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One Hat One Hand is a world-class art fabrication company with Headquarters in San Francisco. With ongoing projects across the United States, our blog offers insight into Public Art and Placemaking Best Practices and Exclusive 'Artist Talk' interviews with some of the most exciting and innovative creators.

Crafting Sacred Spaces: One Hat One Hand's Contribution to the 2024 Burning Man Temple

OHOH Updates

Sep 202 min read

Expertise

Crafting Sacred Spaces: One Hat One Hand's Contribution to the 2024 Burning Man Temple

At One Hat One Hand, our journey through the creative heart of Burning Man has been one of collaboration, artistry, and innovation.

OHOH Updates

Jan 152 min read

Design-to-Build Solutions

In 2023, the synergy between One Hat One Hand and our partner firms led to outstanding client results. As 2024 unfolds, we're excited to...

PlacemakingX: One Hat One Hand's Adventure in Crafting Creative Places: 6 Requirements for Success

Marcus Guillard

Nov 27, 20232 min read

PlacemakingX: One Hat One Hand's Adventure in Crafting Creative Places: 6 Requirements for Success

Ideas to Icons: Maintaining the Artist intent

Marcus Guillard

Oct 23, 20233 min read

Art Fabrication

Ideas to Icons: Maintaining the Artist intent

Collaborating with artists is at the heart of what we do, and this partnership becomes especially vital in public art. The following core pr

Caitlin Jewell

Oct 19, 20231 min read

Expertise

25 Brand Activations the Swifties want at your sporting stadium

Activating your space with Instagramable moments can result in brand recognition and rapid revenue growth.

Public Art - a small and distinctive industry

Marcus Guillard

Oct 10, 20232 min read

Insight

Public Art - a small and distinctive industry

This year's Codaworx event was undoubtedly the best one yet. The fact that it was hosted in our hometown made it all the more special. This

5 Insider Tips for World-Class Placemaking

Caitlin Jewell

Sep 5, 20233 min read

Insight

5 Insider Tips for World-Class Placemaking

We asked Nick Moser, our One Hat One Hand Accounts Director what his top 5 tips are for world-class Placemaking. From Future Proofing to Lon

One Hat One Hand - Guts, grit, luck & origins - A brief history with Chrisray Collins

Caitlin Jewell

Aug 14, 20232 min read

Art Fabrication

One Hat One Hand - Guts, grit, luck & origins - A brief history with Chrisray Collins

Those now seeking our expertise are essentially requesting us to undertake exactly what we ventured into 14 years ago.

Caitlin Jewell

Aug 9, 20231 min read

Our Team

OHOH Turns 15

When you turn 15, you stop to have some cake and lemonade.

Q: What differentiates One Hat One Hand, Art Fabricators in San Francisco?

Caitlin Jewell

Jul 11, 20231 min read

Capabilities

Q: What differentiates One Hat One Hand, Art Fabricators in San Francisco?

Answer: A Little more pizazz. Who are these guys? Part little pirate yacht, part Punk Rock Mister Rogers.

Art Fabrication - Design and Integrated Technology

Caitlin Jewell

Jun 27, 20232 min read

Capabilities

Art Fabrication - Design and Integrated Technology

One Hat One Hand shares how our design studio collaborates with our clients leading to excellent outcomes in the world of art fabrication.

Windy Chien, Artist Talk a San Francisco Artist Interview

Caitlin Jewell

Jun 20, 20231 min read

Artist Talks

Windy Chien, Artist Talk a San Francisco Artist Interview

We sat down with artist Windy Chien to delve into our recent collaboration on I AM THE WHEEL, her SF Moma Soap Box Derby entry, and to learn

Tahiti Pehrson, Suspended Sculpture Grand Hyatt at SFO, Artist Interview

Caitlin Jewell

May 22, 20232 min read

Artist Talks

Tahiti Pehrson, Suspended Sculpture Grand Hyatt at SFO, Artist Interview

Artist Tahiti Pehrson is a master of detailed, delicate paper-cutting. One Hat One Hand fabricated his large-scale public art piece located

Caitlin Jewell

May 22, 20231 min read

Artist Talks

Charmin Roundtree Baaqee | Artist Talk

Meaningful conversations with our artist partners fuel our work. In this edition of our One Hat One Hand Artist Talk series, Marcus sits...

How do we do it. The unique One Hat One Hand approach to fabrication

Caitlin Jewell

Apr 11, 20231 min read

Insight

How do we do it. The unique One Hat One Hand approach to fabrication

When talking with our clients about how we approach art fabrication we often explain it as we work with the client to really get the design

Jenny Sabin & Marcus Guillard | Artist Talk, Google Mountain View, Eddy Sculpture

Caitlin Jewell

Mar 27, 20231 min read

Artist Talks

Jenny Sabin & Marcus Guillard | Artist Talk, Google Mountain View, Eddy Sculpture

Marcus Guillard sat down with Jenny Sabin at the Google Mountain View location to chat about Eddy and Shroud.

OHOH Updates

Mar 7, 20231 min read

Interviews

Johanna Poethig | Artist Talk

Marcus sits down with Johanna Poethig to dig into her path from painting giant murals to creating a sculptural mural called Resilient City.

The Secret Sauce - Managing Fabrication Projects with Marcus Guillard

Caitlin Jewell

Feb 7, 20232 min read

Expertise

The Secret Sauce - Managing Fabrication Projects with Marcus Guillard

Having been in business for almost 15 years, one thing we've learned is that exceptional client service leads to tremendous success for us.

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