What is your prefered hardware for securly hanging framed art? At the moment we are using the cheap T-lock security hangers but I find them to be flimsy and not well made. Is there anything beter out there. It may just need to be a bottom lock to go with z-clip.
I just posted this on the PACCIN forum and was encouraged to try here as well (of course!):
Hello out there. We have the aspirational goal of organizing the disparate mounts our museum has accumulated over the decades and I would love to hear how others do this. Do you have a centralized location for your mounts? Are they tagged as related accessories to the objects? Any information would be appreciated including a photo of your mount storage.
Thanks in advance!
Laura
Hello all,
I'm cross-posting this in here as well, but see below. Thank you for any and all recommendations.
My institution is looking for a company in the intermountain west (or west in general) that can manufacture acrylic case tops, as well as hopefully the actual plinth as well. We are specifically looking for companies with the ability to do clean, clear and bubble free corners.
Please contact me at:june.d.macdonald@utah.edu
Hi all,
I am reaching out to find solutions for a hanging mount for japanese scrolls. We have a dedicated wall case for ours now, which is lined with fabric, so we can no longer attach via screws and hooks like previous as we cannot puncture the fabric. I have a general idea on how to accomplish this, but was wondering if anyone had suggestions for something that could slide the top hanging hook up and down a bit of picture wire or something of the like? Thinking like a collet type thing, but I wasn't sure and wanted to see what others have done.
Thank you!
-June.
Hi Laura, We keep some mounts but not all.
Our Anthropology dept. vets this (not the MountShop). They will keep a mount if it is free standing or on a panel and if it will fit into Anthro collection space. They give the mounts a temporary tag that connects it to the objects in their part of the database. Sometimes objects are stored on such mounts and sometimes they are not. If seperated from the object they have a seperate shelf unit in storage dedicated to mounts. So at the end of a show we will offer mounts to any of the collection managers to see if they want the mount back with the object. Some of the various department want the mounts because the mount can also be used as a storage mount. Sometimes they want the mount because it may be an item they like to pull out a lot and put on display for tours. If that is the case it is the various departments that keep track of the mounts.
I have been grateful for the mounts our collection managers manage to keep. Those stashed mounts do get re-used in house or for loans.
I have tried keeping mounts in the shop but I am so limited with space that it either gets canabalized or tossed out.
Best of Luck
Pam