i am going to be selling photography in frames in a booth at an arts and crafts sale outdoors. we use a tent to cover us from the sun (or rain) but i dont know how i would display my photography since there are no walls in the canopy tent to hang up picture frames. does anyone have any ideas on how i can show my photography so people can acess it easily and see it? thanks!
Tie runners from the top frame of the canopy and stake into the ground. Tie knots spaced evenly down. Tie string on top of the knots(I’d use a slip knot) and use the string to connect the hanger on the back of the frame to the tied string. You could also use this to "string" the frames around the canopy top. Making tripods are easy too. 3 pieces of wood and one cross piece. Sometimes you can find plate holders that will work also.
Good luck to you -
Whenever I see photos at an arts and crafts fair they usually have a bunch of photos in boxes on tables that you flip through. Perhaps you could buy some plastic shelving that you can take apart and transport and you could display the pictures standing instead of hanging.
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You would have to build one possibly from wood or 1"pvc pipe similar to a portable closet. Adding "rungs" horizonally spaced out about 6"-8" for various sized frames. For them to hang you will have to purchase hooks and possibly use cotton crochet or yarns on the back of the frames for various types of frames. Making one of wood or pvc is less to deal with in setting up and breakdown. I made one for my candles years ago…from 2" wide oak. I basically built a square with 2 shelves centered between the top and bottom. I made 2 identical and use a piano hinge to hold the 2 inside corners together. When open they become solid because they sit on a table…I just add shelving thru the outside and thru to the other side allowing the shelves to extend about 12" beyond the shape. This becomes a portable shelving unit and easy to breakdown and lies flat for storage.
If this is confusing………then with paper and pen draw a square then add 2 lines (or more depending on the size of box) horizonally. Draw another exactly like it next to it. That is where the hinges hold it together. Cheap wood, some screws, wood glue and a handsaw, measuring tape is all you will need to put it together….Making it 6 ft tall gives you more exposure for showing off your work. Just use the "rungs" to hang the frames instead of shelves. 2 of these at the ends of a long table would make a nice display…..
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Be super careful if it is windy. I did a show in December and the wind blew over an expensive custom framed piece in our booth and we were heart broken. Plus it was embaressing!
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Set out a few for people to see and have several sets of photographs of all the rest for people to look through and have some sort of identification on the back so you can readily find the original for them to see. You probably wont have enough room to show them all but this would be the easiest way to take they all with you and also let people see them. Make a plaque or something stating that the photographs are of all the sale products and can be seen[I don't know how you want to word it.] Change the the ones you are showing every once in a while.
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Tie runners from the top frame of the canopy and stake into the ground. Tie knots spaced evenly down. Tie string on top of the knots(I’d use a slip knot) and use the string to connect the hanger on the back of the frame to the tied string. You could also use this to "string" the frames around the canopy top. Making tripods are easy too. 3 pieces of wood and one cross piece. Sometimes you can find plate holders that will work also.
Good luck to you -
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