• Exhibit Panels

We created four separate panels for the exhibit. It was tough to decide how much content to put on them. There had to be enough to grab someone's interest and get them to the website for the good stuff, yet not too much to bore the casual viewer.

• Panorama

The ten-by-four foot panorama banner is the same image we used in the project logo (see at top of page). It is a portion of a beautiful Pillsbury photograph that we sepia-coloured.

• Costumes

Neither Pamela or myself are costume historians. But, we tried to match the couple as close as possible to the project logo. Surprisingly, men's fashions haven't changed dramatically in the last one hundred years. The dress was one we bought on eBay.

• Miscellaneous Elements
 
• All the banners are held up by iron pipes (with couplers and elbows, etc.), painted royal blue and anchored in concrete. It seemed like the easiest way to do it, and they were easily transportable.
• The mannequin base is covered with photographs of brick and "earthquake cracks."
• The wedding arch includes tulle and plastic flowers.
• The banner bases have red tulle in them representing fire. (The bases themselves are art deco in design. But, we ran out of time to cover them with skirts.)

Rope Barrier

City Hall provided the rope barrier. It definitely added a bit of class to the exhibit.

• Postcard

Here's a postcard that we designed and made available so visitors wouldn't have to worry about writing down the website information. On the backside were two books we recommended reading.

Unveiling Party, 04 April 2006

• Invitation
• City Hall Press Release