Stage Designs

Friendly Texture

Cory Feuerbacher from Wesley Chapel UMC in Floyds Knobs, Indiana brings us these geometric panels and custom light bars.

From Cory: There were three parts to this build. I will list them here with their materials and instructions

  • adjustable 3 height stands (9 stands)
  • 15, non treated 8ft 2×3’s ($2.64 per)
  • 3, 1-1/4 10ft PVC ($5.51 per)
  • 2, 20pk. L corner brackets ($8.98 per)
  • Small Wood Screws (already had them)
  • 3, Matte black spray paint ($2.50 per)

1. Cut 9, 3ft sections of 2×3’s. cut 18, 1ft sections. Connect 2 1ft, and 1, 3ft together with long crews, for base of stand.
2. Cut 1-1/4 PVC into 2.5ft sections. Attach to center of stands with 4 L brackets and screws. Make sure to Level
3. Paint Black
4. Drill 3 height holes at 6,12,and 18 in from top of pvc

  • Custom RGB LED light bars (6 fixtures)
  • 2, 3″ 10ft PVC pipe ($21 per)
  • 6, 3″ PVC end caps ($4.77 per)
  • 3, 8ft 1×2’s ($1.97 per)
  • 30″x60″ white acrylic ($50.55)
  • clear silicone sealant ($5.24)
  • 3, Black Mate spray paint ($2.50 per)
  • 6, 3 channel DMX LED Decoder ($19.99)
  • 1, 10pk 10in DC power female pigtail ($5.31)
  • 6, 12V 2A Power adapters ($8.89)
  • 2, 16.4ft RGB LED light strips ($9.99)
  • 1, 12pk RGB strip connectors ($7.95)

1. Cut 10ft 3″ pvc into 5ft lengths. rip the 4, 5ft lengths in half long ways with tablesaw
2. cut 6 3″ caps in half (I did this with a hand saw) and glue them on ends of 5ft PVC
3. Attach 4ft length of 1×2 to one side of fixture
4. Paint Black.
5. attach power pigtail and RGB connector to the Decoder (my strip was BL,R,B,G). Use small wire strippers to strip RGB connector wires.
6. Drill hole in bottom of fixture and attach Decorder to back of fixture. Feed the RGB connector into fixture and glue down LED strip.
7. Cut acrylic sheet into 4″ sheets and glue down with clear silicon sealant.

  • Geometric white panels. 7 total panels with 3 different dimensions (3, 2×3 tiles) (2, 2×4 tiles) (2, 3×4 tiles)
  • 7, 1/2in 4×8 foam insulation sheets ($11.25 per)
  • 5, 8ft 1×2’s ($1.97)
  • 5, 12pk Art3D diamond design tiles ($69.99 per)
  • 4, tubes of Liquid Nails ($2.50 per)
  • 36, 3/16 large washers

1. cut insulation sheet to desired dimension, attach 4ft 1×2 to sheet with 3 washers per sheet (washers were used to create surface area for screws to not break through foam)
2. glue 3D tiles to sheet with Liquid nails. Dry before moving.
3. paint 1×2’s and dry before attaching to sheet!

I made 2 horizontal light bars that I attached to the top of the 2×4 panels. I used two 1×2’s per panel to attach light bar at desired height.

Trapezoids Stacked Colorful Platelets

One response to “Friendly Texture”

  1. Brandon Wenzel says:

    Hey Cory!
    How did you attach the bases to the 1x2s in order to make them adjustable? Did you use bolts or something different?

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