Hanging Art
hanging your arwork on the wall
To hang artwok on the wall might sound easy, but there are several things you need to think about before you do that. You should also read the the article about Art aftercare part, to find out even more about framed artwork and how to care for it. This is what you need to think about:
- Position your artwork in relation to accidental damage. Don’t hang your artwork close to furniture or behind doors.
- Don’t hang your portrait over heat or moisture places like open fires, radiators or in bathrooms.
- Think about direct lightening from outside environment when you hang your artwork on a wall. No constant direct light shod be exposed to the painting.
- Think about hanging your artwork in a room that doesn’t build up dirt and dust quickly.
Placing Fitments
When placing fitments to the back of the frame you should be thinking about doing that to the sides and not on the top. Carefully place the screws to the thickest part of the frame and then place a wire (double) to the fitments, the wire should make a bow. Never do this to the wood if it’s an oil painting.
Position on The Wall
Finally the position how you place the frame is important to look nice on the wall. Many people do the mistake by placing their artworks to high, or hanging them in too many different levels. The placement should be appealing and comfortable to the eye. The position is also determined depending on size and dimension.
When you finally decided where to hang your artwork, you might take help from someone else to hold up the painting so you can stand back and see how it looks. Your eyes should look straight to the middle of the artwork. You might take help of a ruler if you have other paintings on the same wall and you want to position the artwork to the same level or the level you prefer. Remember to mark the wall (with a pencil) from position of the wire bow on the back at the same time as you keep in mind where the final position of the frame should be. Measure the distance from the wire bow to the upper edge of the frame. Choose a steady and big enough hook compared to size of the painting. Hammer or drill a hole where you’ve made the pencil mark. Finally hang the framed artwork and adjust it to be straight on the wall. There is nothing uglier then an imbalanced painting on the wall, even if it’s only wrong for one cm.