10/01/2018 - EXHIBITION FITTINGS AND HANGING - WORKSHOP

I booked out a session in the workshop to prepare French Cleat fittings on the heavier artworks on board, because I knew that these would be the trickier parts of the exhibition to hang securely, and wanted to know we could rely on the pre-prepared fittings to hold out on the day. I had never used these fittings on my own work before either, and thought it could be good experience.


The whole process was actually pretty simple. A single 45 degree angle was cut along a width of MDF, seperating it into two parts. At equal instances countersunk screw holes were drilled on the side which was intended for the wall, and on the other piece a nail gun and some wood glue was used to secure it along the back of the artwork. To ensure the piece attached to the artwork was perfectly even and level, a marking guage was used to ensure perfection.

Doing this for all 4 of the heaviest artworks of my exhibition probably only took about an hour in total, yet really reassured me that we would be able to hang them easily the next day. I think was a smart preparatory step.