Title Wall Design Images
Title Wall Design Images
The Head of a Bolt Could Make a Difference When Hanging on D-Rings
This is a short but sweet article on the little things one can do to make one’s life a little easier. There are just a ton of things that take very little time to do, but can mean the difference between “I’m on” and “No, no, no, put it down my d-ring folded back, I need to reset.” So what are you looking at here? We had a really tall painting with a bit of heft ...[Read More]
Tijana Cvetkovic Conserving Petrus van der Velden’s Marken Funeral Barge for Exhibition at Nga Toi Arts Te Papa
Here’s a short video published on Dec 12, 2013 depicting painting conservator Tijana Cvetkovic, she describes the conservation treatment required to prepare Petrus van der Velden’s Marken Funeral Barge for exhibition at Nga Toi Arts Te Papa, open to July 2014. Enjoy. Link directly to: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa [arve url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSSKSRg1CN4&#...[Read More]
The National Museum of Denmark Gives Insight into their Conservation Process with Nice Before and After Shots
Here’s a video published on May 6, 2013, this film offers insight into the conservators’ working process as they treat the paintings. See how the artworks are analyzed and cleaned, how flaking paint is reattached, and how the conservators unveil hidden stories. The video isn’t breaking any new ground for those in the conservation field, but perhaps you could gleam a tool in the b...[Read More]
Effective and Funny Zoo Signage, Send Me Yours
In the study The Effect of Humor on Advertising Comprehension they find that “Prior investigations of the impact of humor on advertising message comprehension have generally found humorous commercials to be no more effective than comparable serious messages. This study re-examines humor’s influence by focusing on type of humor measurement (manipulated vs. perceived) and humor location ...[Read More]
How to Paint a Sun Mural for a Solar Focused Exhibit at the Children’s Museum of Richmond
Here’s a quick time-lapse about how to paint a large sun on the wall dating back to 2009. This is a very basic presentation of information, but somewhere, out there, among ALL the museums there is one that is wondering “How would we go about painting a nice big sun on the wall, I wish we could see one going up as a guide to demystify the process.” The Dominion Solar Energy Exhibi...[Read More]
AAagh! Too Many Visitors! Don’t You Wish You Could Close to Clean Up, They Did.
Not much to see here, I just thought it sounded dreamy, having the luxury of closing for 6 months. [youtube id=”5sKKc88Hwvo” align=”center” mode=”lazyload-lightbox” autoplay=”no” grow=”yes”]
How to Make Paintable Wall Terminals for Stanchion Cord
Hi Everyone, Here’s a two-part series on stanchions. In this segment I’ll show you how we make wall terminals for stanchion cord, the next will be a review of Line Logic’s stanchion set. It won’t matter which you’re using – Line Logic, Absolute, or any other stanchions system – this is a universal solution. First you laminate two pieces of 3/4″ MDF u...[Read More]
Easy Museum Interactive Using Custom Plastic Puzzle
Hello MT Community, Here’s a very basic interactive for your museum: a plastic puzzle using a custom image of the artwork.What we’ve provided for our visitors is an opportunity to sit and relax, helping them make it though our large museum. And here they can also spend quality time with a work of art. We all know how briefly people pass by individual paintings (bonus points for anyone ...[Read More]
Art Packers Hot Glue Gun Caddy on the Go
We had Ship Art International here the other day to crate our Claire Falkenstein and they whipped out this caddy for a 3M industrial strength low temperature glue gun and its glue sticks. Quick and dirty design, but effective and makes use of discarded materials most of us have around. Many thanks to Clay and Julie for letting me share this with all of you. By the way, if you haven’t alread...[Read More]
Rigging and Installing Richard Serra’s Delineator at MOMA
This story was covered by MOMA’s website, but I think Museum Trade is a great place to land all the stories from around the net, we’d like to be a one stop shop, so please let us know if you come across an applicable story so we can link it here. Originally posted August 27, 2012 by Cara Manes who’s the Collection Specialist in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at MOMA, th...[Read More]
Painting Walls without Streaks Using a Latex Extender Solution
We’ve had issues with streaking in out paint jobs. It’s not always obvious, sometimes it depends on the light, sometimes you need to be an installer to see it, but none the less it’s bothersome. I doesn’t matter how wet we leave out edge, we’d get a consistent streak evenly spaced across the wall. If you really fly and stay thick and wet it can be lessened, but thick...[Read More]
Moving Several Dollies of Blue Blankets by Yourself
In our profession, time is often of the essence. If one person can do the same job as two or three others, you go for it (object safety being paramount of course). I was faced with getting a lot of blankets up to a distant gallery and I didn’t want to make three trips. What does one do? You pull our a ratcheted strap and lash them together of course. Boom, done. And yes, that’s a camo ...[Read More]