Gallery Wall System (GWS)
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- www.shanerobins... - We are opening a gallery to display my work at the beautiful Andaz Maui at Wailea resort here on the south side of Maui. So I had to figure out how to design and portable, expandable, multi-function wall system that we could use to display my work not only in the main lobby area, but potentially in any room or area of the resort. This video shows my prototype and I am currently building version #1 of the GWS for the gallery opening in early January 2014.
This is great! I have been searching for something like this to build for a photography studio that is functional and movable. Thanks!
Very welcome! Hope it works out well for you and your needs.
I don’t know why I just found this channel. It’s Brenda! You are great on camera! What a creative person you are!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉 Your channel is amazing!
My dad used to come up with solutions all the time like this. I like how you even thought of weights to hold it down. One time he made a bed support under my bed and even used these metal stretchy bands besides 2x4’s. I can tell you enjoy coming up with solutions like that!
Hey Brenda!! Thanks so much for the kind words and story about your Dad. I definitely inherited my design and building skills from my Dad. Designing and building stuff like this is my passion and happy place. But now that I'm traveling full-time I don't have my tools or a space to create. Oh well... That's the tradeoff and perhaps when/if I settle down I'll build out a studio/shop again.
Great job Shane! So functional!
Thanks so much, Monica. The original GWS I used in my gallery at the Andaz Maui were disassembled and shipped to Santa Fe when we moved back and are now in use as paintings storage in our studio.
This is awesome, I love how you really thought about the gallery's needs when constructing this. Love the built in drawer, hidden storage and easy (and level) hanging system. Thanks for sharing!
Much Mahalos (thanks) !! The actual units ended up being 4 feet wide and 2 feet deep, instead of this 3 feet by 1 foot prototype, and they work great!
You can see them in use here: www.shanerobinson.com/shane-robinson-art-gallery-wailea-opens-andaz-maui/
Looks great!
How do I get one?
From an architect's perspective, very inventive! Great job!
Wow! Thanks so much. I wanted to be an architect when I was young and going into college....but got sidetracked with tech (computers in the 80's) and then found my way to Art School...and the University of Iowa did not have an architecture program in the 80s.
This is just fucking brilliant!! I want some for my retail shop! I rearrange so frequently, this would be amazingly useful!!!
I disassembled them and shipped them to Santa Fe, NM where we now live and they are now storage and display units in my studio!
Just take this video to any local cabinet or furniture maker and they will be able to make these for you.
Oh my god this is genius
Thanks! Feel free to steal the idea and make them yourself or show the video to your local cabinet/furniture maker. We still use them to this day in our Santa Fe painting studio. With the canvas panels removed on one side they serve as room divider (canvas side) and painting storage on the back side.
Amazing! Thanks for sharing!!
Thanks! Hope it helps others with ideas for their own projects.
I LOVE this! Bravo! I'm trying to help a local community art guild gallery with some improvements in their showroom... this would be a great addition.
What was the "skirting" addition you ultimately added? What was the electronics addition?
I'd really love to see the final units and also see them in place at the Andaz...
(also - do you roll an adhesive on the pegboard when applying the canvas layer or just stretch and staple around the backside of the frame?)
What is the construction of the base? Is there a photo without the bricks to be able to see it?
@@salliecowan Hi and thanks for the kind words and questions. I'll answer them in order:
1. Skirting = 3/4" Maple you can see in my blog post here: art.shanerobinson.com/shane-robinson-art-gallery-wailea-opens-andaz-maui/
2. Electronics = Each unit simply had a power strip with 10' cord. Similar to this: www.amazon.com/GE-Protector-Outlets-Extension-37442/dp/B079RKX5ZL/?th=1
2.1. Lights I built out of aluminum conduit and LED bulbs in swivel heads with romex wiring that I added plugs and simply plugged into the power strip. See link in #1 above for the lights sticking out of the top of each unit.
