Phyllis Gibson on sat 24 jul 99
I have two shows coming up fairly soon.
Both of these shows are inside but I need to bring my own table. Usually I
am able to rent tables but in both these cases we are asked to furnish our
own. I have one that I have used before and I like it a lot but it is just
so heavy. Since my husband has just had disc surgery, I won't have his help
to set up this year.
I hope I won't have to spend a huge amount of money for a reasonably light
weight table.
Could some of you please tell me what you do in order to make setting up
easier? Would there be a website?
My work ranges from 5 inches to about 12 inches tall.
Thank you very much.
Phyllis Gibson
in humid Alabama
Burt Cohen on sun 25 jul 99
Phyllis Gibson wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I have two shows coming up fairly soon.
>
> Both of these shows are inside but I need to bring my own table. Usually I
> am able to rent tables but in both these cases we are asked to furnish our
> own. I have one that I have used before and I like it a lot but it is just
> so heavy. Since my husband has just had disc surgery, I won't have his help
> to set up this year.
>
> I hope I won't have to spend a huge amount of money for a reasonably light
> weight table.
>
> Could some of you please tell me what you do in order to make setting up
> easier? Would there be a website?
>
> My work ranges from 5 inches to about 12 inches tall.
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> Phyllis Gibson
> in humid Alabama
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Hi Phyllis:
You might take a look at
They have a simple looking three tiered shelving stand which breaks down
for shipping. Looks useful- I am planning on makinf a set myself.
Cheers
Burt Cohen
Northfire Pottery
Armstrong, BC
amy parker on sun 25 jul 99
>I hope I won't have to spend a huge amount of money for a reasonably light
>weight table.
>Phyllis Gibson
>in humid Alabama
Phyllis - If you are using a tablecloth that goes all the way to the floor,
you can get by with a door and two sawhorses. Your "local home store" can
supply you with a cheap hollow-core door and a saw horse kit, which
sometimes is even available with the lumber pre-cut. I recommend that you
screw the sawhorses together FIRMLY and sand off the bottoms to make them
hold the door level. Toss a tablecloth over this & you have a sturdy but
lightweight portable table.
Amy in too Hotlanta
amy parker Lithonia, GA
amyp@sd-software.com
Maid O'Mud Pottery on tue 27 jul 99
2 card tables side by each covered with a 1/4" or so sheet of wood (for
stability) and covered with a nice cloth or 2 will work!
Phyllis Gibson wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I have two shows coming up fairly soon.
>
> Both of these shows are inside but I need to bring my own table. Usually I am
> able to rent tables but in both these cases we are asked to furnish our
> own. I have one that I have used before and I like it a lot but it is just
> so heavy. Since my husband has just had disc surgery, I won't have his help
> to set up this year.
>
> I hope I won't have to spend a huge amount of money for a reasonably light
> weight table.
>
> Could some of you please tell me what you do in order to make setting up
> easier? Would there be a website?
>
> My work ranges from 5 inches to about 12 inches tall.
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> Phyllis Gibson
> in humid Alabama
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Then, I told the clay what to do
Now; we co-operate"
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Dorothy Weber on thu 29 jul 99
In addition to the Door and saw horses, at Staples or Office Max office
supply stores they sell folding tables for around $40 or less just slightly
smaller than a 30" Door, then if you can sew, get some heavy material and sew
a cover that fits it. works great for us
S.K. Tesar on fri 30 jul 99
Phyllis, If it is a simple table, similar to a banquet type table, that
you are looking for....the Dick Blick Catalog (which has an 800 phone
number) offers a stable, good sized table that folds in half for
carrying. I do not remember the cost, but thought to myself that someone
who uses tables to display might really like it. I once saw a very
attractive table display of pottery made by taping a selection of
cardboard boxes to the top of such a table, then draping the table to the
floor with a good "flowing" type of black fabric, tying knots at the
corner kept it off the floor and gave it a bit of style. You can build
a plywood table with floor flanges and lead pipe that screws together and
disassembles for carrying. You can also rent a table locally and have it
delivered. Perhaps some of these ideas may serve you in your situation.
Sandra on top of Keel Mountain in North Alabama where it is 6 degrees
cooler than the bottom of the mountain....
On Sat, 24 Jul 1999 16:16:03 EDT Phyllis Gibson writes:
> ----------------------------Original
> message----------------------------
> I have two shows coming up fairly soon.
>
> Both of these shows are inside but I need to bring my own table.
