Building the box or recycling is good
This started off as an old silver set box so this is twice recycled. I used the base in another production as a robot control box, but gave it a total makeover for this project. I still liked the hunter green color I used the first time but it needed some help and some bumps and holes filled. I sanded it all down and primed it again. A few coats of spraypaint and some use of a plastic bag give it some texture was all it took to give me a kind of marbled look. The gray is just the primer showing but I liked the look and went with it. The inside is covered with scrapbooking paper to give it that expensive look it needs for a doctor's office.
Detailing on the box is made from other scrapbooking items and some wooden medallions and various brass hardware.
Inside the box the parts are various bit from lamps, dollar store items and hardware store bits. The tubes are painted plastic marchmellow dart guns. The recording cones are flower holders which I might add flickering electronic candles to just make the piece more active.
I epoxyed some candle sticks and brass bed post together to form some different shape and give the impression of more steam boilers and other unknown bits.
Electronic work
I do plan on wiring up a spinning motor that will go to the knife switch on the right so you have something visually going on inside of the box. I think the spinning will lead the viewer to think that it's recording.
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