The Grigg Production Team worked for the talented exhibition designers and curators at the Detroit Institute of Arts on graphics for the "Painted with Silk" exhibition.
Grigg’s assignment included the fabrication and installation for major signs and wall text, gallery panels, object and rail labels, interactives, and response stations. We used a variety of substrates and materials including 3M ControlTak with matte laminate, flexible magnetic stock, mat board, acrylic with second-surface UV printing, customized wooden frames, clothes pins, steel composite material and rigid/expanded PVC board.
The DIA tasked Grigg to create frames for a "touchable" interactive. Visitors can feel and examine various types of embroidery stitches. We created custom frames with routed channels and a detachable side wall. The mounted fabric samples easily side in and out for maintenance. A dark stain on the wood molding matches framed pieces in the gallery.
Before producing the wall graphics, Grigg provided color swatches on substrate samples to coordinate with the custom-mixed wall colors specified by the DIA. Starting with the color values of the wall color, we printed multiple swatches on each type of substrate used in the exhibit. These were taken to the museum and compared to paint sample in gallery lighting. Adjustments were made and colors rechecked. The outcome was a custom suite of color specifications for each substrate used in the exhibit.
Three installers and our project manager worked in the exhibition galleries to install the graphics.
Grigg has more than 40 years of experience working for museums, galleries, and corporate collections on exhibition graphics and publications of all kinds. As the materials, tools and trends evolve, we update our solutions to meet client needs.
