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    2018 PACCIN Seattle Rigging Workshops 

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    Chris Barber
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    Published on 02-08-2018 07:53 AM
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    Luke Boehnke giving a rigging demonstration using a gantry and two chain falls.




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    Elevated Installation of a Large Painting at Vassar. 

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    Introduction: This article is particularly important I think, because it illustrates the kind of circumstances and situations so many of us have worked in, that tend to develop and hone the critical skill-set needed to really master our trade. The creativity needed to get things done when you have limited resources - utilizing a combination of a vision, a spirit of collaboration, effective communication, and some well chosen equipment - is the kind of thing that really defines success in the work we do. In my book this is the "real deal".
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    Wrangling Twombly at MoMA 

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    T. Ashley McGrew
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    Published on 10-29-2011 08:48 AM
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    Thanks to the internet and to posts like this one from MoMA and PS-1 in their blog section "Inside/Out" - the public is more aware of what we do (and ...
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    Mountmakers Forum - 3 

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    T. Ashley McGrew
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    Published on 10-08-2011 01:32 PM
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    3rd International Mountmakers Forum


    April 26 – 27, 2012


    The Field Museum
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    Tracking Object Movement and Handling Notes Using TMS 

    Published on 04-27-2011 11:17 AM
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    by Ella Rothgangel and Kurt Christian, photos by Jason Gray

    The movement of artwork at the Saint Louis Art Museum requires authorization from the Registrar through a Location Change Request. The requests are generated from the Museum’s Collection Management System, TMS (The Museum System) and attached to the Installation Calendar.



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    BASICS: Brass Mounts - Making a Simple Coin Mount 

    Published on 04-21-2011 04:37 PM
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    www.artifactmountingsolutions.com



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    Adventures Conclude 

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    T. Ashley McGrew
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    Published on 03-10-2011 05:46 PM
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    Deinstallation of the first hanging: the artwork has been lowered to the floor. The tube/boom is being removed from the lifts, North Carolina Museum of Art


    The prepared wall covered with Ethafoam, North Carolina Museum of Art


    The artwork in place at the bottom of the wall, the tube/boom beside it the lifts in place ready to attach the tube, North Carolina Museum of Art

    The artwork halfway up, folded over the boom,North Carolina Museum of Art

    The art handlers are happy with the new hanging process, North Carolina Museum of Art

    The installed artwork supported by chopsticks, North Carolina Museum of Art

    The artwork before sculpting, North Carolina Museum of Art ...
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