Description
A canvas wall art, 100cm tall, in monochrome. At 100cm wide it is wider than a standard interior door. A piece like this sets the register of a room. Everything else can be quiet if one wall is not.
Pine is a softwood, so it marks more readily than oak or beech — and takes a paint or a wash far better, because the grain drinks it in. Marks in pine read as age rather than damage. Expanded polystyrene is used where a form needs to be large and weigh almost nothing. It gives the shape without the mass, which is what allows an oversized piece to hang or stand on a light fixing. Canvas is a plain, tightly woven cloth stiff enough to hold a shape without a frame. That structure is why a canvas basket stands up rather than slumping. The strength is in the section, not the bulk: steel holds its shape at a thickness that would flex in almost anything else. It is heavier than aluminium, which is a virtue indoors and a consideration if the piece has to be moved often.
It hangs on a circle hook. A circle plate drops over a screw head or a hook and sits flat to the wall. At this weight a plug and screw is enough, and there is nothing protruding to hold the piece away from the plaster.
Check the fixing before the frame: weight decides whether a picture hook will do or the wall needs a plug, and plasterboard needs an anchor whatever the weight.
Specification
| Width |
100cm |
| Depth |
4cm |
| Height |
100cm |
| Weight |
2.70KG |
| Material |
Polystyrene frame 30%, Pine wood 35%, Canvas 30%, Steel 5% |
| Colour |
Monochrome |
| Hook Type |
Circle Hook |
| Country of Origin |
China |
Frequently Asked
How does it hang?
On a circle hook, using an ordinary wall fixing suited to your wall. There is no rail or specialist bracket to source.
How heavy is it?
2.7kg.
What size is it?
100cm wide by 100cm high and 4cm deep. The full dimensions are in the specification table.
What is it made of?
Pine, canvas and polystyrene. The full composition is in the specification table.
Is it suitable for a bathroom?
No. It is not specified for a humid room, and a damp environment will show at the edges of the finish in time.
Will it look exactly like the photographs?
Close, but not identical. Pine varies from piece to piece, so grain, tone and marking differ.