I took a neg carrier drilled, cut and dremmeled it out and then filled it back with clear 5 min epoxy. This and the other image don't show the full extent of the hacking but give an idea of the effect. The cool thing about it was that it could create a lovely contrast to the image -- as I think it does here -- and it made for one more choice when creating the photograph.
I apologize for the crap copy work. The print was shot with my pappies' Minolta DSLR using a make shift copy stand -- the floor with dueling halogens as I shot from above.