Latest City Gallery Exhibition entitled Over-Paid, Over-Sexed and Over Here?  We printed and installed the window decals and internal wall text decals for this exhibition.  Thank you to Round. for this work on behalf of their client City Gallery

About this Exhibition (source: that’s melbourne  website)

Battle-weary following the gruelling Guadalcanal campaign, the men of the First Marine Division, United States Marine Corps spent nine months in Victoria during 1943.  This exhibition examines the moving story of the Marine’s friendly invasion’ of Melbourne, where they developed enduring friendships with Australian women and families.  Drawing on oral interviews, letters and diaries, the exhibition challenges the myths and memories surrounding American servicemen in Australia during the Second World War.

City Gallery | Ground 110 Swanston Street Melbourne VIC 3000

Exhibition Dates & Times (This is a free exhibition and runs from 17 Feb 10 to 30 April 10)

Mon: 10am – 2pm | Tue – Fri: 11am – 6pm | Sat: 10am – 4pm

There was once a time not so long ago when a referral was by word of mouth.  That was how we basically found new work.  Word of mouth is less common today yet it is still the best kind for us in one sense because it’s an endorsement of our business and for the prospective client they can ask all sorts of questions about a third party … ‘are they good, reliable, friendly?’ ‘I like what they’ve done here for you etc.’  You know you’ll get a pretty honest appraisal.  James Makin Gallery are a long standing client and Brunswick St Gallery (wall decals shown below) was referred by them.  James Makin recently renovated their Gallery space and we provided the signage (pics still to come) and we regularly changeover exhibition graphics for them, standard fee, no hassles, friendly service!  As far as online referrals go, search engines are our new best friend, well really our world wide web sales representatives.  It’s brought us a lot of interstate work that we would not have otherwise fetched.  It continues to bring in new clientele, sure it’s a bit of mixed bag – tyre kickers, scammers and the genuine article but overall we ain’t complaining.

About this job: 5 off, 90cm x 15cm, printed wall (or window) decals per artwork sent, pack and despatch to Fitzroy.  Artwork printed on clear so that what you see now as white is actually clear once you remove the backing tape then apply to any surface and the surface colour will appear where clear.  Get it? The clear also eliminates the issue of white on different white so that the sign looks part of the wall by drawing in the colour of the wall through the clear.

Emirate’s Marquee at 2008 Melbourne Cup

Pulled this one from last year’s archives. Photo courtesy of Tony Colquhoun, the marquee man, came months after the actual race so filed it away but it is the only shot we have of the finished wall mural ~ decal we did as a backdrop to the bar. A European winter’s scene livened up in hues of blue, white and grey. Love this red with this blue and white. It is often used as a nostalgic blend but here is given a very modern treatment with the red acrylic and white text

We are doing lots of little decal jobs at the moment; some new clients and the same olds. We do lots of exhibition graphics too. For our regulars we have a set price. Set Price Menu gets you new information in the same format, strip the old decals, print or forme cut the new decals, maybe change the colour if required, and install. Makes it easy for everyone!

Here’s a regular: James Makin Gallery with their latest exhibition | Jeremy Kibel. We did those there wall graphics, quite like the yellow. For details about this exhibition click here … something to do on the weekend.

Two jobs for decals have come via our website recently.  Most of the signage work we do is as a result of years of collaboration with clients who like the service we provide.  And the back up service when things don’t quite go to plan.  Anyhow, when one of the aforementioned website clients came to John he (the client) was pretty upfront that he shopped this around, gotta a better price than we’d quoted.  John chatted with him for some time about how we would do the job, probably gave him some advice etc.  In the end he came back and got us to do the job for him.  Don’t really know why but I think that’s kinda cool.  This is the end result.  No matter how small the job our minimum charge is for one metre of print to cover the setup costs etc. So it’s best to fill a metre or double the quantity if say only a half metre of print. In the end though this client has created his very own artwork – 6 pieces in fact and something he can be proud of.

So if you’ve got a design don’t be afraid to give us a call. We’re pretty good with service and advice if you don’t mind dealing with a sharp shooter.

Job Detail
Client Supplied Opal Acrylic
Client Supplied Artwork (eps file)
We forme cut the graphic and applied to client’s panel.