***A Few More Posters UP on the Walls!!!!!***

pjtradeking wrote:

Not the greatest pics, but you get the idea. Just decided to start with a lower part of the wall and see where it got me...:)

**EDIT** 4 new pics in post 21. Thats it for the weekend...THANKS!!

Wow!! What a collection! I was never a big poster collector, got a few but your photos made me wish i'd given in to the addiction

I do want to get the NJPAC EV one framed and I'm afraid to take it somewhere for fear they'll mess it up!

pjtradeking wrote:

Looking forward to it! Are you doing them individually, or all in one big frame? I have seen it both ways and like them both!

All in one.....I feel its gonna be heavy.

pjtradeking wrote:

Apprx 22"X56" is what you are looking at. I would imagine so

i got it matted so its gonna be slightly bigger!

217 bucks

i strive to have a collection 1/1000th the glory of yours.

BeerBaron wrote:

The problem with many of the Canada 05 posters is that a lot of them don't look very good ... but it would be cool to put the ones you frame all together. London, Kitchener, Ottawa, Calgary & Saskatoon are all nice posters!

Just got the saskatoon, the Edmonton one is awesome, what do you mean.
....well at least Jeff "kinda" kinda liked it. I think its cool too

King....you rock man

pjtradeking wrote:

THANKS! So what do you think about grouping ALL the Canadian ones together? Too much?

personally, i wouldn't. all your other posters are not arranged in such a way so it seems odd to do it only for the canadian tour imo. with SO many poster, i would not try to have a 'system' and just go with your gut, what is aesthetically pleasing. if i may make one suggestion: do try to keep your frames aligned. looking at the pics it seems you are 'trying' to keep the top of frames aligned, but honestly, they aren't. things are better if they ARE lined up perfectly - worth the extra effort to make it so - OR when they look purposely misaligned. one last critique: the pics in the corner around the windows....i would've either lined them u[p perfectly with the window frame or made them clearly above or below that line. as it is right now, looks like you wanted em to line up but just didn't. for me, it would drive me nuts. so keep in mind architectural details and alignment. also, i think you could hang posters higher on the wall. one big positive, especially given how MANy posters you have, really GOOD job on the spacing between posters. no insult to others, but i have looked at many people's pics/displays, and sooo many place the art far too apart. it makes a more cohesive, and interesting display, having them closer together.




btw - my poster ledges are now completely full after this tour. my ed solo show will have to be solo, on shelving in the room. i need more space and more ledges! the basement needs to get finished someday...hahaha.

sgossard3 wrote:

pics?

i did post the pics on the framed poster thread but who knows what page....:o hahaha. i don't have any recent pics with the new posters from this tour; DC, MSG I & II, hartford and mansfield I. they are there, thus the ledges are full now, perhaps i'll snap a few pics soon. however, here they are before this tour:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/dreamncolor/pj%20posters/pjpostersclose2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/dreamncolor/pj%20posters/pjpostersclose1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/dreamncolor/pj%20posters/pjposterssideview.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/dreamncolor/pj%20posters/pjposters2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/dreamncolor/pj%20posters/pjposters1.jpg


so yes, after the addition of 5 new posters, all full...already. thus why my 'plan' was always to do such a display in our basement when we finally finish it but since that is probably far off in the future, did it in our guestroom - the only room with so much excess wall space. ed batman will go on the opposite wall, just leaning tho, not hung either. i had also thought i'd arrange the posters chronologically initially but given the wall and how i had to do the ledges, wasn't possible in any case....but i enjoy it more random as it is. besides, can all mix it up whenever i want, the real beauty of not hanging em.



pjtradeking....good luck with it all! what an enormous task!

sgossard3 wrote:

wow! those look great! im gonna have to steal your ledge idea... thats a great way to mix it up whenever you want... all your posters are about the same size though so i wonder how it would look with a more diverse sized collection... nice neutral color for the wall too... looks great

how much space do you have between each ledge and how did you figure that? can you get those shelves preassembled at a home depot or something? i wont have my own place for awhile so i guess theres no point in planning this all right now...

hahaha.
well, i'll answer your Qs here but if any further, perhaps PM b/c don't want to take away from king's poster thread.


that said, yes, MOST of the posters are similar size, but they DO vary considerably...the smallest being 19X19 (italy 2006) and the biggest, being a few of em, probably 20X26...and other varying widths.

the measurements are based as such:
went with the overall height of the wall and made a paper template.
measure the largest poster and divide by three for spacing
then realize the outlets will be in the way and remeasure, thus why the bottom 2 ledges have the same spacing top to bottom but the uppermost ledge is a wee bit shorter ledge to ceiling. also why i couldn't do the posters chronologically b/c the earliest posters would not fit up on the uppermost ledge.

i bought my ledges from pottery barn. i bought 9 4ft ledges, so basically my display is 12 wide and 8.5 ft tall. they were pricey but i love them and totally worth it to me. i ALWAYS had this idea in mind when i first started assembing my show poster collection. you certainly CAN make your own easily enough if you are handy from materials at home depot. my husband is very handy, i am good at designing, but he had zero interest in doing so, thus went the pre-made route.


and....having one cohesive display, easily changeable...is why i wanted the ledges, and also why i framed my posters identically. imo, when displayed together it would be far too visually jarring to have a big mix of frames/matts/styles, besides take up waaayyyy too much space. some day when i DO finally have even more space - that finished basement! - i'll probably have more ledges to spread em out and add to the collection. for now, if/when i get more posters due to attendibg more shows ...i'll have to rotate out posters for a time. c'est la vie.