Friday Night Fusing Clinic
February 8th, 2008 - Wall Mounted Displays (WMD's)
At some point you might find that every window and mantle is full of stained glass in your home. The next undiscovered frontier is your walls. We'll get to your floors and ceiling next year. There are 3 different kinds of WMDs that we have here, and there are probably many more that you could find at artists or framing stores.
- #1. Wrought Iron Wall Brackets.
- Similar to the Mission or Gallery Display Stands, these are three dimensional triangular frames, made out of thinner gauge black metal rods. They have holes on a bar at the back that allows them to be mounted on the wall. At least one of the holes should be into a stud in your wall. If you can't put screw them into a stud, then you definitely have to install drywall anchors first. They are shown on our website, down near the bottom of the page.
- #2 Aanraku's Wall Mounted Devices (WMD's).
- These shiny chromed bolts are 1.25" in diameter and 1.25" deep. The slot is 0.5" wide, ideal for fused glass. You can get 0.5" extenders if you want to have more space in behind your glass for backlighting or layering. You just have to pop the cover plate off, screw it to the wall, again into a stud or a anchor, and then replace the cover plate. They are now $14.95 each. That seemed pricy to us, but we have been told by those in the know about other framing systems that they are in line with other styles on the market.
- #3 Hang Your Glass.
- An advanced system that comes as a large starter kit. It seems very expensive, but it allows you to install up to 10 pieces, which does make it cost equivalent to the Aanraku WMDs. Their website is: http://www.hangyourglass.com/index.htm
There are 2 different styles of posts, Round Stand Off and Locking Stand Off. The Round post allows you to rotate you piece on the post while in the wall mounted clip. The Locking post fixes your piece in place. Larger pieces of art will require multiple posts. The kit does come with everything you need to install your work, except for screws, anchors, drills, stud finders, that kind of stuff. The chemicals do have an expiry date on them, but do seem to work a few months afterwards anyways.
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