3. NO adhesive on the canvas. Just stretch them around and staple just like stretching canvas over a frame. Then spritz with water and the canvas shrinks, like like for painting on a frame. Then 3+ coats of gesso or Zinsser Primer (cheaper) with light sanding between each coat.
4. Base = Just 3/4" maple plywood. Attached to the "ribs" with simple L-brackets like these: www.amazon.com/Stainless-Brackets-90Degree-Furniture-Bookshelf/dp/B0CMWX81F1/?th=1
If you share this video with a local furniture or cabinet maker they will be able to easily replicate the system. And show them the post in #1 above for photos of the finished units that are 24" deep by 48" wide.
@@ShaneRobinsonArtist You are the BOMB! I appreciate your responsiveness and helpful reply so very much!!! I'm fired up about this ☺
@@salliecowan You're very welcome! The only thing I have ever asked for in return in the 10 years since I posted this is that if someone builds their own versions they send me photos or a video of their version. 🤗 Happy weekending!
Great idea. Does the canvas not rip, tear, or degrade over time as more holes are plunged into it? I get that the surface is patched up, but nothing is bringing those fibers back together. I guess the gesso acts enough as a glue to keep things in place.
No problem with the canvas ripping or tearing. 1. Because it is gesso'd and painted. 2. Most important, there is NO stress or pressure on the canvas. The hangers are hanging on the pegboard.
Fantastic ideas!!!!
Thank you Shane, This has inspired me to do this at our gallery in Ohio. Right now we have a lot of ugly green slot walls. I have figured out how to use a French Cleat using cabinet mounting brackets and just hang the wall on the French Cleat. it's nice and sturdy. I do have a couple of questions. Have you made any modifications to the design from 4 years ago? And are all the hooks made from scratch or are they modified pegboard hooks?
That's great, Ron! I'd love to see your implementation in your gallery!
To answer your questions:
1. New mods: Nope. I've since moved back to Santa Fe (from Maui) and disassembled, shipped, and reassembled in my new Santa Fe studio without the exterior panels. With just the ribs (frame) in place they now serve as canvas/panel racks! Yet another use for them. And because they are on wheels they are easy to move around the studio.
2. The "hooks" are just regular 6" pegboard hooks that I cut down to about 1" and dipped the cut ends several times in acrylic paint, letting dry between each dip. That provides color on the tips to make them easy to see PLUS padded protection for the canvas frames and panels.
Hope that helps and hope your systems work great for you!
@@ShaneRobinsonArtist Thank you for the reply, I'll try to do some videos of my set ups. That is as long as the Board of Directors approves it.
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Simply the Best!!! Well designed & well executed. Thanks for sharing.
@@RonAck01 Curious to hear if your plans were approved and implemented?
Hi Shane,
I know it has been a long time since you built these, they would be great in the space I am putting together. Would you be willing to share and rough drawings with some dim. of your frame work. Thank you!
Hi. I'm sorry that I don't have any drawings of the design. I generally just sketch out the idea on a whiteboard and build from there. I can tell you the finished exterior dimensions of the final GWS were 7' high, 2' deep, 4' wide. Given the ribs were made of 3/4" plywood, 3" wide, you can reverse engineer all the components and plans from there.
Shane Robinson Thank you! That helps
You are a genius!
😃🙏🏼🙏🏼
Wow that's dope!
Thanks! I actually built out functional units for my gallery at the Andaz Maui at Wailea. Photos here: shanerobinson.com/andaz-maui-gallery-wailea/
How did you build the panels?
The panels are just sheets of pegboard, with plywood frames, wrapped in canvas, then painted with white household primer.
What's holding it on velcro
Velcro just holds on the little square corner pieces and keeps the larger panels "stuck" to the internal supports.
But the large panels are HUNG on with what's called a "French Cleat." Go to 3:40 where I'm taking off the right side panel. You can see that after I pull it out to disconnect the velcro, I LIFT IT off the cleat at the top. And if you view the video full screen on a monitor you can see the cleats. When I lift the front big panel off, you can see, at the top, the cleat is secured with 5 screws.
Does all that make sense?
1feet?