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GRAND DESIGNS LIVE Creating an exciting interior with art: Tips & tricks to finish your home in style

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GRAND DESIGNS LIVECreating an exciting interior with art: Tips & tricks

to finish your home in style

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Intimidating

Boggling Choice

Opaque

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People Need a Trusted Guide

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What About

the Rest of Us?

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The biggest Art Retailer Globally…

Selling cheap posters and canvas prints

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Buyers Guide To Art

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Why Buy Art?

Aesthetics & Design

Investment

Ego?

Support Young Artists

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Myth: Real art is too expensive

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What Type of Art to Buy?

Prints & Multiples

Sculpture

Paintings

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When assessing Art

Created by the artist

Signed, Numbered if edition

Look out for: Fancy Jargon, Canvas Wrap, repro

Pricing & Discounts

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FRAMING

- Always Use Archival Materials

- Avoid Dry Mounting

- Keep it Simple

- Non Reflective Glazing?

- Avoid cheap diffusion

- TVAR – Tru Vue Optium Acrylic

- Glass vs. Acrylic

- Not framing immediately? Store Flat

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Window Mounting

- Elegant look for abstract & figurative works

- Useful to fill a larger space

- Tends to be more pricy than other options

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Floating

- Great for works with hand torn, rough edges

- With acid free tape provides a floating / rippling effect

- Can slip with age

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Box Frame

- Provides depth

- Great for works with borders and sharp edges

- Spacer holds works in place

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Hanging Your Art

150cm to the center of workHanging from String vs. D-RingsConsider Lighting in Room

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Caring For Artwork

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Make A Statement

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Displaying Art:

Small works make a big impact

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Kristjana S. Williams

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Robert Hind

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Gina Soden

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Kristin Gaudio-Endsley

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Mat Cahill

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Try-Before-You-Buy – Art Rentals

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Art For Care

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Thank You!

Scott [email protected] - Use GDL in Subject

Twitter: @smp