WHAT IS THIS? HELP ART PHOTOGRAPH

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  1. SUPERJUNK1970

    SUPERJUNK1970 Active Member

    ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO I FOUND THIS SMALL DISC THAT ON CLOSER INSPECTION HAS IMAGES CARVED OUT OF WHAT LOOKS LIKE WAVY PLASTIC , BUT THE PLASTIC OR THIN STONE ABSORBS LIGHT AND STARTS GLOWING GREEN . ON ONE OF THE EDGES OF DISC LOOKS LIKE ITS SIGNED.
    ONE OF THE IMAGES ON DISC LOOKS LIKE A MAN ON A MOUNTAIN OFFERING SOMETHING IN HIS HAND LIKE A CROWN.
    I KNOW THERE ARE MORE IMAGES BUT I DONT KNOW HOW TO VIEW THEM. . MY CLOSES GUESS IS THAT IS A DISC FOR A HOLOGRAM.
    THE IMAGE RESEMBLES ALICE COOPER WITH A CROWN.
    IM REALLY LOST HERE.
    IS IT A PICTURE, ART, HOLOGRAM 20201217_004031-ccfopt.jpg 20201217_004218-ccfopt.jpg 20201217_004436-ccfopt.jpg 20201217_004453-ccfopt.jpg 20201217_004617-ccfopt.jpg OR SOMETHING ELSE.
    ANY INPUT WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
     
  2. sabre123

    sabre123 Well-Known Member

    "Alice Cooper with a crown," sounds intriguing, but I can't make anything out. What is the diameter of the piece? Does that green show up when you hold it to a light source? Could be some kind of filter that happens to have some artifacts or damage.
     
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  3. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    It looks like he's holding it between two fingers, so it kind of looks like it might be about 2 to 2-1/2 inches????? And 3rd image down does look like there could be some sort of signature on it on the edge.......that's all I've got at the moment........
     
  4. johnnycb09

    johnnycb09 Well-Known Member

    I'll have what Op,s having ! Alice Cooper with a crown ?
     
  5. SUPERJUNK1970

    SUPERJUNK1970 Active Member

    IM NOT SURE OF WHAT IT IS.
    ITS ABOUT 1 INCH DIAMETER. IT HAS A BRONZE EDGE AND THE MATERIAL IS LIGHTWEIGHT, I REALLY THOUGHT IT WAS PLASTIC BUT IF YOU HOLD IT CLOSE TO A LIGHT SOURCE IT WILL ABSORB THE LIGHT AND START GLOWING GREEN. IF YOU FLASH A UV LIGHT IT INSTANTLY STARTS GLOWING GREEN. WHEN COOL THE MATERIAL IS SEMI TRANSPARENT WITH GRAINY BACKGROUND ON ONE SIDE AND WAVY ALL THE WAY THRU.
    THE OTHER SIDE IS SMOOTH CLEAR.
    THERE ARE DEFINITELY MORE IMAGES BUT HARD TO CAPTURE WITH CAMERA..THE BEST IMAGE IS THE GUY IMAGE. . I WILL LOAD UP BETTER IMAGES OF THE GUY..
    IN MY RESEARCH I STUMBLED INTO SERIGRAPH ART AND HOLOGRAM ART..BOTH CAN DISPLAY GREEN IMAGES . I REALLY GOT STUCK THERE WHEN I SAW THAT SALVADOR DALI AND ALICE COOPER WORKED MAKING THOSE AND THERE WAS A REFERENCE TO COOPER AND A CROWN. I UNDERSTAND THAT ITS ALL JUST SPECULATION AND GUESSES ON MY PART AND THATS WHY IM HERE. I KNOW THAT SOME OF THOSE SERIGRAPH AND HOLOGRAM NEED SPECIAL EQUIPMENT TO VIEW THE ART BUT IM NOT EVEN SURE THAT THATS WHAT I GOT.
     
  6. SUPERJUNK1970

    SUPERJUNK1970 Active Member

  7. 2manybooks

    2manybooks Well-Known Member

    Does the rim have threads on it, like it could be screwed onto something else?
     
  8. SUPERJUNK1970

    SUPERJUNK1970 Active Member

    No.
    I did find it in a box of high end jewelry.
    I thought it was a PENDANT or earrings but there is no holes, welding or signs of broken pieces anywhere around BRIM.
    When I first started researching, I thought it was part of the old magic viewer but I never found any items to be used by the viewer that look like this. . I read of SERIGRAPH that require two PIECES MADE SEPARATE but when form together make a PICTURE when view by a special viewer BUT I could not find viewer or any of the two PIECES that were use to compare to mine.
     
  9. SUPERJUNK1970

    SUPERJUNK1970 Active Member

    My bad , not SERIGRAPH, BUT SERIAGRAM.
     
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