor display to me.. so how do I waterproof the electronics?
Any ideas are welcome! 
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  • For stacking, then perhaps something like this might work:

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    If you use stock square section planed timber / T-slot, then perhaps 3D-print some shims to match the profile of the glass bricks which can then be screwed onto the frame as required. Can leave space in the shims to take LED pixel strip for edge lighting or slots for one-way mirrors/gobos/transparencies.

    You could quickly create different frames for different projects and just slot the bricks in as required during assembly.

        

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  • For stacking, then perhaps something like this might work:

    image

    If you use stock square section planed timber / T-slot, then perhaps 3D-print some shims to match the profile of the glass bricks which can then be screwed onto the frame as required. Can leave space in the shims to take LED pixel strip for edge lighting or slots for one-way mirrors/gobos/transparencies.

    You could quickly create different frames for different projects and just slot the bricks in as required during assembly.

        

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  • in reply to beacon_dave

    Garden fence posts in the UK tend to be either 75x75mm or 100x100mm square. That opens up some possibilities as it gives some stock materials and accessories (ground spikes/plates etc.) in the right sort of ballpark size. Either way you can probably just route the post to take the glass bricks (and LED strip) directly.

    You could also have the funkiest fence in the neighbourhood by alternating a column of glass bricks with a fence panel. You could combine this with the MSGEQ7 based audio spectrum analyser idea mentioned above and have a fence that turns itself into a spectrum analyser during outdoor parties synchronised to music (assuming that it ever stops raining for log enough of course, otherwise a giant 'Florabrella' might be a more practical idea).

    Alternatively use the glass bricks as a horizontal gravel board below the fence panel and have them help illuminate a pathway.