Week the Fourth: Olympus

This past weekend I went to a mansion party in the hills of West Hollywood for an early Halloween. I was extremely delighted to see that the mansion was in a residential area called "Mt. Olympus". Our mansion was on Hercules Dr and Apollo Ave. I love greek mythology so this was very pleasant. So when I saw this sign leaving the party (the cops shut it down shortly after we arrived at 10pm, not too exciting) I had to take a picture of it.

All the lines and that rustic broken stone look is just the design of the glass, the light is shining from the inside. This makes me think a lot of how light can work from the other side, not just shining onto something but through something. I felt like the design of this really captured my eyes as soon as I saw it. I'm not sure how they made the glass sign (or whatever material it is) but the way they colored it, drew the lines, and shaded certain areas, allowed the light to shine through it to achieve a wonderfully antique, stone look. Very appropriate for the theme of residential mansions in the area. The texture is revealed because the light is shining through it, from the inside, especially at night.

Here is how the sign looks during the day (I just googled it) and it looks quite different. You can see the column structures a lot better, but we lose a lot of the detail that is revealed by the light at night. In fact, it looks like two different structures completely. What is really interesting is that those black lines we see at night, is actually not drawn or painted on at all. I'm guessing they were the parts that the light can not peak through the glass at all. But I'm not too sure. It's pretty fascinating though.