I've long told the story of how my dream job was to become a Disney Imagineer...you know, the folks who theme out the cool venues and attractions at the Walt Disney Theme Parks? Well, life happened and I never left home to make that dream happen. Recently I have had the opportunity to work alongside the curator and volunteers at the Howard County Historical Society's Seiberling Mansion Museum. They have allowed me a contributing voice in the visual experience provided at the museum and challenged my creativity with the revisualization of existing exhibit displays. I could do this type of work everyday. I may never be an Imagineer, but I do get to be an Imansioneer!
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| First exhibit case re-do completed Spring 2015. |
Recently I designed an exhibit case topper that could be mounted to the tops of the existing exhibit cases to allow for clearer title headers on the exhibit and allow for more room for artifact and archive content inside the case. I used it on the Seiberling family case re-do currently located on the second floor of the mansion in the northeast corner bedroom. The structure is made of Masonite, wallpaper, thin decorative trim (painted), and reclaimed 2x4. Ryan Newby helped me with the construction of these signs. This spring, he supplied me with the materials to build frames and also cut mats. He's teaching me how to do both. I think this will be a valuable skill to use for the museum.
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| Three toppers pre-title. The titles are cut using a die-cutter machine and my computer. |
