I have more artwork than walls--a blessing and a curse. I discovered the work of photographer Mark Wallace when Leslie posted an Etsy link to his "Apartment Block" image on AT-SF last year. I fell in love with his work after visiting his website; and ended up buying more photographs from him than I had originally anticipated.
These 5 photographs are framed in such a way so as to mimic an expensive float-mount technique, using inexpensive IKEA box frames. Since I don't have sufficient wall-space for all of these photographs, I have them displayed on a low table/bench underneath a larger painting next to the front door of my apartment. The 8"x8" photographs were priced at $20-30 each. The box frames cost about $6 each. The float-mount cheat was something my framer was able to do for around $60 each.
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Lovely, but I don't have enough empty sufaces for that. I wish I could see the frames a little closer to see how that was done.
Love the arrangement.
What is a "float mount cheat"?
Float mounting (I think that's what it's called) is a technique used by framers to mount photographs--or other works on paper--on top of a backing mat board to make it appear that the work is "floating" a few centimeters above the mat. Generally, this requires using a number of *expensive* low-tack, non-acidic tape hinges (sometimes referred to as "Japanese hinges").
My framer cheated the "floating" look by taping the photographs directly onto a thick piece of mat board cut cut to a size smaller than the actual photos. Then that piece was mounted onto the backing mat. Low tack, non-acidic tape was used to minimize damage to the photographs. And the mat boards used were non-acidic, archival stock. (At least that's how it was explained to me.)
This method isn't the most ideal for archival/preservation purposes, but it sure looks cool... Hope that helps.