Editing Poly(methyl methacrylate) (section)

=== Art and aesthetics ===
[[File:Lexus LF-A Crystallised Wind.jpg|thumb|left|[[Lexus LFA#Sculpture models|Lexus]] Perspex car sculpture]]
[[File:Maylan-interior-design-neue-wiener-werkstaette-interlux-roehm- evonik- indeustries-contemporary-light-art-sedan-chair-seats-manfred-kielnhofer-illumination-auchtion.jpg|thumb|PMMA art by [[Manfred Kielnhofer]]]]
[[File:Kawai CR-40A.jpg|upright|thumb|left|[[Kawai Musical Instruments|Kawai]] acrylic grand piano]]
[[File:"Rootbeer" Lucite Bangle Bracelet - DPLA - 72b817c152132c7bf0d40c71240c4f1e.jpg|thumb|right|Lucite Bangle Bracelet]]
* [[Acrylic paint]] essentially consists of PMMA suspended in water; however since PMMA is [[hydrophobe|hydrophobic]], a substance with both hydrophobic and hydrophilic groups needs to be added to facilitate the [[suspension (chemistry)|suspension]].
* Modern [[furniture]] makers, especially in the 1960s and 1970s, seeking to give their products a space age aesthetic, incorporated Lucite and other PMMA products into their designs, especially office chairs. Many other products (for example, guitars) are sometimes made with acrylic glass to make the commonly opaque objects translucent.
* Perspex has been used as a surface to paint on, for example by [[Salvador Dalí]].
* [[Diasec]] is a process which uses acrylic glass as a substitute for normal glass in [[picture frame]]s. This is done for its relatively low cost, light weight, shatter-resistance, aesthetics and because it can be ordered in larger sizes than standard [[picture framing glass]].
* As early as 1939, Los Angeles-based Dutch sculptor [[Jan de Swart|Jan De Swart]] experimented with samples of Lucite sent to him by DuPont; De Swart created tools to work the Lucite for sculpture and mixed chemicals to bring about certain effects of color and refraction.<ref>de Swart, Ursula. My Life with Jan. Collection of Jock de Swart, Durango, CO</ref>
* From approximately the 1960s onward, sculptors and glass artists such as [[Jan Kubíček]], [[Leroy Lamis]], and [[Frederick Hart (sculptor)|Frederick Hart]] began using acrylics, especially taking advantage of the material's flexibility, light weight, cost and its capacity to refract and filter light.
* In the 1950s and 1960s, Lucite was an extremely popular material for jewelry, with several companies specialized in creating high-quality pieces from this material. Lucite beads and ornaments are still sold by jewelry suppliers.
* Acrylic sheets are produced in dozens of standard colors, most commonly sold using color numbers developed by Rohm & Haas in the 1950s.

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[[File:Bromine vial in acrylic cube.jpg|thumb|Illustrative and secure [[bromine]] chemical sample used for teaching. The glass sample vial of the corrosive and poisonous liquid has been cast into an acrylic plastic cube]]

[[Methyl methacrylate]] "[[synthetic resin]]" for casting (simply the bulk liquid chemical) may be used in conjunction with a polymerization catalyst such as [[methyl ethyl ketone peroxide]] (MEKP), to produce hardened transparent PMMA in any shape, from a mold. Objects like insects or coins, or even dangerous chemicals in breakable quartz ampules, may be embedded in such "cast" blocks, for display and safe handling.