Hanging Your Canvas

You've found the perfect piece of canvas art, it has turned up and now of course you want to hang it up and show it off. So what are the options for hanging your Canvas Art? There are many different ways and techniques to hang it, and it is ultimately down to you how you do it. In this short article we will explore the different methods open to you.

1. Wire method. You need to Attach two small screws horizontally on the back of the canvas frame. The wire needs to sit on the top half of the frame. The wire also needs to have some tension in (use long nose pliers to achieve this) so that the screws can hold the weight of the canvas. Then you need to slide the canvas down on at least one screw sticking out from the wall. This is a great way to hang a canvas, especially if there is one screw on the wall or there is no space to add more screws

2. Mirror Plates. These are small brass plates which you can get very cheaply from most hardware stores & there are 2 main methods of using them. The first hides the mirror plates on the inside of the frame. You then screw two screws into the wall the same distance apart as the mirror plates & hook the plates to the screws you have on the wall. The second method to use mirror plates is on the outside of the canvas. If Fix the mirror plates to opposing sides of the canvas and screw them into wall, you have one of the most secure way of fixing your canvas to the wall. This is also the generic way that museums use for displaying art.

The last method is Command Strips. This is something we have been exploring for providing on our website as an accessory. We've been testing the ingenuitive Command Strip from 3M for a while s now and have to admit to being very impressed. It is perfect for people who rent as you don't need to screw into the wall, and the glue strip peels off leaving no marks at all! Admittedly they are the most expensive way of hanging a canvas, but at £5.99 for 6 with the value pack, you can't really go wrong. We have been testing them all over our studio & would recommend the value pack (see photo, left) You will get enough to hang a couple of canvases, and even have a few left over to hang your coats!

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Website Updates [August 2008]

We've got a load more updates for you on the WHoArtNow website front, as of August 2008. If you hadn't already noticed, we've updated the left side navigation bar, so there are a few more features, and given it a bit of a spring clean. You've now got three more sections: Murals, Ranges and the News Blog, to sit along side the categories for our canvas art.

Murals is exactly what is says it is, and hand painted Murals to be precise. This is what we have been offering since we set up the section a couple of months ago, following the addition of a couple of Old Skool veteran painters to the WHoArtNow team: Nick and Steve. It's not just murals either, it is in essence, anything hand painted. Everything from theatrical backdrops, to chalk boards, to war re-enactment backgrounds, to hand-painted canvases to hand painted canvases, these guys can do it all, and with 30 years of experience under their belt, it is a job that you can guarantee will be done to a high standard. No job too small, no budget to high(!) there is very little that we actually won't do, so if you are seriously looking for some hand painted artwork, get in touch and we'll get a custom quote for you.

Ranges is another new addition to the WHoArtNow family, and we are loving it too! Along similar lines of the category sections that we have on the left side of the site, Ranges is essentially a themed section, where you can browse for art by our art which is been cherry picked by us. We have focused on some of the emerging trends, and styles that are apparent at this moment in time. From Interior Trends ranges like Invidia 08, to Cityscape's, and Graffiti canvases, ranges have been put together to give you a bit more scope into discovering some hidden away gems that you might not have found. We are going to focus more and more on ranges in the future, and try and bring you some new favours before they become too commercial and mainstream. On the colours front, we already have Sepia and Monochrome, well you can expect a whole host more to come, every colour in the rainbow. For Interior Designer, expect to see some ranges to tie into forthcoming interior trends predictions. Ranges will become an invaluable tool for designers & home lovers alike, so watch this space for more.//

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