Gizmo utilizes overlapping techniques and styles to create permanent outdoor and indoor kinetic sculptures. Contracting with artist and institutions, Gizmo’s past projects include: A spinning silhouette of a saluting police officer, using granite, copper, stainless steel, bronze and glass by Michael Davis of MAD Art, outside the Metro Police Station in Kansas City Missouri. Gizmo…
Gizmo has collaborated with many artists over the years to produce unique art commissions around the world but still continues to provide their unique services in their own backyard. Scott’s diverse practice explores our entangled relationship with objects and materiality through, what he calls, “poetic repurposing.” Scott identified Mark Sabatino (mark@gizmosf.com) of Gizmo as an…
Plans to do just that were revealed at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, also known as MAH. Museum officials have worked with community leaders from the County, the City, the business sector, social services, the arts, and community organizations to develop a mixed-use plan for the plaza that includes a large-scale, permanent…
Gizmo custom designs distinctive cases and display supports for a range of valuable collections. From antique wine collections to historic artifacts, Gizmo utilizes only the best technologies to ensure longevity and security for a client’s collection. In addition, we will design your case with the appropriate interior lighting and climate control to maximize preservation.
Gizmo’s main focus is in helping artists and museums, and whenever a project demands advance fabrication techniques or need to be installed under challenging conditions, Gizmo provides the experience and stamina to make the work look beautiful, professional, and enduring. We continue to develop outdoor and permanent public artworks in all kinds of mediums, including…
At Gizmo, we know how to turn the abstract into reality. We’ll help bring your concept to life, ensuring it communicates your vision in a style that’s all your own.
Gizmo happily worked with Jim Campbell to make his work, The Journey come to life at our San Francisco studio, where our technicians were responsible for assembling (which consists of 36,000 individually hung LED-lit handmade blue glass spheres), crating, shipping, and installing the art piece. The work, the artist’s largest public art piece to date,…
Gizmo will be returning to its business roots at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in downtown San Francisco. In the early 1990s, founder Mark Sabatino cut his teeth as the lead preparator for the cutting edge museum. Since that time, Gizmo has worked with the Center on many successful projects, including: “The Art…
On the recommendation of Explora’s director, Joe Hastings, Sherry Marshall of the Oklahoma Museum Network commissioned Gizmo Art Production to create “Super Lite Brites,” for three local children’s museums. The lights use 1” diameter acrylic rods in a variety of colors and are over 10’ in length. Visitors can create their own images on a…
Through effective project management, Gizmo works closely with clients to help them successfully meet their goals.