TishandKyle offers a wide variety of products and services: custom cabinetry custom furniture creation new and remodel construction wood and foam sculpting illustration graphic design fine art We’re centrally located in Eastern Iowa, and service a wide variety of industries, including commercial and residential construction, theatre, television and video production, and furniture building. The 2-dimensional side of the business works with...
Interior Design for Commercial Interiors - when you want customers to say “Wow!” Your customers came for an experience! So make your place memorable with custom interior design, right here in Cedar Rapids. How awesome would your restaurant, bar or commercial kitchen look if it was designed and built with the care of a sculptor? At Tish&Kyle we’re not just builders, we’re also lifelong, professional artists. Our...
If you’re into long-lasting, custom designed, gorgeous cabinets with high-quality hinges, door slides, solid construction and quality wood, then call us. We’ll tell you right now, the big retail hardware store’s price tag for cabinets will look cheaper at first. But try us out with a quote. If you’re looking for custom designs and high-grade materials which last, you’ll want to give us a call. Most homeowners don’t...
Rock your office space with some incredible interior design! You’ve worked hard building your business. A good dose of interior design will not only make you feel good all day, it will impress your clients, as well as provide a custom workspace to suit your specific working style. This minimalist interior design space compliments technology, offering important ergonomics with quality hardwood and custom millwork. It offers a perfect blend of...
Incredible Statues and Props Made from Styrofoam for Television Check out our video from “Lo Nuestro 2012″ featuring our foam sculptures as Gerardo Ortiz sings “Amor Confuso” Foam is a great medium. It’s easy to carve, forgivable, and unlike Michelangelo, there’s no climbing mountains to haul a huge slab of marble down the other side. It’s also possible to create something cool in about a week or two...
Learn more about one of our recent projects creating Greek sculptures, and view the process of making a lightweight, 8 ft. statue.
Illustration is great for children’s books, company mascots, kids programs, museums, anything to add visual interest. We work in a variety of styles, digital and hand-rendered. Here are a few from past projects, ranging from children’s books, theatre illustrations and custom Christmas...
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Tish&Kyle offers temporary museum walls – the Stax Museum. Our temporary museum walls were recently installed at the Stax Museum of American Soul Music for a temporary exhibit.
Tish&Kyle were honored to deliver our temporary walls to the Stax Museum of American Soul Music.
Our temporary walls can be delivered unpainted, or painted in a variety of colors. We deliver, set-up and provide a final touch-up (if painted) so the display is ready to be used.
The Stax Museum of American Soul Music celebrates the incredible talent which has become known as the ‘Memphis Sound’, producing such great artists as Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes and many others. It’s located in the neighborhood where many of these artists grew up, in the restored Stax recording studio. Visitors are treated to musical history, including a look at Isaac Hayes’ Cadillac, Al Green’s performance costumes, and many other incredible displays. The sound studio was restored to look and recreate acoustics like the original recording studio, featuring strategically placed acoustical reflectors to replicate the Memphis sound.
The Stax Museum will use our temporary museum walls to create additional display space once allocated for a permanent display. Our temporary museum walls help museums to maximize space while spending carefully. Since both sides of our temporary walls may be used for graphics or hanging artwork, they serve as a flexible way to use limited space. The Stax Museum of American Soul Music purchased our “I” formation, named for it’s capped ends on both sides. While this formation is simple, it can also be reconfigured to a variety of ways, such as providing a flat wall or right-angled display with 2 sides.
The Museum and school take up a city block. This view, taken from the front, shows the restored Stax Recording Studio.
In addition to the fabulous museum, the Stax Museum Academy provides approximately 100 talented elementary through high school-aged kids the opportunity to further develop incredible musical skills. The school’s high standards combined with the incredible talent of its gifted students will graduate yet another class this year, moving more talented individuals into musical careers.
Tish&Kyle will deliver the museum walls directly to your museum, helping you save a significant amount on delivery costs. We also like that we can unload and inspect our products right when we bring them to your door, and provide touch-ups, if necessary, from shipping.
Curator Levon Williams and Phillip Austin, Facility Operations Manager pose for a photo before we left to head back to Iowa. We were envious of the warm weather!
When we deliver our temporary museum walls, we take time to train you or your staff to assemble and disassemble the units. Our new balancing features make leveling the units easier than ever, requiring only a small wrench. Our temporary museum walls are designed to be assembled and stored when not in use by your regular maintenance crew. Unlike the temporary exhibit walls used by many museums, our walls do not feature fabric or look like used cubicle walls. Our walls are smooth and create a tight seam when walls are assembled and leveled. A simple, but needed design. Our walls match up well due to our 20+ year experience in fine finish carpentry, furniture building and cabinetry. The exact measurements and attention to detail make these walls easy to install.
Be sure to check out the Stax Museum’s awesome web site (featuring an online radio with some of the greatest artists of all time), and visit there if you happen to be in Memphis.
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