Gizmo’s New Studio!

Gizmo has changed locations! We outgrew our old space and have moved even closer into the heart of San Francisco. Our new location is 202 Potrero Ave. (Previously known as Golden Bear Sportswear.) We are thrilled about our historic building and are utilizing every inch of the industrial space. Gizmo now has a full metal…

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We Don’t Just Do This For Fun!

Here at Gizmo, work and passion are one in the same. The fabricators are not just fabricators, they are artists, putting their heart into everything they do, striving for perfection. Gizmo creates and thrives off the inspiration and ideas of artists, museums, visitors centers, and companies who all want to improve their surroundings in an…

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How Gizmo Handles Logistics

Since each work of art is unique, we understand client concerns with shipping and handling.  Whether it’s for one painting or a multi-piece collection for a cross country exhibit, we’ll handle your inventory with the highest collection management standards. We have full crating capacity and can construct creates for any size or shapte to fit…

Have An Art Installation That Is Large-Scale?

Gizmo utilizes sophisticated and advanced installation techniques.  Our expertise allows us to install complicated works from elaborate kinetic and dynamic sculptures to conventional gallery and salon hangings to heavy outdoor sculpture placement. Gizmo’s art handlers are trained in advanced handling techniques and streamlined operations, to mitigate unnecessary risk. Our handlers are passionate about what they do, and…

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Gizmo to help Scott Oliver create Points of Departure for Masonic Plaza

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…

Gizmo Completes Large Free Standing Sculptures for Brenna Murphy’s Liquid Vehicle Transmitter

Working with the artist’s digital 3D renderings, Gizmo utilized CNC technology to create three unique sculptures bulit from plywood with acrylic shelving, all approximately seven feet by four feet.  The stark color choices of glossy white and black make for an exceptional viewing environment amongst the artist’s digital creations and LED backlights. “Constructed out of…

Gizmo Installing at the Asian Art Museum

Pure Views: Contemporary Chinese Art Gizmo was hired by project manager Michael Faw in April 2011 to help iCulture transform the Asian Art Museum’s Loggia and Samsung Hall into temporary galleries and install over 80 large canvases and sculptures by many of China’s most influential contemporary artists. Gizmo assembled a team of top-notch technicians and…