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Exclusive Han Solo Carbonite Desk Info and Gallery
Posted by Jason Chen at 8:35 AM on February 27, 2008
Who wouldn't want a desk with Han Solo encased in carbonite? We checked in with Tom Spina Designs, the company that created this one-off custom-order desk, and found out that 1) it's incredibly solid—it's constructed out of steel—and 2) those lights on the side create mood lighting when admiring your human prize. Hit the jump for the details on how this thing was built and check out the exclusive pics in the gallery.
The desk was designed and assembled by artists Tom Spina and Richard Riley of Tom Spina Designs, a NY-based company specialising in custom sculpture.It's made from four main components: the glass top, the frozen block and 2 light-up side supports. The side supports are computer-cut steel and feature tinted acrylic sheets and internal lighting. The frozen block is a custom fabricated steel "block" with fan-made resin detail pieces. Eight metal supports hold the 1/2" thick glass top. Due to the metal construction, it's not only very sturdy, but also quite heavy!
This was designed and fabricated for the home theater/office of Mark Hall, lead singer of the Grammy Award-winning group Casting Crowns (www.CastingCrowns.com) and made to his specs on top height and leg clearance. We went through a lot of different ideas and designs for a sci-fi desk, but as soon as we hit on the carbonite style desk idea, we all knew this was what had to be made! The piece was created in roughly two months.
On the availability question - this particular piece was intended as a one-off art-piece, but we do accept private commissions to custom-create highly unique furniture, characters and art for home theaters, businesses, trade shows and more. We also cater to high-end original movie prop collectors, doing extremely specialised restoration and display work.
Folks interested in learning more (and more importantly, seeing pics of many of our past projects) should visit our site: www.TomSpinaDesigns.com and anyone looking for custom work should contact us via the site and we'd be happy to discuss their project.
Comments (AU Comments · US Comments)
Mr.Gadget
Posted February 27, 2008 9:37 AM
Would love to have one of these in the shape of my ex-boss...
ANoel
Posted 9:55 AM 27/2/08
@Xavoc:
"That looks more like a Portugese Breakfast setup to me..."
My friend, something like this?
[www.seespotruninc.com]
ANoel
nutbastard
Posted 9:55 AM 27/2/08
@danms6:
can he really win it when he already owns it?
nutbastard
nutbastard
Posted 9:55 AM 27/2/08
@spatchpatch:
it's a desk with Han Solo frozen in carbonite. If that constitutes gay and useless, your life (or at least your pants) must be full of gay, useless things.
nutbastard
heroineworshipper
Posted 9:55 AM 27/2/08
It's the software manager's wet dream.
heroineworshipper
danms6
Posted 9:56 AM 27/2/08
@Jason Chen: You just won this post, sir.
danms6
Xavoc
Posted 9:56 AM 27/2/08
@ANoel: That looks more like a Portugese Breakfast setup to me...
Xavoc
92BuickLeSabre
Posted 9:57 AM 27/2/08
@ANoel: Very thoughtful. Thank you.
92BuickLeSabre
ANoel
Posted 9:57 AM 27/2/08
@92BuickLeSabre:
So your clothes don't get tarnished.
ANoel
ANoel
Posted 9:57 AM 27/2/08
@nutbastard:
So, how much for the Siberian tiger?
ANoel
spatchpatch
Posted 9:57 AM 27/2/08
Wow. This is just as seemingly gay and useless as the first time it was posted.
FAIL
spatchpatch
nutbastard
Posted 9:57 AM 27/2/08
@ANoel:
ANoel it appears that you've accidentally pasted your craigslist M4M post here...
nutbastard
92BuickLeSabre
Posted 9:57 AM 27/2/08
@ANoel: Why does it have to be vertical?
92BuickLeSabre
nutbastard
Posted 9:57 AM 27/2/08
@Kaiser-Machead:
Windex, rubber gloves, paper towels and sponges - These windows aren't going to clean themselves!
nutbastard
ANoel
Posted 9:57 AM 27/2/08
artless. gay. be better vertically as a gloryhole wall.
