Personalize Your Wedding With A Custom Monogram
It’s not new, but it is now becoming more popular than ever. Custom monogram projections are a great way to personalize your wedding! Much the way a company “Brands” their identity with a logo, Brides and Grooms are choosing to personalize their wedding with their own custom identity.
Custom Monogram at the Claremont Resort and Spa in Berkeley, CA
Custom Monogram on a 6' Ice Bar with Ice Luge - Claremont Resort, Berkeley, CA
Custom monograms may be used on your stationary (invitations, thank you cards, etc), cocktail napkins or an ice sculpture at your reception, and even projected with a special light. We have projected the monogram at the entrance to the reception, on the dance floor, behind the head table, you name it. There are endless possibilities.
The process starts with design. A monogram usually consists of three letters. The first letter is usually the first letter of the brides first name, the middle letter is the first letter of the couples last name and is typically the largest, and the first letter of the grooms first name follows.
Once the Bride and Groom choose a suitable design, the artwork is made into a gobo. A gobo can be made from sheet metal, the least expensive, or special glass, a more expensive option. A gobo can be created to project a single color to full color images and even a photo if desired. The gobo is inserted into a special theatrical lighting fixture, typically an ellipsoidal lighting fixture.
Costs range widely for this service. As an add-on to an existing lighting order you may pay as little as $250 for a single color projection. In an effort to keep this simple I have only covered some basics of this option. In design there are many ways to implement this technique to achieve amazing results.
Color gobo projection
Color gobo projection on the side of a 150' cliff in Half Moon Bay
Jason Diavatis is a Certified Wedding Consultant at Bay Area Entertainment. Bay Area Entertainment has been providing Wedding Planning, Day of Coordination and professional DJ and Live Entertainment in the San Francisco Bay Area and Napa Valley Wine Country since 1993.
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