So, no matter what your personality, to create a gallery wall, you have to figure out placement of your art work. Figuring out WHERE to put things is sometimes harder than figuring out WHAT to put on your wall. It’s like spilling your personality all over a wall in your home. A gallery wall always gives you a little inside scoop about who lives in the home. Whether is a modern home, country, traditional, or somewhere in between. To affordably acquire a real range of media – prints, wall hangings and embroidered pieces can all be sourced from the likes of Desino or Etsy, a maker-led site for up-and-coming creators.I’ve always love the look of a wall filled with artwork. Gallery walls can be a mix of things you've acquired over the years and needn't be unaffordable – try hanging a large bold print, such as a this cyra poster (Desenio, from £12.95) next to a small family photo and even a line drawing, similar to Jessica Yolanda Kaye's designs, that you've drawn yourself. She suspends single drops of fabric and wallpaper on coat hangers around her home, and uses old newspaper cuttings flattened and framed, and even sections of vintage vinyl floor stuck onto canvas. While Joanna Thornhill, interiors stylist, writer and author of Office & Other Interior Design Dilemmas, suggests framing or hanging non-art pieces as a way decorate your walls. From buying old frames and photos from charity shops to collating limited edition prints and old family photos blown up on canvas, she stressed that it needn't be expensive stuff, rather a collection of old and new. When curating the pieces for her staircase, it took her six months to find the artwork that reflected her personality. Similarly, Lisa Dawson suggests juxtaposing art and textures so that the eye is drawn to lots of different things – from old family photos and limited edition prints to Chinese tapestries. You can also show your support to young artists and acquire art from graduate school shows, which are operating online this year because of coronavirus. If you’re looking to really get into the art world, try and build relationships with reputable young galleries – for example, Blue Shop Cottage, Bosse and Baum, Arcadia Missa, Sunday Painter, Sid Motion Gallery, and Soft Opening. In the current climate, Bryan noted that there are a range of charity editions being created by museums, for example the Hospital Rooms, which is a series by artists such as Anish Kapoor and Richard Wentworth, with each limited edition poster costing just £50. While fairs are currently postponed, you can still buy work online. Kate Bryan suggests looking at the #artistsupportpledge tag on Instagram – an initiative where artists upload the work that they are willing to sell for £200 or less and once they’ve made £1,000 in sales, they pledge to buy another artist’s work.Įditions start from less than £100 at the Jealous Gallery, and The Other Art Fair is “an amazing place to acquire work directly from artists” – Bryan recently discovered Gommine ( a rising star there last year. If you are after original works though, there are other ways to expand your collection beyond prints that still won't cost the earth. Be careful the edges don’t match – everything should occupy its own space and shouldn’t accidentally line up with something below or beneath or to the side.”Īlternatively, if you have your whole collection ready to display and want to go for a more formulaic approach you may want to mark out an imaginary perimeter using masking tape and fill the spaces.īryan suggests that if you opt for this, “to create a perfect rectangle use larger pieces in the corners to give the wall a good foundation visually and fit everything between these anchor points”.įriendship by Egle Plytnikaite (Nine x Nine)įriendship by Egle Plytnikaite (Nine x Nine, from £40) illustrates the beauty of long lasting friendship – a bold and bright piece that would work well in a gallery wall. “Start from the middle and add things in organically over time by placing work slightly diagonally left or right. Creating the perfect gallery wall takes variety and confidence, but it can help make a space look wider, brighter, or taller says Kate Bryan, art historian, head of collections at Soho House and author of The Art of Love: The Romantic and Explosive Stories Behind Art Couples.Ī captivating gallery wall should look and feel connected, so find a system that works for you.
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