I’m a huge fan of art displays. I have one in my living room and one in my kitchen. I can’t imagine what life would be like without them.
If you’re not into art display, you can always just hang your artwork on the wall: that’s what I do with my own artwork. But if you want to be able to easily view and enjoy your work, then displaying it is definitely worth a try.
There are many ways to display and view artwork, but here are two clear advantages:
• First, it’s easy to move your art around (just fill up the space between the walls) – no moving parts! You can even use the same art as a backdrop for photos or videos!
• Second, your artwork should look great on any sort of surface (especially glass). Bright colored walls make it easier to find things in your collection…
The above is just one way to do it; there are lots of different ways. For example, some people use lamps or even hung from hooks on the wall (which looks nice). I don’t think this is a great way for me because of how permanent all those wires would be and because there’s no guarantee that light will be coming from where I want light to come, but that could be just me being picky. If you have enough room for displaying your artwork, it’s worth doing something about it; but don’t get hung up on trying to do something perfect if you don’t need to in order to get the most from display art.
Solving the Problem: Displays for Small Spaces
Digital art displays are nothing new. They have been used for decades to showcase art over the internet, though in recent years the availability of large screens has increased the number of people who use them. In this post I would like to present some ideas for how you can make your current digital art display more aesthetically pleasing, and perhaps even usable for a larger audience.
A few things you need to keep in mind when designing your display:
1. You should not be using digital art as a substitute for physical art.
2. You should not be displaying digital versions of physical artwork (i.e., prints or drawings).
3. Unless you are using a wall-mountable device, it is probably best if your digital artwork is oriented horizontally (i.e., at an angle) to the viewer’s eye so that it appears to be positioned directly above the piece itself (though this could vary depending on the type of device and how it is mounted).
4. The screen isn’t going to be able to convey all that much information from one line of text onto one screen pixel at once; typically, a line will cover 3 pixels (2 x 2) with no visual artifacts and 1 pixel as a background color — about 50% more than what you are seeing with an actual piece of physical artwork (assuming all other factors remain unchanged).
5. When you access large images or video files for viewing on your display, it’s best if they are accessed through file servers instead of directly from the browser itself so that they can buffer slightly longer before being displayed on the screen — ideally they should appear just fine while still buffering but without visible artifacts (which can cause problems if they are too long or too big though, so test both).
Wall-Mounted Art Displays
If you’re a fan of art and would like to display it in a more attractive way, there are countless ways to do so. From flat posters, to wall-mounted pieces, to hanging them on the wall, there are many ways you can show off your art collection. Here’s how you can display it in a way that’s unique and memorable without taking up too much space.
For this project I chose an old storage closet as my wall mount for two reasons:
First, I wanted something simple but modern looking (the closet is from my parent’s house from when they lived here).
Second, I wanted a way of displaying two pieces of art side by side (the pictures in the photos were taken at the same time).
What you need: a wall mount for your artwork
What you do: Grab your artwork and measure where it would go. Then measure where the back of your wall is—you want to be sure the artwork is not going into any corners or holes or cracks. You’ll also want to make sure that if you have any furniture or other objects in front of your wall mount that they don’t rub against the artwork. Measure carefully so that you’re giving yourself enough room so that the art doesn’t move around and damage itself. Once done measuring, take a picture of what it looks like next to your walls and compare it with what’s already there (by putting up some empty canvases as well). If it looks good against whatever existing decorations you have, great! If not, then try different wall treatments until something that works for both gets created. If nothing really works initially, keep trying until it does!
You want to make sure that whatever arrangement that works best for one piece of art doesn’t interfere with another piece’s placement on the same frame/frame onto which other art has been mounted. This means keeping everything clean and organized but also making sure all items are able to easily be used (including being able to simply pull out one piece when needed). Here are some tips for organizing: • Use clear plastic bins (such as those found at grocery stores) or place sheets inside your frames/frames onto which photos have been placed—this will help keep clutter down while allowing each piece of art its own place on exhibition space.
• If you don’t have bins available or if they’re difficult to carry around at home use cardboard boxes—they can
Floor Displays
This is a problem I have seen from time to time in office environments. A couple of years ago a friend of mine needed to display his art collection on his desk. He wanted to use the bottom half of the desk and was concerned about having too much wall space for it, so he decided to build a wall shelf from a piece of plywood. This looked good, but had two problems:
It would be very awkward to display large pieces (especially paintings), and
The shelf was way too narrow for any of his larger art pieces.
So he got creative and found another solution: using the top half of a bookcase which he welded together using sheet metal brackets. This worked okay, but required some serious work on the shelf itself (the flat top part) and it was still not wide enough for all his larger art pieces.
Finally, he decided that if he were going to make this work at all, then it would be better if the books could be on their side through the shelves rather than being “up” as in this image below:
This solved both problems at once — it gave him more wall space to display art, but also made them fit better against the wall instead of spilling out over it. In fact, with some minor tweaks (for example, making sure that only one corner is open), you could probably use this same technique even with small pieces of art hanging off your walls as well as larger ones in formal areas — even though they are not wall mounted or on shelves they look much better than they do without them!
