U
user123
I have an artistic mosaic job to do, as a free hanging feature, fixed onto a plastered wall (in a barn conversion) with possibly sandstone behind.
The feature will be a combination of mosaic over a 3d inlaid casting plaster background. I would like to use plasterboard as substrate for economy, (though I have an open mind about it), but need to figure out fixings beforehand, won't be able to drill through the design afterwards and would like the fixing to be invisible anyhow. The artwork will will be 100cm square, and unframed, so will weigh a fair bit, over an interior restaurant entrance, dry conditions.
The only idea I have come up with so far is to make a wooden frame to be screwed behind the plasterboard before I even start, with strong metal hangers fixed to the wooden frame, so the restaurant owners can figure wall fixings out for themselves, (and be responsible for the safe fixing of it) but are there any better ideas?
Thanks for your time.
The feature will be a combination of mosaic over a 3d inlaid casting plaster background. I would like to use plasterboard as substrate for economy, (though I have an open mind about it), but need to figure out fixings beforehand, won't be able to drill through the design afterwards and would like the fixing to be invisible anyhow. The artwork will will be 100cm square, and unframed, so will weigh a fair bit, over an interior restaurant entrance, dry conditions.
The only idea I have come up with so far is to make a wooden frame to be screwed behind the plasterboard before I even start, with strong metal hangers fixed to the wooden frame, so the restaurant owners can figure wall fixings out for themselves, (and be responsible for the safe fixing of it) but are there any better ideas?
Thanks for your time.
Last edited by a moderator: