Photo wall mounting ideas 1414 Responses

Last post: 2 years, 6 months ago | Thread started: Nov 1, 09, 2:18 p.m.

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• sea_sea

  yeah your right. that would be the obvious. i hate cutting that damn thing. need to get myself some new exacto blades then.

  

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  Dog-earNov 1, 09, 2:29 p.m. – Permalink

• Tungsten

  Something like this would look good, probably pretty cheap and you can use them to hang up your pants after the show...
  

  

  • not sure if your serious or not about this one. lol but i'm digging the metal finish.– sea_sea1/3

    I'm totally serious, I might do this myself.– Tungsten2/3

    :)– sea_sea3/3

  

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  Dog-earNov 1, 09, 2:51 p.m. – Permalink

• Complexfruit

  What about plexiglass screwed directly into the gallery wall (if they will allow it) or onto wood and then hung. Plexiglass is fairly cheap I think.
  

  

  • That looks nice, easier than doing a resin mount finish– Tungsten1/2

    nice, but can't do plexi, forgot to mention it's one night only!– sea_sea2/2

  

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  Dog-earNov 1, 09, 2:53 p.m. – Permalink

• lukus_W

  What's the subject of the photos that you're showing?

  • day of the dead. chicks in skeleton faces and big hair in a cemetery. kinda creepy but totally fun. will post.– sea_sea

  

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  Dog-earNov 1, 09, 2:55 p.m. – Permalink

• Tungsten

  

  • hmm interesting...– sea_sea

  

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  Dog-earNov 1, 09, 2:55 p.m. – Permalink

• ismith

  Get a couple thin/hollow boards of balsa or basswood and then affix them to the wall (either with screws from underneath or a strong adhesive) and then rest your dry-mounted prints on them. I would love to do this some time, shelved prints just kind of propped up... would have to fit the content though.

  

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  Dog-earNov 1, 09, 2:59 p.m. – Permalink

• sea_sea

  ^ that sounds nice ismith. i've always liked the 'floating" off the wall effect putting a but if extra foam core a few inches in from each corner creates this effect too.

  • but if = bit of– sea_sea

  

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  Dog-earNov 1, 09, 3:14 p.m. – Permalink

• boobs

  Plak-It®

  

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  Dog-earNov 1, 09, 7:47 p.m. – Permalink

• jfletcher

  I did glass. I went to a hardware store and got them to cut glass for me, then used these cheap mounts that hooked on the corners of the glass.
  Pro: Looked great, cheap
  Con: Glass wasn't beveled, don't rub edges or risk severe slicing and stiches.

  

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  Dog-earNov 1, 09, 7:53 p.m. – Permalink

• Invalid

  1. measure print
  2. paint a rough black rectangle, slightly larger than the print onto a white wall, allowing the black paint to bleed down the wall.
  3. mount your print onto a thin black foamcore and use double sided tape to fix it to the centre of the black rectangle

  what you should be left with is a print sitting flush against the wall, outlined with thick black brush strokes and some of the paint bleeding down the wall behind...

  this will look awesome, considering your subject matter matches the edgy disply style.

  • nooooO! You wrote foamcore. Ahhhhhhh!– dibec1/4

    black foamcore is good man! they're just prints... right?– Invalid2/4

    It's not you ... it's me bud. I am anti foamcore. =P Your idea is awesome though. ;)– dibec3/4

    yeah cool idea! but the gallery won't let me paint the walls!– sea_sea4/4

  

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  Dog-earNov 1, 09, 8:24 p.m. – Permalink

• dibec

  PDX love ... http://www.plywerk.com/

  • wow, love that. will definitely consider this for next time. thnx.– sea_sea

  

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  Dog-earNov 1, 09, 8:27 p.m. – Permalink

• Invalid

  ^ they only print from JPEG?
  that's really odd. the product looks really nice though.

  • Post printers prefer to be spooled JPEG. Weird huh?– dibec1/3

    hsfjkghsdjkafhajk post = most– dibec2/3

    i've always had them ask for a PDF... very wierd considering a CMYK colours don't convert well in jpeg format...– Invalid3/3

  

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  Dog-earNov 1, 09, 8:43 p.m. – Permalink

• pizzafire

  don't rule out framing just yet ... go to a framing shop and see if they'll lend some frames for the exhibit in return for some free advertising (a small poster, business cards and a mention of thanks). although, the time frasme is a bit tight now, i suppose.

  

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  Dog-earNov 2, 09, 1:21 a.m. – Permalink