Designing Immersive Art Installations for Events
Painting
A course by Tiffany Lusteg , Installation Artist
About the video: Painting
Overview
“How to prepare the surface for painting? I'll explain how to do it by measuring and penciling out your design, taping off our edges where necessary. Next, I'll share with you some do’s and don’ts when it comes to painting large-scale backdrops before getting to work on painting your installation. ”
In this video lesson Tiffany Lusteg addresses the topic: Painting , which is part of the Domestika online course: Designing Immersive Art Installations for Events. Create imaginative backdrops and decorations to elevate any space or event using innovative do-it-yourself techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Painting In this lesson, I'll discuss my tools and best practices for painting. Then, I'll get started on painting the installation. If painted wooden surfaces is something that you'll incorporate into your installation, it's important to think about what kind of wood you'll purchase. There's a variety of different plywood that you could incorporate from OSB, which is a type of particle board that you see all of the texture to the pieces of wood that are adhered together, to sande ply, which is the nicest plywood that you can purchase that's already been pre-sanded. In this instance, I pu...”
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Course summary for: Designing Immersive Art Installations for Events
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Category
Architecture & Spaces, Craft -
Areas
DIY, Spatial Design, Woodworking

Tiffany Lusteg
A course by Tiffany Lusteg
Tiffany Lusteg is an installation artist from California. When graduating from college, she discovered an interest in weaving and fiber art, which led her to start sharing her work online and host weaving workshops. When she and her husband Aaron got married in 2017, she decided to make a large-scale tapestry for their wedding backdrop, which kick-started her career in art installation. Tiffany soon began receiving requests for backdrops from clients and, with the help of Aaron’s woodworking skills, founded the spatial design and fabrication business, Fomme.
Tiffany has worked on installations for corporate clients, events, and hotels and had her personal artwork exhibited in galleries. Her client list includes The Ritz-Carlton, NBCUniversal, as well as The Hilton and Marriott Hotels. She also shares her work with over 30K followers on Instagram and, more recently, has begun experimenting with sculpture.
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