Reese Schroeder, AIA - President
Glass counter tops have been around for a while in various forms, from simple plate glass laid over a subsurface, to thick cast glass slabs, and everything between. The attraction to glass for counter tops is its spectacular beauty as it captures and transmits light. Its jewel-like quality is beyond that of stone or metal, making it a high end material for both commercial and residential projects. The renewed interest in incorporating art into architecture is what makes liquidoranges STUDIO LLC’s laminated art glass counter tops unique to the industry, as we produce triple laminated tempered glass with our colorations, patterns and designs sandwiched inside between glass layers. Tempered glass is up to four times stronger than annealed glass, giving the surface a much higher resistance to abuse without failure. For high impact potential areas, we design our art glass counter tops to include a sacrificial top layer, fully heat-soaked to take the abuse. When the glass wear is determined to deter from its aesthetic appearance, the sacrificial top layer is lifted off and replaced, with the laminated art glass counter remaining pristine, in place.Probably the coolest design feature of our laminated art glass counter top is our ability to illuminate with an 8mm LED panel set under the glass. We’re using a unique LED system fully encased in acrylic, lasting up to 50,000 hours, fully calibrated to correct color temperature to illuminate the art glass exactly as it was envisioned and presented. Counter tops are transformed into living components of the interior, dimmable in concert with adjacent lighting scenes, its colorful art glowing independently or as part of a larger lighting experience. Beyond the technology, c The glass can take on organic flowing lines, geometric shapes, rigid patterns, ethereal fuzziness, as an unlimited and unrestricted canvas for design-specific expression. Counters can appear dark and moody, bright and primary, complicated and textural, simple, referential to adjacencies’, and more. A truly integrated art glass counter “plugs in” to the design of the space, as a focal point or as a compliment. Working with triple laminate glass offers the ability to work in multi-layer art, giving further depth and contrast. Ultimately, an original commissioned art glass counter top becomes a contributor to the architecture, not as a gesture, but as a functional, integrated artwork. Liquidoranges STUDIO is integrating art with architecture through glass.
Liquidoranges STUDIO, LLC
liquidoranges STUDIO creates art for architecture and interiors, including original works in print, hand tufted rugs, and glass. Our original works in print are available for corporate art programs, hospitality, and private collections. Our rugs create destinations within spaces unlike anything available through standard sourcing.Our architectural art glass is both technologically advanced and culturally relevant. Combining original digital media artworks created by Reese Schroeder with environmentally responsible materials and processes, we create an architectural art glass of colors so pure, exposure with sunlight produces dramatic spatial moments, changing by the minute, by the day, by the year as dynamic interrelationships between light and space. Our glass is unique and exclusive, integrating collaboratively within the architectural form, to enhance the human experience through art while providing true functionalism. This is artwork that works for a living. Our art glass presented in our metal stands are artworks that work to inspire.Our architectural art glass stands up to the rigors of modern construction and building codes as laminated safety glass designed to integrate naturally and securely into all complimentary systems where glass may be used. liquidoranges art glass is offered to architects, designers, and all our clients around the world, direct from our studio.We Are Integrating Art With Architecture Through Glass.
