Indoor Art Fair Display

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Permalink Reply by Larry Berman on August 4, 2010 at 5:00pm

What are you currently using? Most artists adapt their outdoor display panels to work indoors.

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Permalink Reply by Sara Youngman on August 4, 2010 at 5:02pm

Trimline tent with mesh hanging walls.

Larry Berman said:

What are you currently using? Most artists adapt their outdoor display panels to work indoors.

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Permalink Reply by Larry Berman on August 4, 2010 at 5:16pm

Can you telescope the sections of your canopy to make them fit an 8 foot space?

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Permalink Reply by Sara Youngman on August 4, 2010 at 7:53pm

No. I can make it taller, but not narrower. But even if I could the mesh wall wouldn't fit as it's also 10'x10'.

Don't places rent out displays? This is too good an opportunity to pass up, so I have to figure something out. It's first come first served, so I'm sending my check tomorrow. Then I have until 9/23 to figure it out.

Larry Berman said:

Can you telescope the sections of your canopy to make them fit an 8 foot space?

Larry Berman
Digital J u r y Services
http://BermanGraphics.com
412-401-8100

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Permalink Reply by Sara Youngman on August 6, 2010 at 5:57pm

Handy I'm not. I'll have to call Luke at Flourish on Monday to see how much the conversion kit costs. I was hoping not to have to set the whole tent up (minus canopy and vinyl walls of course). Would be nice to do one art fair where I'm not exhausted before it begins!


Leo Charette said:

Sara Youngman said:

No. I can make it taller, but not narrower. But even if I could the mesh wall wouldn't fit as it's also 10'x10'.

Sara, I have the same setup as you (Trimline and Mesh walls) Three years ago I did a show that had a 10 X 8 requirement. Flourish sell the conversion pieces, you can buy the shorter pieces of pipe to make the tent walls narrower. You then can convert your mesh 10' panel to 8' see: http://www.flourish.com/more_instructions_index.html (Converting 10' walls to 8'walls). This is the same principle that is used if you have a back door and mesh panels.

I'm not saying that this is the best way to go, but it did work for me. That said, I've not used the conversion kit since but I figured at the time, renting pro-panels would probably cost about the same. BTW, if you're handy, you could also buy 1'' pipe at any hardware store and make your own.

Cheers,
Leo

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Permalink Reply by Sara Youngman on August 8, 2010 at 6:46pm

That only works on the convertible mesh walls which only 1 of my 3 are/is. Bought it so my tent could have a back door. The other 2 walls bend in the center, so could do a 5' wide. Can't believe no one has had to come up with something like this before.

Is this going to be the first time artfairinsiders fails me????

Sara Youngman said:

Handy I'm not. I'll have to call Luke at Flourish on Monday to see how much the conversion kit costs. I was hoping not to have to set the whole tent up (minus canopy and vinyl walls of course). Would be nice to do one art fair where I'm not exhausted before it begins!


Leo Charette said:

Sara Youngman said:

No. I can make it taller, but not narrower. But even if I could the mesh wall wouldn't fit as it's also 10'x10'.

Sara, I have the same setup as you (Trimline and Mesh walls) Three years ago I did a show that had a 10 X 8 requirement. Flourish sell the conversion pieces, you can buy the shorter pieces of pipe to make the tent walls narrower. You then can convert your mesh 10' panel to 8' see: http://www.flourish.com/more_instructions_index.html (Converting 10' walls to 8'walls). This is the same principle that is used if you have a back door and mesh panels.

I'm not saying that this is the best way to go, but it did work for me. That said, I've not used the conversion kit since but I figured at the time, renting pro-panels would probably cost about the same. BTW, if you're handy, you could also buy 1'' pipe at any hardware store and make your own.

Cheers,
Leo

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Permalink Reply by Sara Youngman on August 8, 2010 at 8:53pm

Oh Lord - a hacksaw to my very, very expensive mesh walls? I sure hope it doesn't come to that. Handy with tools I'm not!

Leo Charette said:

Sara Youngman said:

That only works on the convertible mesh walls which only 1 of my 3 are/is. Bought it so my tent could have a back door. The other 2 walls bend in the center, so could do a 5' wide. Can't believe no one has had to come up with something like this before.
Is this going to be the first time artfairinsiders fails me????

What??? Any mesh panel can be convertible. Sara, you pull the aluminum metal strips out of top and bottom of your mesh panels and then you take a hacksaw and cut it to size you need. Call Flourish and they will walk you though it.

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