Self-Standing Mosaic

Daniel Stoeffler (Dan_Sto) developed a way to make a self-standing mosaic by using hinges to open the panels of the mosaic.

As Daniel says, it is a "self-standing 128x70 mosaic representing the scene of the Star Wars, A New Hope movie where Princess Leia records her help call for Obiwan. The mosaic consists of 4 panels connected with hinges so that the panels make an angle of 22.5 degrees."



Here is a view of the back:



I never thought I'd make a large mosaic, if only for the fact that I wouldn't know how to mount it and didn't care enough to try to figure it out.  But this makes it look easy and do-able. 

You can read more about this mosaic at Eurobricks or, if you prefer French, at Forum SeTechnic.

Making a Lenticular Mosaic

Awhile back Casey posted about lenticular ("morphing") mosaics.  These are mosaics that change depending on the viewpoint.  Daniel Stoeffler, who made the Harry Potter/Voldemort mosaic, let me know that he has written up a post on MOCpages about how he made this mosaic.  Unlike the other two mosaics shown in Casey's post, this one uses 45 degree slopes and inverted slopes instead of the 30 degree cheese slopes.  The following image shows the basic idea of how it is done. 

You can read the post on MOCpages for a much more complete description of the process.