> Usually I
> am able to rent tables but in both these cases we are asked to
> furnish our
> own. I have one that I have used before and I like it a lot but it
> is just
> so heavy. Since my husband has just had disc surgery, I won't have
> his help
> to set up this year.
>
> I hope I won't have to spend a huge amount of money for a reasonably
> light
> weight table.
>
> Could some of you please tell me what you do in order to make
> setting up
> easier? Would there be a website?
>
> My work ranges from 5 inches to about 12 inches tall.
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> Phyllis Gibson
> in humid Alabama
Sandra K. Tesar
1170 Keel Mountain Rd.
Gurley, AL 35748-9165
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millie carpenter on fri 30 jul 99
If you are going to go the door and saw horses route, go to the contractors
return bin at Home Depot (or which ever mega hardware/toystore you frequent).
doors in that bin are always at least half price, the door I got to put over tw
file cabinets for another work surface had been mismarked as to size, the
contractor hadn't done anything to it. and there are always a few there.
millie melted in MD
Dorothy Weber wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> In addition to the Door and saw horses, at Staples or Office Max office
> supply stores they sell folding tables for around $40 or less just slightly
> smaller than a 30" Door, then if you can sew, get some heavy material and sew
> a cover that fits it. works great for us
Faye Clarke on fri 30 jul 99
One way is to recycle.... Go to the carpet places and ask for the tubes
that the carpet came rolled up on.... cut these into the lengths that you
want... tie them together in what ever shape you desire with the new
plastic whip ties (the kind where you feed the free end back into a slot at
the other end)
So now you can have pillars... square ones... as little or as small as you
wish... Put plywood bases on the bottom and top. Blocksof wood screwed on
the bottom of the top help keep it from tipping.... not too much an
overhang also helps...
As to a finish you can paint any color you wish... sponge paint....
marbleize.. the sky is the limit... you can stretch cloth over the top
....for a already finished look....
I hope I have been able to explain this in a understandable way for
you...if not please yell gently at me....
Faye from Van. Island where the plums are getting close to being ready to
eat... and its a bumper crop... GROAN!!
04:16 PM 7/24/99 EDT, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>I have two shows coming up fairly soon.
>
>Both of these shows are inside but I need to bring my own table. Usually I
>am able to rent tables but in both these cases we are asked to furnish our
>own. I have one that I have used before and I like it a lot but it is just
>so heavy. Since my husband has just had disc surgery, I won't have his help
>to set up this year.
>
>I hope I won't have to spend a huge amount of money for a reasonably light
>weight table.
>
>Could some of you please tell me what you do in order to make setting up
>easier? Would there be a website?
>
>My work ranges from 5 inches to about 12 inches tall.
>
>Thank you very much.
>
>Phyllis Gibson
>in humid Alabama
>
>
Thonas C. Curran on sun 1 aug 99
Faye Clarke wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>
> One way is to recycle.... Go to the carpet places and ask for the tubes
> that the carpet came rolled up on.... cut these into the lengths that you
> want... tie them together in what ever shape you desire with the new
> plastic whip ties (the kind where you feed the free end back into a slot at
> the other end)
> So now you can have pillars... square ones...
...interesting idea. And perhaps you could use the pillars for
transporting pots if you leave them open at one end somehow. Actually,
carpet ends, corrugated cardboard made into cylinders, even toilet paper
rolls...all are good for the packing of various sized pots, take less
time than wrapping in newspaper. But back to display, a mover's
packing box (for clothes on hangers) can be made into a rather cheap and
decent selling area with a bit of ingenuity and paint. A cardboard drum
reinforced by metal can be used as pedestal with a top put on it. My
first show in '71 used teepees of bamboo poles for hanging planters and
overturned wooden soda crates painted black. A couple of years later I
invested in 2 half inch sheets of plywood and designed a more
sophisticated display unit which was easy to put together, stored flat,
looked good. For another quickie and cheap idea, plywood squares or
rectangles with lathing strip frames into which you dump bark chips on
the site for your display tables. My plywood "tables" were joined to a
central core and didn't need much in the way of support, but you could
make your own bases, even use those cardboard drums if stable enough. I
also found some handsome and very cheap simple black plastic waste
paper baskets at one of those discount dollar stores, and I've used
those a lot for different displays. And in a pinch, you can use those
big rubbermaid covered plastic containers not only for transporting
pots but for spur of moment extra display area. At one show I was short
on space and threw a cover over containers stacked to counter height,
used that area for business cards, guest book, PR stuff. Good luck,
Carolyn aka CNC
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