ANoel
Kaiser-Machead
Posted 9:57 AM 27/2/08
@nutbastard: I can tell you invest heavily in Windex.
Kaiser-Machead
Xavoc
Posted 9:57 AM 27/2/08
Didn't I see this somewhere last week?
Xavoc
nutbastard
Posted 9:57 AM 27/2/08
@Jason Chen:
*rimshot*
NEXT!
*face shot*
*pearl necklace*
*bukake*
nutbastard
Jason Chen
Posted 9:57 AM 27/2/08
@IUSEAMACSOSUEME: What/who doesn't?
Jason Chen
Kaiser-Machead
Posted 9:57 AM 27/2/08
Can I have one custom made to fit my brother in law?
Kaiser-Machead
92BuickLeSabre
Posted 9:57 AM 27/2/08
Whoa, whoa, whoa....it's not made of carbonite?!?
92BuickLeSabre
The_Question
Posted 9:57 AM 27/2/08
Price.....
The_Question
IUSEAMACSOSUEME
Posted 9:57 AM 27/2/08
Does it come in Tera Patrick?
IUSEAMACSOSUEME
nutbastard
Posted 11:00 AM 27/2/08
@ANoel:
duh - like everyone else, i just make em in MS Word and then paste em. It doesn't look like they'll come through, but the formatting is in fact preserved.
nutbastard
james-42
Posted 11:00 AM 27/2/08
It's a sculpture with a piece of glass slapped on top to make it a desk. That's not creative and it's not art. It's a simplistic solution to the problem.
james-42
ANoel
Posted 11:00 AM 27/2/08
@nutbastard:
"Just goes to show that Canadian humor peaked with Brian Downey."
Surely you meant humor (strikethrough) "music"
and Brian (strikethrough) "Gord".
ANoel
nutbastard
Posted 11:00 AM 27/2/08
@Samifumi:
Do you really have to reiterate your stance on the overratedness of star wars on EVERY post that mentions it? Really? I ought to come over there and piss in your mashed potatoes.
nutbastard
ANoel
Posted 11:00 AM 27/2/08
@nutbastard:
SO, how did you make the cute (italics)?
Really.
ANoel
Samifumi
Posted 11:00 AM 27/2/08
Star Wars is overrated. I am not budging from that take, but the whole "Han Solo frozen in carbonite" thing kicked ass. Hence, this kicks ass. I want one.
Samifumi
nutbastard
Posted 11:00 AM 27/2/08
@ANoel:
oh, it's so cute when you try so hard!
Just goes to show that Canadian humor peaked with Brian Downey.
nutbastard
ANoel
Posted 11:00 AM 27/2/08
@Xavoc:
He grinds his own peanut butter sandwiches, up in the mountains, I imagine.
ANoel
tehronin
Posted 11:00 AM 27/2/08
@IUSEAMACSOSUEME: I'll take one in Eva Angelina please!
tehronin
ANoel
Posted 11:00 AM 27/2/08
@Xavoc:
... perhaps you should ask ... NutiBastard (italics)
ANoel
Xavoc
Posted 11:00 AM 27/2/08
@ANoel: Apparently you're not up on your manwhore techniques.
Xavoc
ANoel
Posted 12:09 PM 27/2/08
@92BuickLeSabre:
I'll try again...
ANoel
Spaceboy
Posted 12:09 PM 27/2/08
this...out of lego pieces.
that would be cool
Spaceboy
IUSEAMACSOSUEME
Posted 12:09 PM 27/2/08
@Jason Chen: I set them them up, you knock 'em down.
IUSEAMACSOSUEME
accordionhero
Posted 12:09 PM 27/2/08
judd apatow wishes this desk had been made in time for the 40 year old virgin.
accordionhero
92BuickLeSabre
Posted 12:09 PM 27/2/08
@ANoel: Yes it is.
