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glassartist
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03/03/2009 7:51 am  

So the wife and I are poking along in our preparations for our craft glassblowing business and it is time to acquire fixtures for our booth/tent. They need to hold a variety of sizes of glassware, Be stylish, lightweight, sturdy, damage resistant, and break down or nest for compact transportation and storage. so far we are thinking about "the arrangement" by Armstrong products (link below). They also have "pedestal and desk" that fulfill every requirement above except they are butt ugly. We are not finding much else out there that piques our interest. Any Ideas folks?

http://www.armstrongproducts.com/index-page.htm


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HPau
 HPau
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03/03/2009 8:26 am  

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How about something like this? Perriand/Prouve shelves? I'm not sure how they knock down. At $80,000 schmackers you might want to get some made 🙂


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william-holden-...
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04/03/2009 5:52 pm  

I think glass is shown off to best effect
when sitting atop a glassy, shiny surface. How about thick, white plexi of some sort?
The Armstrong Products site shows a "ladder" style display unit-- perhaps you could specify white plexiglas for the back panel & shelves.


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Olive
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04/03/2009 7:02 pm  

Ooo, I like that suggestion
even better under-light the surface. The glasware will look incredible!


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azurechicken (USA)
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06/03/2009 5:39 am  

ONE
thought on shelves...keep them regular,modular,no staggered irregularity...keep the focus on the work.


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NULL NULL
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06/03/2009 6:49 am  

Be careful about using...
Be careful about using something made for home use and not commercial use. There are plenty of display units that knock down easily but that doesn't mean they are made to be knocked down and set up again repeatedly.
I like the one you linked to. You don't want anything very obtrusive in addition to it being practical. The glass should be the total focus, not what it's sitting on.
Lighting is really crucial with glass. It just dies under bad lighting and most show venues have awful lighting. So keep that in mind when you're looking for units---how to add your own lighting so that it won't show but will do its job.
Good luck! and p.s. - do you know glass artist Tom McGlauchlin? He's my uncle.


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