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Re: Displays at Fests
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lugnet.build.vignette
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Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:34:46 GMT
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In lugnet.build.microscale, Nelson Yrizarry wrote:
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In lugnet.build.microscale, Ted Godwin wrote:
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Do other fests make different arrangements to display these smaller MOCs?
What could we use to make such displays?
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This is a great question. I think a retail display case or a museum case
would probably work best. It is an expensive solution for a LUG, but perhaps
the venue has some available, or you can pick one up at a store that is going
out of business.
You could also make a plexiglass barrier to allow viewers to get closer to
the MOCs, and build it so that it could be used for displays other than
vignettes. Another alternative may be to use a small plexigass aquarium. I
guess it all depends on how many vigs will be displayed, and plans for future
events.
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Another idea might be to change the way the MOC is being presented. The biggest
risk at shows I’ve been to is kids not understanding the toy/can-touch and
display/cannot-touch difference. Stanchions and plexiglass both limit how close
kids can get, but also reinforce that this is a display not a playground.
Maybe if vignettes were presented more as artworks, such as on separate
pedestals with enough space in-between. I know the average fest doesn’t have
the quantity of room to give each MOC its fair due, but maybe for a smaller
display it could work. A side-effect of the pedestal would be raising the
vignette to be eye level, rather than waist level, and make it easier to see the
intricate detail and story-telling elements.
-Lenny
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| (...) This is a great question. I think a retail display case or a museum case would probably work best. It is an expensive solution for a LUG, but perhaps the venue has some available, or you can pick one up at a store that is going out of (...) (18 years ago, 11-Apr-07, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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