This is what I came up with, a 4′ x 6′ aluminum back featuring a very modern swirl pattern with a hand applied transparent black top coat to tone down the sheen of the raw aluminum. The fiber optic cable theme was achieved by taking more than forty 1/8″ steel rods cutting them to various lengths, fanning them out, and welding them to a frame that would be attached to the aluminum base. Knowing that Ryan wanted the fiber to appear as realistic as possible I spent time studying the colors of fiber in photographs. I settled on a cool blue base coat, with a light silver top coat giving the rods depth and movement at different angles of light. I finished the fiber pieces with a little punch of candy yellow at the tips to mimic light passing through. The finishing touch to the whole wall piece is a sugar cone shaped cap to cover the mounting point to the base, and to give the appearance of the cable jacket.