Ceiling Displays
As we’ve discussed before, the best way to display your art collection is in a nice, high-ceilinged room. How high? As high as you can make it without a wall.
The reason for this should be obvious; the ceiling should be at least 10-12 feet above your work area. The higher the better, but not so high that you can’t reach it from your desk and use your mouse to scroll through your most recent collection.
The absolute best way to display and view your art collection is by using a ceiling mount (also known as a “crib”), which is something like a shelf designed specifically for window displays that can be raised or lowered from any vantage point in the room.
Whether you have space for free-standing or wall mounted displays, the benefits are clear: you can have all of those items at hand instead of having to rummage through parts of your house not meant for display (lots of them are). This can also save on storage space if you have big collections, or as a backup storage option if something happens to it (such as fire).
Mobile displays
We’re going to learn how to save some space on your laptop, and get to a workable display size that you can use in the future when you’re cranking out art.
I believe the single most common problem with people trying to display their art is that they don’t know what they have. You just bought this great painting from that obscure artist from last year? Well, you should probably put it up somewhere. That’s what I did for two years. Just about everyone else I knew was doing something different:
1) They had a great deal of space (or too many pieces, which was equally bad), but didn’t want to put it up (like me);
2) They chose a way of display where the pieces were not in chronological order (like us).
3) They bought something new and didn’t bother with the old stuff (like me).
This approach is fine for some pieces of art, but it doesn’t do well with any significant number of your pieces — like yours! You might have hundreds of paintings and thousands of prints, or artwork in glass cases; but if you don’t have an idea of which ones are worth hanging or putting up on your wall, then there’s no way around this issue unless you have multiple people who do know exactly what they have.
So here’s how we solve this: We’ll learn how to spot those pieces we shouldn’t be putting up; we’ll learn some ways to give them context; and we’ll find ways to make our home art collection easier to navigate on mobile devices. We’ll also be able to use our tablet as a desktop for other things — like looking at our notes while we’re working on an article!
Large Screens vs Small Screens
The digital art display industry is booming. We’ve been seeing a rapid expansion in the number of screen sizes for each individual piece (which makes it easier to “display” the art on a large screen). This growth is driven by two factors:
1) the fact that there are more people who want high-quality digital art than ever before;
2) the fact that we’re now seeing a large number of high-resolution displays, which enables us to show much larger pieces “in person” without losing quality.
We’ve seen some great examples of how you can use these trends to make your home a better place, and the following article will walk you through the basics.
Finding the Right Technology to Show off Your Art Collection
This is a very common problem in the art world. The best way to show off your collection, especially when you (like me) have a lot of art on multiple walls and floors, is to run around the house and show off every single piece. But if you don’t have that kind of time, and are just looking for a quick and easy method to display your collection, here’s our answer for you:
The solution involves an external computer with a display built into it. This is not something most people have laying around their houses — it is usually the kind of big expensive piece of kit that only the most dedicated collector would own. For us, we bought an external computer specifically for this purpose — a Dell Inspiron with a big 15.6″ display built into it. But why? Well, as an alternative to running around trying to find another wall or floor for all your art, we decided to use one of my favorite hobby projects: the Arduino board .
The first thing we did was build our own Arduino based stand-in: the Arduino Art Stand . It has been very popular locally so I think there are probably more than enough people looking at the product page right now! It comes with everything you need to get going with your project (which will be covered in this post) and it’s simple enough that any hobbyist can get up and running in no time at all.
The stand has two inputs: one for power and one for connection to an external monitor or TV screen. It also has two outputs, one for power (which can be powered by connecting the board directly to any standard 3-volt DC power source), and one HDMI output which can be connected directly to your TV or monitor via HDMI cable (such as our own ViewNX ).
The stand is made from brushed aluminium sheets glued together using epoxy glue , which we found worked well across most surfaces that were not painted on first (although it was tricky on painted areas). The stand also has some weight on it which helps keep things level when using it on uneven surfaces so you don’t have wasted space on your floor or wall because everything is slanted slightly upwards!
We also used some PVC tubing , cut down into shorter lengths so that they could be bent into shape inside the stand. This helps save yourself some space inside the stand itself since there was no need for enclosures typically used on other stands like this one . A couple other things
Conclusion
This post is all about space. Space of course, but also the particular kind of space you have available to display art. Art can be viewed in several different ways: as a painting, as a sculpture, or as a photograph. Luckily we have tools like Instagram to help us out with this question: what’s the best way to display your art?
Sculpture and photography are great for their own reasons, but sculpture is generally more expensive than photography and has some additional limitations (such as the fact that you might not be able to use it in your living room). That leaves photography — which we can actually use in our living rooms, because we live in houses that don’t have walls!
One thing is certain though: there is no one-size-fits-all answer. The general consensus seems to be that photography is the most effective way of displaying art when you’re looking at it from your own perspective. That doesn’t mean you should hide your artwork; it just means that if you want people to see it from an objective point of view then photography would be probably the best choice.