Join Me For A Real-Time Experiment Pt. II

Finishing The Panel

If you are just joining me for this ‘real time’ experiment to display a photograph in a non-traditional way, Part I can be found here.

The cradled wood panel was taped off, the edges were primed, and the edges were then painted with two coats of flat black paint. The painting itself only took about two minutes for each coat, but I had to let the paint dry between the coats. I have removed the painter’s tape that was used to protect the front and back of the panel and this is the result. It looks great!

There is one more thing I will do to the panel before calling it ready to accept the photograph, which is to mount the hanging hardware. I don’t want to have to be drilling holes and screwing in hardware after the photo has been mounted to the panel, as it might lead to damaging the surface of the image.

One of the nice things about these panels is that they can be mounted flush and flat to a wall. The trick to doing that is to put the mounting hardware in the correct location. Eyelets or other hanging hardware should not be mounted on the back of the cradled panel in the same way that you might mount the hardware for a traditional frame. In other words, do NOT do this:

If you mount the hardware in that location, the panel will not sit flush against the wall. The bottom of the frame will touch the wall but the upper portion will lean forward. Instead, measure about 1/3 of the way down the frame and drill two small holes within the width of the frame and mount the hardware like this:

Now, when you later string hanging wire between the eyelets, the hook on which you hang the frame will pull the entire frame flush against the wall. Even if you end up deciding to place the panel in a floater frame (still much less expensive than a traditional frame and also without glass forming a barrier between the artwork and the viewer), the eyelets in this location will not interfere with anything.

Now that the panel is ready, it’s time to make a print and discuss how to protect it.

To Be Continued…..

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