The Walters Art Museum
Large-Format Digital Prints on PhotoTex, Including On-Site Installation
Large-Format Digital Prints on PhotoTex, Including On-Site Installation
I began working with The Walters Art Museum prior to opening T-Bone Graphics, while working for Signs By Tomorrow Columbia. During the course of these projects, their Head of Graphic Design, Johanna Biehler, came to depend on me for making sure the colors were printed correctly, and for making sure the installations were completed with the utmost care. This meant that I actually did the vast majority of their work personally.
Included below is a referral letter that Johanna was kind enough to write for me. As you can see, we developed quite a good relationship in the time we worked together. I always enjoy these projects, especially the hands on aspect of them. I look forward to working with Johanna again.
This was the first project I worked on for The Walters Art Museum. This is a high resolution digital photo of a piece of art that only measures about 6" x 4", but we enlarged it to this 16' x12' wall mural. Printed on PhotoTex in 4 panels, I installed this with the kind assistance of a newly hired and untrained young man. Sometimes all you need is an extra set of hands, but this young man picked it up very quickly and I was very impressed with him. The seams all fit together perfectly, and everyone at The Walters Art Museum were thrilled with the final result of the installation.
Lost & Found: The Secrets of Archimedes
When this project came to us, we were extremely busy with several other large projects. It was decided that I would be less hands-on for this project. One of my coworkers prepped and installed the black vinyl graphics, and they turned out very well. We had just started sub-contracting some of our installations to a new installer, so it was decided that the front wall mural (like the one above) would be done by them. My assistance was requested with the weeding of all of the white vinyl text for the Timeline. This turned out to be extremely tedious, mainly due to the kind of vinyl that was used. It took a total of about 36 man hours to weed and tape all of the white vinyl lettering. When the time came to install the Timeline, I was asked to do the installation with my coworker. Apparently, the wall mural did not go as well as was hoped. With some well-planned setup, and some great time-saving techniques, the installation of the Timeline went extremely well.
The photo above, as well as the two below, are the graphics installed by my coworker.
This rainbow graphic (it actually represents the light from a prism) was on the wall to your right as you were exiting the exhibit room. It was printed on an adhesive-backed vinyl with a removable adhesive, and it had a dry-erase overlaminate. Guests were encouraged to write their thoughts about the exhibit here, using provided markers, and I'm told it was a big hit.
ANCIENT AMERICAS
With all of the problems on the previous project, Johanna Biehler called our office and asked specifically that I work on this project personally from start to finish. The colors for the Wall Mural were critical, and we did several test prints before finding exactly the right settings. Our efforts paid off, because once again everyone was thrilled with the final installation.
This timeline was printed on PhotoTex, but it was done in horizontal panels rather than vertical. This resulted in much less difficulty in "lining up" all of the lines in the graphic. Unfortunately, some mistakes had been made in the final file, but with a little ingenuity and a sharp X-Acto knife, all corrections were made without having to reprint entire panels.
