Cohousing-L Mailing List: A noise absorbing art project for commonhouses

[Rob Sandelin (floriferous]

I  once saw a community center which had a couple very large art
installations, very bright colors, bold designs. Very artistic and modern
looking. Turns out they were noise absorbtion, and made by.....The kids of
the community. They took paint drop cloths, gave several 6-7 year olds a
bunch of bright primary colors and told  them to make some lines. They then
cut the sheet up, mounted the best two onto simple 2x2 wooded frames,
stuffed the insides with leftover insulation batting and hung them on the
wall. The soft cloth absorbed sound way better than the hard wall, and the
art pieces were very attractive and added a very colorful and festive
atmostphere to the room they were in.

Total cost. $17 for three cans of paint and a drop cloth

Rob Sandelin

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Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 4:30 AM
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In a message dated 3/7/00 4:01:03 PM, cohousing-l [at] freedom2.mtn.org writes:

<< lilbert [at] earthlink.net >>

Dear Roman,

We, Cantines Island, Saugerties, NY did one thing to soften CH sound.

Folks seem pleased.

We installed sound-quieting tiles on the ceiling.  that's all.
Actually, before we got round to that, one person hung some patchwork quilts
on one wall, which seemed to help some too.
while the tiles are not attractive to my eye,  folks who'd found the sound
of
so much noise bouncing off hard surfaces impossible, now are comfortable.

Hope it helps,
Ruth