When it comes to wall art the possibilities are endless. On steelappeal.com you will many options for wall art, products that are already designed and ready to go. However if you are looking for something with your specific desires and style, or just something that is one of a kind. I can make that happen too. That was the case for the commission I recently installed for Pro Web Marketing, located at 300 E. Front Street in Traverse City. Ryan Goddard of Pro Web approached me and asked if I could do a piece for their office entrance with fiber optic cable as a focus point.
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. 
Tags: Aluminum, Custom Wall Art, Fiber Optic Cable, Pro Web Marketing, steelappeal.com, Traverse City