Reductive Washi art

[erikniells]

Thanks to @magnus.svartvall for getting me thinking about this… I already do a lot of silhouette work so I drew the lovely silent star Louise Brooks and tried the layered washi on scored wood, weeded to reveal the black layer or bare wood for shadows and highlights. I used cedar ply here.

The question I have is that I hope to sell some of these style things at my artist alley appearances… thinking of ways people could display them. Do you guys recommend one of those toothed hangers on the back? Some other idea?

[beerfaced]

Not sure about the size of this but if it’s fairly small you could use a tiny easel to display each one.

[Xabbess]

Perhaps this?..

Tiny easel from the catalog

I need some little gifts, and this tiny easel from the catalog really fits the bill. I made a tiny watercolor painting to go with it. [IMG_9962] It’s beautifully designed by @Xabbess to work just like a full sized easel. The little shelf can even be moved up and down in the slots to fit your painting. I added a gold chain to limit the leg distance. [IMG_9963] [IMG_9964] Now to make some more!

[erikniells]

5” x 5”, tiny easel might be a great option

[linefeed]

I found these plastic toothed hangers with foam double-stick on Amazon. They stick well and don’t require any special prep (or nails)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06WRSHCL3/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

[rbtdanforth]

@erikniells

thinking of ways people could display them. Do you guys recommend one of those toothed hangers on the back?

Make your own from a bit of scrap. I make a wide “V” to automatically center the piece. And then just glue it to the back.

[bwente]

Here is an adjustable one. I would also recommend adding to bottom corner offsets from scrap to keep the art flat on the wall.

Picture Hanger

[ellencadwell]

I don’t have any additional ideas for hanging, but I do want to say that your pic turned out awesome! Definitely love the subtlety of the washi tape background.

[rvogt]

I love the results!!

[erikniells]

I particularly love that no two will be alike. I just got a bunch more for my next pieces, since I have fallen down the early cinema rabbit hole.

[MakerMatthew]

Wow! Maybe command strips?

[deirdrebeth]

@linefeed

plastic toothed hangers

There’s a design for one here that could be made out of the same material as the design so it blends!

Picture Hangers

I don’t know about you, but I hate when I run out of picture hangers and it’s too late to run to the hardware store (or I’m too lazy). So, I made some. You have all given so much to help me I thought I’d give back a little something. It’s not much, but could be useful for someone. I made them in four different sizes for different size pictures. Hopefully I upload the files correctly. [tempImagev7I2jp] [tempImageUcgMt0] Picture Hangers.pdf (9.2 KB) [Picture Hangers]