As soon as we received a phone call asking for an immediate solution to protect Banksy’s ‘Valentine’s Day Mascara’ we leapt into action….

Having listened to our client to ascertain what was required, we used our years of experience to quickly come up with a design we could both manufacture and install. Red Eight Gallery wanted to make sure Banksy’s piece was protected from vandalism and weather proof, without obscuring or distorting Banksy’s artwork. In addition, and most importantly, we needed to come up with an immediate solution that wouldn’t cause any damage during installation.

Although, it isn’t obvious from the photos we didn’t just use a sheet of Perspex®. Instead we fabricated a shallow acrylic Perspex® tray. This was the best solution for protecting Banksy’s artwork and could be simply held in place with standoffs.

Photo of crowd in Margate gathered around to look at Banksy's artwork and watch us work!
We had an audience watch us work!
One of our team drilling holes around Banksy's artwork to fit standoffs to support the Perspex protection.
We drilled holes to fit standoffs to secure our Perspex fabrication in place.
Perspex sheet covering Banksy's 'Valentine's Day Mascara' with the film still covering it.
Once we were happy with our shallow acrylic tray’s location was safely secured to the wall we could remove the perspex film.
Picture shows Banksy's art work which appeared in Margate on Valentine's day protected by a shallow Perspex tray we supplied and fitted.
Perspex protecting Banksy’s image.

We don’t usually work with an audience watching our every move; however it was nice to receive a round of applause when we’d finished! (Thank you Frank Leppard for capturing the whole event on camera.)

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