92BuickLeSabre
ANoel
Posted 12:09 PM 27/2/08
@nutbastard:
No it isn't.
ANoel
ANoel
Posted 12:09 PM 27/2/08
@nutbastard:
Thank you.
ANoel
ANoel
Posted 12:09 PM 27/2/08
@nutbastard:
Thank you (italics) NutBastard.
ANoel
slaughterer35711
Posted 12:09 PM 27/2/08
@92buick: You do know carbonite is just a fancy term for CO2, right?
I can just imagine being really tired, falling asleep, and then jumping through the ceiling when I wake up with han looking at me through the glass.
slaughterer35711
ParrotHeadFL
Posted 1:12 PM 27/2/08
I had no clue Mark was such a Star Wars fan. Too funny.
ParrotHeadFL
Samifumi
Posted 1:12 PM 27/2/08
@nutbastard: Yes, I do. Because Star Wars generally sucks, but there were some cool elements that I should give some props, so as to not appear completely biased.
Samifumi
Szin
Posted 1:12 PM 27/2/08
I'll have to put this in the Cargo Hold
Szin
92BuickLeSabre
Posted 1:12 PM 27/2/08
@ANoel: *chuckles*
Substituting < for (
It's just (i)text(/i).
92BuickLeSabre
pete
Posted 2:17 PM 27/2/08
/italics are for n00bs
pete
pete
Posted 2:17 PM 27/2/08
This is nice, but I like Captain Solo where he is...
pete
IUSEAMACSOSUEME
Posted 3:20 PM 27/2/08
@tehronin: Eva Longoria? Of all the people in the world you choose Eva Longoria? To each his own I guess.
IUSEAMACSOSUEME
spaceman37
Posted 4:30 PM 27/2/08
I still say I want a desk made out of one of these:
spaceman37
Gary_7vn
Posted 4:30 PM 27/2/08
What happens when he thaws? Will he do another prequel?
Can an R2D2 garbage can be far behind...
Gary_7vn
legacye
Posted 5:37 PM 27/2/08
lame a adjective - a description of the above interwebs squabble between nutbastard and anoel-retard.
legacye
Gary_7vn
Posted 6:35 PM 27/2/08
@spaceman37: Suitable for target shooting I hope?
Gary_7vn
solOptimus
Posted 8:35 PM 27/2/08
@Spaceboy:
F'sho
solOptimus
Cap'n Jack
Posted 1:15 AM 28/2/08
He should be quite well protected! ...If he survived the freezing process, that is.
Cap'n Jack
withaneight
Posted 2:17 AM 28/2/08
best. desk. ever.
withaneight
ANoel
Posted 2:17 AM 28/2/08
@legacye: @legacye:
... and as for you... Ms. "lame a adjective "
Like your brain, "a" or "an" is an indefinite article
(the form of a before an initial vowel sound (an arch; an honor) and sometimes, esp. in British English, before an initial unstressed syllable beginning with a silent or weakly pronounced h: an historian)
It's not "a" it's "an"
Lame is an adjective.
And in my case, it's not "anoel-retard" it's "ANoel-retard" ".
/stop skipping
ANoel
Spaceboy
Posted 2:17 AM 28/2/08
@solOptimus:
now, let me get a million black pieces :)
Spaceboy
ANoel
Posted 2:17 AM 28/2/08
@92BuickLeSabre:
YES! that's what pal's are for!
(you're a good car 92BuickLeSabre)
ANoel
TheDeadPuppet
Posted 1:15 PM 12/3/08
Turn the hands to be used as cupholders and open the mouth wider for a candy dish and I might be swayed to get one for my mancave. (I realize the potential for backlash here.)
I wonder if you can get enough of that plaster-of-paris stuff you can use for your 'member' and coat yourself in it to make your OWN desk.... of you!
It shouldn't be that hard. Literally.
TheDeadPuppet