Stories and Adventures
In this month of August, we at Mulberry, have been privileged to frame the stories and adventures of travel around country, world, and even outer space! Each day finds us busy listening to new clients as we create frame designs that celebrate this art. We want to take a moment, here in our journal, to thank you, our clients, for bringing us these great framing projects . At the same time, we want to share these experiences with you, our Mulberry community.
The Golden Record
The Voyager 1 was launched from Earth September 5, 1977 and entered interstellar space in August, 2012. It is estimated that by 2025 all of its science gear will have stopped working. It currently continues to transmit data from this unexplored realm. It also contains a very special gold-plated 12 inch copper disc. It is a phonograph known as The Golden Record. This phonograph is intended to communicate a story of our world to alien civilizations through sounds and images selected by Carl Sagan and Frank Drake. These sounds and images portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth.
This is a close up of some of the images on the protective cover of the phonograph. For an interpretation of these images, we refer you to this website https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/golden-record/golden-record-cover/ For for information about Frank Drake and SETI, we suggest reading his biography here https://www.famousscientists.org/frank-drake/ The phonograph on Voyager 1 is currently about 11.7 billion miles from our Earth! Meanwhile, it was a real thrill to frame this second copy of the phonograph cover.
When it came time to frame the copy of the Golden Record remaining here on Earth, we had to come up with some unique solutions to meet the project’s requirements. Working through a series of prototypes, the final presentation included hidden magnetic closures, recessed hinges and plexiglass glazing. Now complete, the Golden Record securely rests in a presentation box/frame that can be hung on the wall or sit on a desk and still be easily opened for historic or scientific access to the record.
