Post #179663 by Scottiki on Sun, Aug 14, 2005 9:32 PM

Conga,
Figuring what to do for the sign was killin' me for a while...backlit letters w/plastic moai? Neon? Paint? And then, my tv news photographer side kicked in. Solution? A small, focusable spotlight (in this case an Altman Micro Ellipse) with a custom metal gobo (some folks call 'em cookies) that the light projects through. The end result is pretty awesome...the logo my wife & I designed:

(the moai is an adaptation of a watercolor by a british artist named fuzzy) is projected from the light fixture that hangs on the ceiling in the stairwell (I'm 6ft tall & don't hit my head!) onto the wall at the bottom of the stairs. I haven't played around with gels yet, 'cuz just the pure white light looks good & bounces nicely onto the stairs, but with gels you can make it any color you want!
Thanks for the kind words...we're pretty proud of ourselves & look forward to entertaining many fellow tikiphiles in the future!
peace,
Scottiki