The piece arrives ready to hang on four corner standoffs, one at each corner of the clear acrylic frame. They hold the panel a little off the wall, so the light goes straight through it and the relief throws a shadow behind. Choose a wall out of hours of strong sun, with a colour you like showing through.
What does it hang from?
Four corner standoffs. The piece is fitted with them in our studio and arrives ready to hang; it stands off the wall on its four corners rather than hanging from a hook, so there is no hook to add.
A standoff is a fitting at each corner of the panel that holds the acrylic a short distance off the wall. The square outline you see on the create page is the same square that goes on your wall, only standing proud of it on its four corners rather than hanging flat from a hook.
Why does it stand off the wall?
So the light goes straight through the clear acrylic and the glass relief throws its own small shadow on the wall behind it.
Flat against the wall, a clear panel reads as a sheet of plastic. A little off it, the wall colour shows through around the portrait, the edges catch the light, and the face moves as you walk past. That is the floating the hero photograph shows: a border collie standing off a warm limewash wall under a brass picture light. Held at its four corners rather than from a hook, the clear block reads from an angle as well as from the front, with the wall as its background.
Which wall suits it?
A plain wall whose colour you like, out of hours of strong direct sun. Because the acrylic is clear, the wall becomes the background of the portrait.
- Pick the wall before the size: the 30 × 30 cm belongs in a corridor, on a bookshelf or beside a staircase; the 50 × 50 cm takes charge of the wall over a settee or a dresser.
- A warm white, a limewash or a pale grey wall shows through the acrylic and sits behind the relief; a busy pattern competes with it.
- A picture light or a lamp to one side puts the shadow where you can see it.
- Avoid a wall that sits in hard sun for hours; a lit wall is fine, a baked one is not.
The sizing guide goes through the two sizes wall by wall.
Can it stand on a shelf instead?
Yes. Some buyers stand a piece on a chest of drawers or lean it on a sideboard, as the photographs on our home page show, and the 30 cm suits a shelf.
Standing, it leans on the wall behind it and the light still passes through the clear acrylic, with the wall showing through around the portrait as it does when it hangs. Lean it against a wall out of strong sun, and keep it where it will not be knocked. The care guide covers what to dust it with once it is up.
What if a corner fitting needs attention?
Write to us. A human reads it and replies, normally within the day, and we will tell you exactly what to do with the fittings on your piece.
Questions this leaves
Does it come with everything needed to hang it?
It arrives fitted with its four corner standoffs and ready to hang. If you want to know what goes into the wall for your size before it arrives, ask us when you order and a person answers properly, usually the same day.
How far off the wall does it sit?
A little: enough for the light to pass through the acrylic and the relief to throw a shadow behind it, as in the photographs on the shop. Ask us for the exact distance for your size and we will answer, usually within the day.
Can two pieces hang side by side?
Yes. One buyer ordered matching portraits of their dog, Bear, for themselves and their sister, and the studio wall photograph shows five in a row. Each is one of one, so a pair of 30 × 30 cm pieces at the same height reads as a set.
