The board can be attached together to make it larger..say..2 4x8 sheets of something 1/4" thick.

Just an idea I had in the ol head..
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e312/mikieson71/suspendedceilingfortheater.jpg

You would just have to wire the ball up to a switch which is pretty easy to do.

OH and the shapes can be made with a dremil tool

How do you change the bulb ?

Not sure I would want to keep taking my ceiling down every year or two. Interesting idea though, I'm doing the fiber optic ceiling and it is quite time consuming.

Interesting idea. You'd want to drill each hole so it pointed at the ball, I think...

Interesting idea. You'd want to drill each hole so it pointed at the ball, I think...

I also thought about rope lighting or blinking xmas lights or something..I dont know??...Just brain storming. Its nothing im gonna do just thought I would share the ideas.