Pin Art
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Pin Art or Pinscreen[1] is an executive toy patented by Ward Fleming.[2] It consists of a boxed surface made of a crowded array of pins that are free to slide in and out independently in a screen to create a three-dimensional relief. Other similar product names are "PinPressions" and "Pinhead". Pinscreens were previously applied as animation in films.
Pinscreen toys were once made of metal pins. Because the metal pins were heavier and bent easily, newer Pinscreen toys are generally made of plastic pins.
a giant 4' x 8' pinscreen is at Technorama in Winterthur, Switzerland.[3] This screen is like a large 3D drawing pad that can work with different sizes of paintbrushes for calligraphy.
Pinscreens in popular culture [edit]
- The pinscreen was popularized in the 1985 music video for the Midge Ure song "If I Was", which included a giant body-sized version.
- A 1997 Coca-Cola ad, directed by Industrial Light & Magic, involves the use of a Computer-generated imagery pinscreen.
- A digitally-produced pinscreen is featured in the 2005 music video for the Nine Inch Nails song "Only", directed by David Fincher.
- Similar to "Only," a digitally-produced pinscreen is featured in the 2008 music video for the Eagles of Death Metal song "Wannabe in LA".
- A 2007 advertising campaign by the Discovery Channel involved a pinscreen forming various images, such as that of the Sydney Opera House and whales.
References [edit]
- ^ "History of the Pinscreen". www.pinscreens.net. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- ^ United State Patent 4,654,989
- ^ http://www.technorama.ch/en/exhibition/et-cetera/
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