Holographic Collectibles
From Sharon McCormack Collection & Archives
"For the discerning collector,
museum quality, collectible treasures, glowing three-dimensional images on metal or foil, portraits that move through colors, here was a new genre of holographic portraits, invented then and for the future." (A.R. for SMCA)
2024 Featured holographic works for sale
Everything from original motion picture films by McCormack and Cross and the holographic multiplex (integral) movies that were the foundation of embossed holographic works distributed world wide are contained within this collection. This is the real story. This is the real place.
Motion-picture originals for multiplex movies
https://youtu.be/9OT5qLmpp28
'Diamonds and Pearls' by Prince cover hologram art by Sharon McCormack 1080P by Al Razutis XAR3D
https://youtu.be/kMYF0u87COM
'Michael Jordan' Sports Illustrated cover and 360 degree portrait by Sharon McCormack 1080P by Al Razutis XAR3D
Please direct all purchase inquiries for collectibles, as identified on this page and in our inventory, to Al Razutis,
who can be reached by e-mail at alrazutis@ymail.com.
embossed hologram collectibles
A Room with Prince 'Diamonds and Pearls' Multiplex motion-picture stereograms and embossed Holograms by Sharon McCormack - Collection & Archives
Hologram 'Masterworks' now available for sale or lease
original motion-picture integral (white light multiplex) holograms
by Lloyd Cross and Sharon McCormack
https://www.alchemists.com/visual_alchemy/smca/masterworks-cross-2021.pdf
For Sale on a limited time basis: Integral motion-picture holograms by Lloyd Cross and Sharon McCormack.
"The following motion-picture holograms in their original displays are offered for sale, by private or institutional bids for their purchase, or secured leases.
All bids can be sent to collection and archives administrator Al Razutis, at the e-mail: alrazutis@ymail.com.
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Download a pdf information sheet identifying these works to include their original display units: https://www.alchemists.com/visual_alchemy/smca/masterworks-cross-2021.pdf
'Hologram Collectibles' by Sharon McCormack now available for sale
Please direct all purchase inquiries for collectibles, as identified on this page and in our inventory, to Al Razutis,
who can be reached by e-mail at alrazutis@ymail.com.
These holograms are avalable for viewing at Visual Alchemy, Saturna Island, BC, Canada
By appointment only ---
Directions for Getting There
Signed Embossed Holograms - Metal Shims - An Art in itself
These unique works combine integral holographics with embossing masters and steel shims used in mass producing these motion-picture images world wide. They are art works in themselves, historical and collectible as museum or collection pieces, and considered by some to be on par with '3D Daguerrotype on glass'. Included in this series are signed holograms by Sharon McCormack.
'The Jester' by Sharon McCormack - signed embossed holograms & hologram shim master in metal frame
'Chief Delvis' by Sharon McCormack - signed embossed holograms and shim masters on metal
'Carl Ripkin' & 'Lombardi Trophy' by Sharon McCormack - Embossed Holographic Works
'Synthetic world' & 'Michael Jordan' by Sharon McCormack - Embossed Holographic Works
Collaborated on National Geographic Magazine Covers with Holograms
National Geographic 'Exploding Earth' Hologram cover project
"McCormack embossed commercial Works were typically done in conjunction with American BankNote Holographics under the supervision of Ken Haynes"
Please direct all purchase inquiries for collectibles, as identified on this page and in our inventory, to Al Razutis,
who can be reached by e-mail at alrazutis@ymail.com.
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'Prince' by Sharon McCormack
Holographic Stereogram Portait / CD album cover
Original cinematography by Sharon McCormack
Rainbow Transmission Multiplex (Integral) & Embossed Versions
Embossed Hologram CD Covers and Graphics from McCormack integrals
MULTIPLEX (INTEGRAL) HOLOGRAPHY
The white-light viewable multiplex hologram, also called an 'integral hologram' was invented by Lloyd Cross, a physicist turned artist turned educator in 1971. This form of holography combined motion-picture frame sequences (shot photographically in 2D) with a form of projected (aerial) image holography in the making of spatially 'multiplexed' (thin strips of squeezed images set side by side in a row) transmission holograms, first laser viewable only, later viewable by white light. He demonstrated this invention and concept in a series of stages (and "Mark Series Printers"), first as a crude 40-image animation on a small piece of film, then as more sophisticated and larger displays made by more sophisticated automated printers, including the final displays illuminated by white light as a series of products that were marketed all over the world. His story reveals the beginnings:
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... with our present technology we could not capture that incredible three dimensional scene with people and horses and so forth on a holographic plate. So, I became quite determined to at that time to do something about it, and of course one of the answers was multiplexing holography... I worked out the ideas to make an integral hologram from cine film at the Verde Valley School (in 1971)."
-- Lloyd Cross, inventor of multiplex (integral) holography
( as cited in pages 6 & 7, 'Story of Multiplex' and original patent unfiled application below )
U.S. Patent Application for original multiplex (integral) hologram printer by Lloyd Cross
-- 1973 draft copy - sample pages
Download PDF copy
Multiplex Holographic Printer Patent Applicaton - by Lloyd Cross
- 21 pages, 1 illustration, document courtesy of Lon Moore
Collectibles On display @ Visual Alchemy
Creations by Sharon McCormack -- multiplex motion-picture holographic stereograms and embossed holographic works in various mass mediums - collaborations indicated.
Sports celebrities by Sharon McCormack 1990's
Michael Jordan 1991 and Rickey Henderson 1993
'Tribal Holograms' - Sharon McCormack
EXHIBITION CATALOG: "15 holographic movies showing tribal members of the Warm Springs Reservation in central Oregon in their native dress. The exhibition travelled to science and art museums as well as American Indian cultural centers in the pacific northwest of America."
Motion-picture holographic portraits of Native American Indians
by Sharon McCormack
Embossed Commercial, commissioned and artistic works for mass media
Solo and Collaborative and Artistic works by Sharon McCormack
with portraiture in holographic stereograms in various formats: multiplex cylinder, framed in exhibition, foil embossed on advertising, sports covers & cards, original embossed printing shims - photos by Al Razutis 2016
MacCormack Embossed Commercial Works typically re-mastered with American Bank Note Holographics - Ken Haines
Sharon McCormack Art Bio Information
Previously Released Bios or News Stories
Photos of Life and Works
Please direct all purchase inquiries for collectibles, as identified on this page and in our inventory, to Al Razutis,
who can be reached by e-mail at alrazutis@ymail.com.