Attractive Display racks--do they exist?

[Darin Boville]

Display racks or print bins are downright ugly in most cases. Very much uninspired, it seems.

Anyone know of any good-looking ones for a gallery (not art fair) environment? Alternative ideas that serve the same purpose?

I did find this outfit but they are in England--but the best looking racks I've seen so far...didn't see anything on Etsy or e-bay...

http://www.printbrowsers.com

--Darin

[vinny]

Member dan dozer made one for a show I was part of once. It assembled w/o any hardware at all and packed flat when disassembled. I've been meaning to get a drawing or plan of it.

[Darin Boville]

Member dan dozer made one for a show I was part of once. It assembled w/o any hardware at all and packed flat when disassembled. I've been meaning to get a drawing or plan of it.

Do you have a photo of it?

--Darin

[tgtaylor]

Blick sells racks similar to those in the European link you posted: http://www.dickblick.com/print/racks/

Thomas

[ROL]

Attractive is in the eye of the beholder, and while I doubt these would meet with your stringent standards, here ya' go:

http://www.framingsupplies.com/MetroPrintSleeves/DisplayStands.htm

I ordered three in December. They're about as inexpensive as I think you'll find, but shipping can really add up. I had to make several modifications on mine, once they arrived, but did so without complaint.

[Drew Wiley]

I've always made my own, and my shop is well equipped to do it... but no time till I retire in a couple of years.

[tgtaylor]

What kind of "modifications" did you have to make?

Thomas

[bob carnie]

We made these to put prints in our main space works pretty well and easy to make.
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[ROL]

Oooh, nice! – but I think the OPs concern is maximizing space.

[ROL]

What kind of "modifications" did you have to make?

Thomas

Re-gluing end caps, filing off burrs. The smallest "16x20 table top" racks were too small for my smallest 11x14 mounted to 16x20 prints, allowing the front supports to graze into the windows, potentially injuring the frontmost print. That issue may be specific to my print sizes and I solved it by gluing (nice looking) mat board to the front supports. The large collapsible floor model allowed some 24x30 matted prints to slip through in the front if not centered in the stack. This is avoidable with the types using fabric slings.

I'm pretty sure all this qualifies as the verboten "art fair" types unfavored by the OP.

[Jim Andrada]

I make my own to fit the occasion and the specific prints. A reasonable table top rack with two side by side bins for 11 x 14 takes about 20 to 30 minutes to make start to finish. I gave the most recent one to another photographer who was exhibiting at the same gallery a few weeks after my show so can't take a picture:<(

[Darin Boville]

I think I might just look for some sort of cool box bottom. The largest size mat I plan to have in the bin is 16x20 so it doesn't need to be very large.

Thanks for all your thoughts,

--Darin

[Drew Wiley]

Sorry ... I lost track of this thread. But I'm not personally set up to mass-produce anything schedule-wise. Maybe after I formally retire. In the meantime, I've still
got two bathrooms to remodel, need to put up an extra shed for my hardwood and spare gear storage, and somehow squeeze in another big enlarger. ... slow going
during rheumatism season! At least I got out with my Norma last weekend for a token hike, though most of my shooting was from the road. ... At the moment, my
day job is largely involved with equipment sales to cabinet shops, high-end residential remodelers, marine, countertop, "art" furniture and some pretty wild sculptors, lots of painters and faux finishers of all varieties, including govt projects. So I have access to all kinds of things, but only personally purchase select items that I expect to use in the long-haul, including potential showroom/gallery use of any description. About all I can do for anyone else at the moment is offer advice.

[slottedangle]

We made these to put prints in our main space works pretty well and easy to make.
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Its really amazing thanks for your pictures of display racks :)

[Kodachrome25]

I have given this a fair bit of thought and I have concluded that I will make my own and create it as a layer in a unique way of branding. The few times I have been to art fairs I have only seen a few artists who were truly innovative in the manner in which they displayed work. It's a visual thing, I think the *entire* package has to completely blow away your competition to nudge your business model into a profit.

I have a couple of ideas going but have not committed any of them yet.