Hanging Artwork

soam24 · Sun Aug 03, 2014 3:13 pm

So i found this nice calculator to get everything at eye level.

http://www.xanadugallery.com/Height-Calculator/

Which is fine, but would you rather have all the top frame heights at the same height, or all the pieces at eye level?

The formula to have the middle of the piece at eye level is 60 (usually this is ideal) + 1/2 of the height of the frame - the top of the frame to the wire stretched to the max.

With that said, if i have multiple pieces on the same wall, it's kind of weird to not have the tops all aligned, right?

Codeblue · Sun Aug 03, 2014 3:42 pm

soam24 wrote:all the pieces at eye level

Duh.

soam24 wrote:With that said, if i have multiple pieces on the same wall, it's kind of weird to not have the tops all aligned, right?

Not really.

But it's all personal preference.

fnord · Sun Aug 03, 2014 3:44 pm

soam24 wrote: With that said, if i have multiple pieces on the same wall, it's kind of weird to not have the tops all aligned, right?

I try to line the middle of the frames up with my eye level (slightly higher than 60"). Aligning the tops of different sized frames would look weird imo

soam24 · Sun Aug 03, 2014 4:10 pm

that's why i asked, didn't know what personal preference is. It's been a rough week here so i'm not thinking straight, but what you guys said makes sense.

shredkeenan · Sun Aug 03, 2014 9:49 pm

I think it depends on the artwork. For my Horkey wall, where everything is 36" to 40" tall, I align the tops. If I'm hanging pieces of totally different scale next to each other, I usually align the top third of the piece at eye level (I'm tall).

ErocAfellar · Sun Aug 03, 2014 10:39 pm

i don't have enough wall space or i have too many things framed to worry about this. for me, its Tetris every time I get something new framed.

summoner · Sun Aug 03, 2014 10:40 pm

I have everything at 61" height, makes a real difference in how clean things look when you stand back and look at it all.

ToolFanFromWayBack · Sun Aug 03, 2014 11:34 pm

ErocAfellar wrote:i don't have enough wall space or i have too many things framed to worry about this. for me, its Tetris every time I get something new framed.

Me too. 90% of what I have on the wall would be stuffing my flat file even fuller if I maintained that hanging standard.