I met a wonderful couple, Tim and Lena, in Laos, he was working for the UN at UXO-Lao on unexploded ordnance (UXO) demining projects and she was working at COPE. They really loved my Buddha Tree in the Mist panorama. So, here are some shots of it hanging in their home in Oslo. The print is actually hanging straight on the wall, but after some champagne and Tim’s self-admittedly questionable skills with a camera… thank you both!
Here is Buddha Tree in the Mist:
It’s always satisfying when a client sends a photo of my work (more…)
This is the type of client email I love to get:
All we can say is wow!!! Â -Vicki
It’s a very satisfying feeling seeing my work hang in someone’s home—especially when the owner goes all the way and paints the wall and hangs a light fixture solely for my print.
It maybe be hard to tell, but this isn’t a small print… it is 22″ tall x 44″ wide. With the frame, it’s roughly 31″ x 55″ and quite heavy. The framer did an amazing job—I had not considered a black mat with a white bevel, but I quite like it. The organic pattern on the frame is a natural extension of the tree itself. A good frame job really emphasizes the artwork and also makes it look better—all without drawing attention to itself. This is a really well thought out example of that.
This is one of the images from my Plain of Jars series. Click the image below for a large view:
I’ve written my Plywerk update post for the supporting info for the last installment of my, um, longish how-to video. Take a look at the vid here: Working With Plywerk Bamboo Art Panels Part #6. I’ve listed links for the materials that I use for hanging my Plywerk-mounted prints in galleries and for clients’ homes. The tools are discussed in the video, but I thought I’d also put the list here.
These are the basic tools you might have around the house already:
Here is the last installment of my video series on working with Plywerk Bamboo panels:
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Supplies used in the video:
Surflon Starter Kit, Size 2, maximum hanging weight 30lb. (14kg), color Bright, Surflon Starter Kit (Enough hardware to hang 100 frames)
100 1-1/16″ Triangle Picture Hangers with Screws (Enough hardware to hang 50 frames)*
Sakura 30061 3-Piece Pigma Micron Blister Card Ink Pen Set, Black*
Waxman 4215495N 1/2-Inch Heavy Duty Bumper, Clear, Square*
If you have any questions regarding these materials or the tools, please post in the comments below.
Again, thanks for looking!
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In the fifth segment of Working With Plywerk Bamboo Art Panels I cover the simple, but important step of putting even pressure on the entire print surface and allowing time for the adhesive to set. Then I show the type of hardware I use to hang the panels on a gallery wall.
In the fourth part of Working With Plywerk Bamboo Art Panels I get show you how to trim and finish the edges of the print to be flush with edge of the panel. The edge finishing step is also a fall back if you should somehow slightly damage the cut edge of the print; it is an aesthetic choice… and a way to correct small mistakes. Bonus!
This is a very delicate step, so slow and steady is the mantra. Check it out:
In this installment of Working With Plywerk Bamboo Art Panels I center on a really touchy part of the process: the mounting of the print on the panel. Yes, this is the step where you have to be extra careful… in fact, if you aren’t focused, you may find yourself with a, uh, “poorly mated” print/panel that won’t be leaving your studio. Don’t ask me how I came about this knowledge… easy on the coffee, turn off the phone, and breath deeply.
Ok! Put down that coffee, take a couple of deep breaths, and onward to the mating process:
In this installment of my How To: videos, I cover working with the photographic print before mounting it to a Plywerk bamboo panel. I’ll talk about a tip I learned from Brooks Jensen of LensWork Magazine, I’ll cover getting the print cut accurately at 90 degrees even if your printer doesn’t print the image parallel to the edge of the paper, and I’ll show you how to lay out marks on the back of the print that will help in the mounting of the print to the panel.
Check out How To: Working With Plywerk Bamboo Art Panels Part #2:
I really like the aesthetic of my Botanica Obscura prints when they are mounted on Plywerk Bamboo Art Panels. However, while the mounting process isn’t exactly difficult, I have some very important pointers that will make working with the panels go much more easily.
So, I decided to do a short (!) video on my process, which ended up being so long that I broke it up into six parts. I will be posting these how-to videos over the next week. I’ll also list tools and materials that I mention in the videos in the corresponding blogs posts. Here is the first installment: