Liz, I forwarded your email to the head of our exhibits shop. Steve Hooks is a professional exhibit sculptor and has created exhibits for a variety of institutions around the country. I hope this helps! PS - the idea about folded paper hair sounded terrific! Cecelia Ottenweller Southwest Museum Services Houston, TX 77040 713-462-7754 --- Steve <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]> > To: "Cecelia Ottenweller" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: RE: Exhibit props and mannequins > Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 10:32:11 -0500 > > Hey Ce > If the point of the exhibit is the clothing and not the people then > paint > the mannequins mat white. Any water based paint should work (flat > white > latex from Home Depot would be fine). As to the hair, are the > mannequins > store bought with sculpted hair or are they bald? If they have hair > just > paint it the same color of white. If bald buy the cheapest wig you > can find, > glue it on the head and paint it white. Don't worry about the wig > becoming > loaded with paint because you don't want the hair to be too > realistic. The > point of this is so the mannequins don't look the ones at K-Mart. > Your > mannequins need to be either very realistic or very plain. > Realistic is very > expensive and only needed when it's the people as well as the > clothing that > is being displayed i.e. native Americans, famous individual. If the > point of > the exhibit is costumes all you need is a plain overall white > stylized human > form. Gender and time period can be show using the appropriate hair > style. > > I don't recommend painting furniture to match walls or the floor. > Matching > paint can be tricky and if you miss the furniture will look like > you tried > to match and missed! Think about your living room, furniture, > floors, walls > are in colors that compliment each other. Paint the furniture in > the colors > you think works best. > > Hope this helps. Any other questions just let me know. > > Steve > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cecelia Ottenweller [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 9:24 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Fwd: Exhibit props and mannequins > > > Hey Steve, > > Is this something you could advise her in? > > *:) > --- Liz Jones <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 14:34:26 -0400 > > From: Liz Jones <[log in to unmask]> > > Subject: Exhibit props and mannequins > > To: [log in to unmask] > > > > Hi. I have a few questions regarding colors for museum props or > > platforms > > and mannequins. We will be opening an exhibit on wedding rituals > > this winter > > and want a new look for our mannequins. I have seen various > colors > > that they > > have been painted and was wondering what those of you who use > them > > do. > > Currently, our mannequins are a not so wonderful shade of > metallic > > bronze. > > They are a distraction in the galleries. We are going to paint > them > > but need > > input. Also, what do you do for hair? Do you use wigs, paper, > etc.? > > If you > > use paper, can you provide us with a good source or type that we > > can use? Do > > you have directions for making paper wigs? Also, what color do > you > > paint > > your exhibit furniture? Do you paint it the same color as your > > floor or > > gallery walls? I would appreciate any and all input. Thanks. > > > > Elizabeth Nohra > > Mahoning Valley Historical Society > > Youngstown, OH > > 330-743-2589 > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Cheer a special someone with a fun Halloween eCard from American > > Greetings! > > Go to > > http://www.msn.americangreetings.com/index_msn.pd?source=msne134 > > > > ========================================================= > > Important Subscriber Information: > > > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . 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