How a Professional Art Mover Ride Their Blanket Stack Hey there you art, science, history, children's preparator handler technicians. I saw this today, I think for the first time in all my years. It…read more Matt Isble https://museumtrade.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_5844-scaled.jpg 2560 1920 Matt Isble Matt Isble https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/52f73ea495816b70d9932559d6aec21b?s=96&d=robohash&r=r
How Lumber was Reused After Framing Out a Giant Platform at the Oakland Museum of California [vc_column width="1/3"] Rapid Building Shimming Skimming Spackling Painting Templating Installing Reuse Projects ALTAR PONY WALL BOTTOM DECK ANGLED DECK [vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column width="1/3"] Hello MuseumTrade art…read more Greg Pond https://museumtrade.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Featured_Images.jpg 1941 1708 Greg Pond Greg Pond https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/37d415f88bca338c17e0a97dd0b6195f?s=96&d=robohash&r=r
Transporting an Unstretched Painting from Oakland to Sonora [vc_column width="1/3"] Hustle Canvas Corners Blue Tape Innovations Anthony [vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column width="1/3"]Hi Everyone, Anthony has an excellent (road) trip for you, Oakland to Sonora. Every…read more Anthony Pinata https://museumtrade.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Screen-Shot-2021-09-27-at-9.06.37-PM-1.jpg 1437 988 Anthony Pinata Anthony Pinata https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/16f0956c994b4b560ce5175bc6b051cf?s=96&d=robohash&r=r
How Do You Create a Faux Brick Floor for a Fireplace? What makes being an art preparator, museum technician, art handler so much fun is solving problems and puzzles in not enough time. This was a…read more Matt Isble https://museumtrade.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/0-DSC05210-scaled.jpg 2560 1757 Matt Isble Matt Isble https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/52f73ea495816b70d9932559d6aec21b?s=96&d=robohash&r=r
BASICS: Opening a Crate, a Few Solid Art Installer Tips It's been a long while since I, or anyone has added anything to the site. I thought I'd have all this extra time to dig…read more Matt Isble https://museumtrade.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/OPening-a-crate.jpg 2501 1373 Matt Isble Matt Isble https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/52f73ea495816b70d9932559d6aec21b?s=96&d=robohash&r=r
INSTRUCTIONS: How to Handle Ruth Asawa’s Hanging Metal Works Ruth Asawa's works are popular for a reason, they are ethereal and beautiful. They are also fragile due to the nature of being woven…read more Matt Isble https://museumtrade.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1920px-Ruth_Asawas_Untitled_S.563_Hanging_SIx_Lobed_Form_with_Two_Interior_Spheres_1956-scaled.jpg 1829 2560 Matt Isble Matt Isble https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/52f73ea495816b70d9932559d6aec21b?s=96&d=robohash&r=r
A Cool Way to Fold a Box Hi All, this one speaks loudest from it's images. It's fairly simple to make, does anyone out there already have a template for this style…read more Gweneth Mclittle https://museumtrade.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Box2-scaled.jpg 1920 2560 Gweneth Mclittle Gweneth Mclittle https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/467f4052f13279ff4bad105005fb1321?s=96&d=robohash&r=r
One Way to Improve a Security Hardware Tool (UPDATE: 2 Ways) Hi All, Have you ever scraped the wall while taking a secured painting on or off the wall? Then you have to clean or touch…read more Matt Isble https://museumtrade.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Tscrew.jpg 1305 1305 Matt Isble Matt Isble https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/52f73ea495816b70d9932559d6aec21b?s=96&d=robohash&r=r
How to Make Custom Forms with Wet Gypsum This guys is true craftsman. There must be 100 videos about this kind of work, but this one is simple and to the point and…read more Museum Trade https://museumtrade.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Wet-Gypsum-Forming-scaled.jpg 2560 1440 Museum Trade Museum Trade https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/be33c2230d00726a6c3bb2b53e875799?s=96&d=robohash&r=r