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Is this just an art project? Would have liked to see the mechanism inside.

rwmj 6y ago
There's a bit more on the project page which is no longer online but luckily was captured by the Internet Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20040929101705/http://www.cyberniklas.de:80/objekte/grafikdemo.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20040929101705/http://www.cybern... Unfortunately it doesn't go into how he made the text or much detail on the glowing paint / lights used. Edit: I realised there's a current link (in the Vimeo description!). It's https://www.niklasroy.com/project/32/grafikdemo https://www.niklasroy.com/project/32/grafikdemo
- cannam 6y ago
  I'm curious about the text as well. The photo gallery shows it placed quite some distance in front of the teapot, which I guess is what you would expect. We recently bought an Utah teapot - a company that I think is the original manufacturer (Friesland Porzellan) still produces them, nowadays promoting mainly to people like us who are familiar with it as a wireframe. Apparently the design is from the 1950s, which seems congruent with the way it looks. The thing that is most striking about it, in use, is that it's an incredibly good pourer compared to most of the other teapots we've owned. I am almost transfixed by the smoothness of the tea leaving the spout.
  - sneak 6y ago
    I too recently got the Friesland Melitta teapot, and decided to put it on the shelf in my office despite it being very nice at making tea; I then supplemented my tea station with a slightly different vintage Friesland coffee set that included cups and saucers. Who would have thought that the utah teapot was my gateway drug into buying vintage porcelain?! I mean, seriously: look at how cool this shit is: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vtg-MELITTA-20-100-Germany-Coffee-Pot-White-Porcelain-Burgundy-7-Teapot-Home/254474063389 https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vtg-MELITTA-20-100-Germany-Coffee-P...
    - rwmj 6y ago
      My friend has a serious Poole Pottery addiction, to the point where my spare room was, until relatively recently, storing it for her. I needed the room back and had to put my foot down.
      - sneak 6y ago
        I hadn't heard of that type before, but a quick search suggests: not my kink. I'm such a big fan of the boxy, overtly geometric/simple German style that I moved to Germany and regularly visit the Bauhaus. That Poole stuff... would not be allowed in my house. :D

rwmj 6y ago

There's a bit more on the project page which is no longer online but luckily was captured by the Internet Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20040929101705/http://www.cyberniklas.de:80/objekte/grafikdemo.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20040929101705/http://www.cybern... Unfortunately it doesn't go into how he made the text or much detail on the glowing paint / lights used. Edit: I realised there's a current link (in the Vimeo description!). It's https://www.niklasroy.com/project/32/grafikdemo https://www.niklasroy.com/project/32/grafikdemo

cannam 6y ago
I'm curious about the text as well. The photo gallery shows it placed quite some distance in front of the teapot, which I guess is what you would expect. We recently bought an Utah teapot - a company that I think is the original manufacturer (Friesland Porzellan) still produces them, nowadays promoting mainly to people like us who are familiar with it as a wireframe. Apparently the design is from the 1950s, which seems congruent with the way it looks. The thing that is most striking about it, in use, is that it's an incredibly good pourer compared to most of the other teapots we've owned. I am almost transfixed by the smoothness of the tea leaving the spout.
- sneak 6y ago
  I too recently got the Friesland Melitta teapot, and decided to put it on the shelf in my office despite it being very nice at making tea; I then supplemented my tea station with a slightly different vintage Friesland coffee set that included cups and saucers. Who would have thought that the utah teapot was my gateway drug into buying vintage porcelain?! I mean, seriously: look at how cool this shit is: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vtg-MELITTA-20-100-Germany-Coffee-Pot-White-Porcelain-Burgundy-7-Teapot-Home/254474063389 https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vtg-MELITTA-20-100-Germany-Coffee-P...
  - rwmj 6y ago
    My friend has a serious Poole Pottery addiction, to the point where my spare room was, until relatively recently, storing it for her. I needed the room back and had to put my foot down.
    - sneak 6y ago
      I hadn't heard of that type before, but a quick search suggests: not my kink. I'm such a big fan of the boxy, overtly geometric/simple German style that I moved to Germany and regularly visit the Bauhaus. That Poole stuff... would not be allowed in my house. :D