We are Artists + Designers + Craftsmen
Specialists in Mountmaking + Exhibition Arts
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We are passionate about impactful visual communication, where 2D + 3D, visual + spatial, performative + educational, intersect.
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Our focus is on craft + utility, safety + display. Emphasis is always on the object + its presence.
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We articulate themes through visual + spatial cues, supporting narrative with expressive environment, engaging via active space.
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We attend to the character + properties of materials to compel metaphor and express ideas.
Specialty Mountmaking
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Display
We work with you
to clarify your
goals + priorities
for display,
strategizing + designing optimum solutions considering unique object characteristics + dynamic positioning
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Support
Utilizing traditional
metal-forming + bending techniques, we methodically contour cradling objects to maximize stability,
with support structures placed to accommodate
fragility + load.
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Safety
Applying safe
artifact handling
practices + precautions, we use archival materials. Mounts are typically
made from brass, steel,
acrylic, foam,
+/or cast elements, with soft felt + tubing barriers.
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Discreet
Concealed cradling,
discreet tabs + expert camouflage paint-outs. Varieties include
seismic-mitigation,
security mounts,
adjustable telescoping + modular options with pin-, plate-, wall-,
+ deck- styles.
Articulate Exhibitions
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Graphic
We organize,
interpret + articulate
exhibition themes visually utilizing expressive
text + photo, color + shape layouts, designing
illustrative elements
including logo, graphics,
info displays + print materials.
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Spatial
Expressing overarching
key ideas + narrative themes via planning + coordination
of tangible exhibition elements including spatial footprint,
built environments,
texture + form communicating
via the physical.
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Fine Arts
Through crafted
fine art fabrication of
sculptural + painted
media, our scenic
dio- + pano- ramic elements manifest literal or metaphoric
places + objects
clearly recreating
lost or absent forms.
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Digital
Creating digital content including 3D renderings, moving images + virtual environments, we
excite + engage via
playful + fantastic expressions of content with
interactive potential.