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What to do with 60+ glass bricks?!

lorrainbow
lorrainbow over 2 years ago

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 mayermakes !)
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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  • beacon_dave
    beacon_dave over 2 years ago

    Looks like someone has had similar ideas

    7x8 glass brick LED matrix 

    https://wiki.hive13.org/Glass_Block_LED_Matrix

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  • beacon_dave
    beacon_dave over 2 years ago

    Looks like someone has had similar ideas

    7x8 glass brick LED matrix 

    https://wiki.hive13.org/Glass_Block_LED_Matrix

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