Encasing in large cubes of Lucite?

September 2, 2009 4:37 PM

I would like to have a small USB flash drive embedded in a ginormous cube of lucite, as a gift for a departing colleague. Is there a web-based entity where such oddities could easily be ordered? [The flash drive can be blank, it's all about symbolism rather than content]

btw, I've seen the previous posts here, here, and here, to no avail.

posted by garfy3 to shopping (6 comments total)

If you google custom lucite, you can find many places that will do this for you. Example
You just provide the usb drive.
posted by special-k at 4:51 PM on September 2

Any awards and trophy shop should be able to help you with this. Look for one that deals with executive and business clients, rather than the softball team trophy shop.
posted by Aquaman at 5:20 PM on September 2

Does it have to be Lucite? You could do it yourself with casting resin.
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 6:04 PM on September 2

You cannot do this without having some content in the drive. Naked pix of yourself, bread recipes, emails to your brother, or a poem to the recipient... really, something's gotta go in there. Any symbolism that you'd want to send would be ever so much enhanced with something meaningful in there, even if it can't be retrieved.
posted by FauxScot at 6:14 PM on September 2 [1 favorite]

+1

Especially if it can't be retrieved.
posted by hamandcheese at 8:08 PM on September 2

I guarantee that numerous sellers on etsy would be delighted to do this for you. Just post an alchemy request and tell them what you've told us, and they'll do the rest!

Here's a few sellers on etsy who work with embedded items in lucite (and resin).
posted by arnicae at 8:18 PM on September 2