by Din » Fri Oct 24, 2025 12:41 pm
sulfurict wrote: ↑Thu Oct 16, 2025 5:47 am
Hello all
I would also appreciate any help in bringing this medium closer to my use, whether that be demystification or practical pointers... I don't have the fattest wallet, but I would be very interested in commissioning this type of work from someone, too. Looking forward to hearing back about this.
If you are in the Los Angeles area, we may be able to help demystify you about holography. Lobaz is quite right about the cost of setting up a decent studio/lab, but, to get your feet wet, you just need a hundred dollars or so, eg a 2 ft square metal block, about an inch thick, freely and cheaply available at a metal junk store ( I think we have one of those in storage somewhere), and a solid floor, eg a garage or a self storage location with a cement floor. We no longer have a holographic studio, but have lots of our equipment and film in storage, more than enough to help you get started if you can find a suitable location. We have usually taught for free or for a few hundred dollars. If the holographic bug bites (as it has bitten so many here on these pages!) and you want a real artist studio, it will set you back perhaps a few thousands dollars at least. The most expensive item used to be lasers, but holomaker, one of our members, sells these for reasonable prices. Explanation of holography - demystification - is usually free, but recipients sometimes throw in a decent bottle of Merlot (everyone here knows of my fondness for Merlot
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Hello all :)
I would also appreciate any help in bringing this medium closer to my use, whether that be demystification or practical pointers... I don't have the fattest wallet, but I would be very interested in commissioning this type of work from someone, too. Looking forward to hearing back about this.
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If you are in the Los Angeles area, we may be able to help demystify you about holography. Lobaz is quite right about the cost of setting up a decent studio/lab, but, to get your feet wet, you just need a hundred dollars or so, eg a 2 ft square metal block, about an inch thick, freely and cheaply available at a metal junk store ( I think we have one of those in storage somewhere), and a solid floor, eg a garage or a self storage location with a cement floor. We no longer have a holographic studio, but have lots of our equipment and film in storage, more than enough to help you get started if you can find a suitable location. We have usually taught for free or for a few hundred dollars. If the holographic bug bites (as it has bitten so many here on these pages!) and you want a real artist studio, it will set you back perhaps a few thousands dollars at least. The most expensive item used to be lasers, but holomaker, one of our members, sells these for reasonable prices. Explanation of holography - demystification - is usually free, but recipients sometimes throw in a decent bottle of Merlot (everyone here knows of my fondness for Merlot :D )