Mixed base
Bases in Paris and custom mixed bases
The custom mixed base: Let your creativity take over.
As an art lover, you enjoy being surprised by what you see. You love to feel an emotion that is out of the ordinary.
By opting for a custom mixed base, you truly break the mold, and the possibilities are endless.
First and foremost, it's important to define what a custom mixed base is.
It's a base composed of two materials:
Wood/Steel, Brass/Plexiglas, but you can invent the combination that suits you best, within technical feasibility.
In our shop/workshop in the heart of Les Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, we create custom bases in consultation with our clients. We help you choose the display solution best suited to your tastes, your budget, and your object.
By opting for a custom mixed base, you truly break the mold, and the possibilities are endless.
First and foremost, it's important to define what a custom mixed base is.
It's a base composed of two materials:
Wood/Steel, Brass/Plexiglas, but you can invent the combination that suits you best, within technical feasibility.
In our shop/workshop in the heart of Les Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, we create custom bases in consultation with our clients. We help you choose the display solution best suited to your tastes, your budget, and your object.
In our workshop shop, you will also find a set of standard displays (mass-produced), in Plexiglas, steel, and wood, as well as a mixed display.
Discover our mass-produced mixed display (Ref: BPA) now
This display, of rare elegance, allows you to present art objects with irregular shapes, as its two support arms are fully removable.
Its Plexiglas base makes it discreet and elegant.
This product is also available for sale online.
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Custom mixed bases, a quality alliance
for your art objects
The custom mixed base allows you to multiply presentation ideas.
Each of the two materials used allows your custom display to benefit from their reciprocal qualities.
Each of the two materials used allows your custom display to benefit from their reciprocal qualities.
Custom mixed base for an amphora
Here is an amphora whose base was made of steel and wood.
Custom mixed base: play with the base of
your custom display
If you opt for a mixed base, the rod is often made of brass or steel to best support your art object.
For the rest, let your imagination run wild.
Now is the time to work on your base.
To do this, you can imagine making a wooden base with a dark patina that will give body to your object/base ensemble. Or, on the contrary, you can choose to lighten everything with a simply varnished wooden base without added color, or even make a transparent Plexiglas base.
These choices are made when you drop off your objects; we will show you samples of patina shades, as well as the different materials that can be mixed.
For the rest, let your imagination run wild.
Now is the time to work on your base.
To do this, you can imagine making a wooden base with a dark patina that will give body to your object/base ensemble. Or, on the contrary, you can choose to lighten everything with a simply varnished wooden base without added color, or even make a transparent Plexiglas base.
These choices are made when you drop off your objects; we will show you samples of patina shades, as well as the different materials that can be mixed.
For this example, you see a dark patinated wooden base raised underneath by a steel plate. This steel detail brings undeniable added value to the entire mounted object.
The custom mixed base: endless possibilities
Example of custom displays made with two materials
Discover the range for weapons
Custom wood and steel base
Example of a steel plate used to enhance the wooden base for this custom base made for a statuette.
You are now sure you want to embark on creating a custom base for your art object(s).
How to do it?
Send us a message so we can discuss your project together.
The production times depend on the size of the object and the material chosen for the base.
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