Project

Chinese Toggles

Jade-like cast resin lettering, bilingual wall graphics and precision object labels for an exhibition of Chinese toggles.

Client
Chau Chak Wing Museum
Location
Sydney, New South Wales
Scope
Cast resin lettering · Wall graphics · Laser cutting · Direct printing · Vinyl lettering · Installation
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Translucent green Chinese Toggles title lettering with bilingual introduction text at Chau Chak Wing Museum.

Super

Super produced and installed the visual elements for Chinese Toggles: Culture in Miniature at the Chau Chak Wing Museum. The work combined cast resin title lettering, wall graphics, direct-printed acrylic labels and bilingual vinyl text throughout the gallery.

Close view of translucent green cast-resin Chinese Toggles dimensional lettering.
Display case of miniature Chinese toggles in front of a large photographic wall graphic.

Production detail

The title lettering needed the depth and variation of carved jade rather than the uniform colour of standard acrylic. Multiple green and white resin mixtures were tested in silicone moulds, with careful control of timing and ratios, before the final translucent letterforms were cast.

Historic robe displayed beside a full-height exhibition photograph and object labels.
Chinese toggles in museum vitrines with a historic cart photograph behind them.
Long object display beneath a full-height monochrome photograph in the Chinese Toggles exhibition.
Toggle display case installed in front of a large portrait wall graphic.
Bilingual interpretive wall text and photography captions at Chau Chak Wing Museum.
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