Using some black sheet metal, I cut the shape of the frames of the eye glasses. Since the wearer’s face would play a supporting role, I filled my space by cropping the head and chin of the person. I really wanted this piece to be about the glasses, so I was building my sketch around those glasses. I want the sketch to give me a sense of how I am going to use the space, yet loose enough that my composition is open to serendipity. When working with “tin”, I tend to keep my foundation sketch very loose. I started out with a 24″x36″primed wood panel and began a loose sketch using a black Sharpie. Reflecting back on those much-wanted Xray glasses was the inspiration for my latest artwork: Xray Vision! Had I dared ask my mother for a dollar to spend on such a superfluous piece of plastic, she would have thought I had totally lost my young mind. Back then, I was lucky to have the dime to purchase the comic book itself. Sadly, I never had a whole dollar that I could send away for this wonderful item.
The item I most coveted was the X-ray Specs! Imagine, for the price of just one American dollar a kid could actually obtain X-ray vision!
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Superman, Batman, Donald Duck, Lone Ranger, Richie Rich, Casper, anything but the romance stuff! The inside cover usually had ads for a variety of products, every thing from miniature cameras to a book on how to “throw your voice”. When I was not playing outside with my friends, I could usually be found on the living room rug, or the floor of my pup tent, lost in a comic book. Real x-rays are used today in the medical field, allowing doctors and dentists to diagnose and treat a number of issues, as wells as in certain devices in airport security which can detect objects through clothing.As a kid growing up in Ohio, I spent a lot of time reading comic books. Military and police organizations use thermal imaging goggles to see through certain materials at night. Seeing through solid objects isn’t just science fiction. First seen in the 1963 film, X, the film used stunning visual effects to wow audiences with its protagonist’s x-ray abilities! X-ray vision is also a popular element in science fiction films. One of x-ray vision’s most notable uses is in the immensely popular DC Comic superhero Superman, whose x-ray vision allows him to see through walls to know where the bad guys are. X-ray glasses are just as widespread as 3D glasses in popular culture, but in theory more than in practice. While x-ray glasses don’t truly use x-rays, they still ignite our imaginations. Even so, x-ray glasses exist as a fun novelty item to this day. While they’ve been a source of great fun and harmless mischief, x-ray glasses have never caught on with a practical use like 3D glasses have. X-rays themselves, discovered in 1895 by German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen, are not actually used in x-ray glasses. These x-ray glasses gained popularity advertised on the back of comic books, promising users to “See the bones in your hand, see through clothes!” However, while they were thought to magically grant glasses with xray vision, this was actually an optical illusion!
X-ray glasses were first patented under the name “X-Ray Specs” by Fred J. While the idea of seeing through solid objects has long captured our imaginations, the question remains: Is there really such a thing as x-ray glasses? X-ray vision has existed in the realm of science fiction, provoking exciting thought and ideas.
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