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I know there are a few arty types on here, so worth an ask...

I have a big blank wall in my living room, it could do with repainting as theres a section right in the middle about 2m long by 1m high where the previous owners had several small pictures hung.

This is above a radiator where they must have had candles burning as there are several rectangular soot marks!

I could just re-paint the whole wall, but being an inherently lazy git, and not being a fan of big blank walls I thought I could just put up a big print/mural/multi part canvas print type thing but I'm struggling to find anything 'off the shelf' that would be big enough, probably needs to cover 3m x 2m or thereabouts.

Any ideas?


 
Posted : 08/08/2023 6:39 pm
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Map!


 
Posted : 08/08/2023 6:44 pm
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If the surrounding wall is OK and it's just the bit in the middle that needs covering up... I had the first level of Prince of Persia (made up of all the individual screens stitched together) as a giant mural printed onto a self-adhesive wall-art material on the wall of my old flat, was about 6' x 2' I think but obviously you could go bigger 😃 (I thought) it looked brilliant 😂


 
Posted : 08/08/2023 6:50 pm
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I had the first level of Prince of Persia (made up of all the individual screens stitched together) as a giant mural printed onto a self-adhesive wall-art material on the wall of my old flat, was about 6′ x 2′ I think but obviously you could go bigger

Something like that could work, I was thinking something more organic/natural or semi abstract looking to brighten the room up, but realy it's the media thats the problem rather than the picture, Don't want a huge 'poster', or picture print wallpaper, for example.

Where did you get it from?


 
Posted : 08/08/2023 6:59 pm
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You need a Binners.  This is mine

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Posted : 08/08/2023 7:06 pm
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You need a Binners. This is mine

Yeah something like that, but twice the size, is such a thing possible?

Or a multi canvas thing like this,  but more/bigger - ingnore the actual picture 😉

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wallfillers-Mustard-Yellow-Abstract-Painting/dp/B075MDV7F8/ref=sr_1_34?crid=2N9K0ZEG9ISPX&keywords=multi+canvas+print&qid=1691514793&sprefix=multi+canvas+print%2Caps%2C89&sr=8-34


 
Posted : 08/08/2023 7:07 pm
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Calvin and Hobbes?


 
Posted : 08/08/2023 7:11 pm
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Thats 1.5m x 1m .  Binners will do any size

Maps are also good. I have Scotland on one wall.  Europe onanother and the world on another.  This is at my parents house but similar

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Posted : 08/08/2023 7:21 pm
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Take a few pictures of your favorite view on the bike and turn it into a big panorama picture to look at on a rainy winter's day


 
Posted : 08/08/2023 7:21 pm
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I have Scotland on one wall.  Europe on another and the world on another.

I can see a theme there. I can  foresee a future where we’ll have to address you as ‘Emperor’ …… if we don’t want to be exiled to whatever dark and dismal place you don’t have a map of.


 
Posted : 08/08/2023 7:43 pm
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Some of these look ok:

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/AdaHandmadeShops?ref=l2-about-shopname&section_id=42406165

£150 for the XL 5 piece sounds good but..

from china

Returns & exchanges Not accepted

Hmm... what if the colours are dull or a blurry image..


 
Posted : 08/08/2023 7:47 pm
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that would be big enough, probably needs to cover 3m x 2m or thereabouts.

measure your door and the route to the room. Otherwise you’ll maybe have bought yourself a very big garden ornament 🙂

I used to transport contemporary art for a living and it happened more than once that when I turned up to collect an artwork it became apparent that it didn’t fit out through the door of the artist’s studio 🙂


 
Posted : 08/08/2023 7:48 pm
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when I turned up to collect an artwork it became apparent that it didn’t fit out through the door of the artist’s studio

Good point...

Just measured up it needs to be about 1.4m tall, 2.6m wide.

A single piece would fit into my house to where it needs to go, but for transport/damage practicality a multi piece thing might be easier, and I'm not opposed to that either as it can look as good/better with the right print.


 
Posted : 08/08/2023 8:00 pm
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Take a few pictures of your favorite view on the bike and turn it into a big panorama picture to look at on a rainy winter’s day

...and then send it to Binners who will turn it into something quite incredible. I spend as much time looking at mine as I do looking at the telly.


 
Posted : 08/08/2023 8:08 pm
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Map FTW.

Calvin and Hobbes?

Superb. I want. I need.


 
Posted : 08/08/2023 8:11 pm
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Thanks all, good info...

I guess at this moment, the subject of the picture is of secondary importance assuming it can basically be anything, I guess I'm just trying to suss out the construction/material of the thing first (and who can do something so big)... for weight and ease of hanging... That's whay I was thinking a multi piece thing with gaps between might be more practical and possibly look better than one great big thing.

I guess I'd want it to be a frameless canvass type thing attached to a wooden frame behind, so it stands out from the wall a bit, but the backing doesn't need to be wood.

Like this kinda thing (ignore the subject, although it looks pretty cool, my living room is kinda gray and wood so it  would probably be a bit opressive!)

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1265202833/mass-effect-the-citadel-gaming-video?click_key=0b38d44badc450529f01ad8c81726e20bd50a14b%3A1265202833&click_sum=981d76cf&ref=shop_home_active_185&frs=1&sts=1&variation0=2736279517&variation1=2736279511


 
Posted : 08/08/2023 8:25 pm
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My "Binners " is printed on an alloy sbeet and stands off from thw wall maybe 15mm

Only problem is the man himself turned up with it and made me drink beer


 
Posted : 08/08/2023 8:44 pm
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My “Binners ” is printed on an alloy sbeet and stands off from thw wall maybe 15mm

That sounds ok... @binners, could you give me some idea of sizes/prices?


 
Posted : 08/08/2023 8:51 pm
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Buy a mounted canvas and spray it  several times with the closest you can get to International Klein Blue. Read up on his concept and there you have it, a nice piece of sky/deep sea in the room and a conversation piece (if required).


 
Posted : 08/08/2023 8:52 pm
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What BillMC suggested works pretty well.... you can always have a go at something else, but it might not work?

What do you like artwise?  Have you tried looking for sale locally ? There's likely someone selling something that'll work


 
Posted : 08/08/2023 8:59 pm
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We got a pair of big woodcut prints recently from a Manchester artist, both about 1m2. Considering swapping the glass for less reflection now we have them home since they hang opposite a big bay window.


 
Posted : 08/08/2023 9:04 pm
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Something like that could work, I was thinking something more organic/natural or semi abstract looking to brighten the room up, but realy it’s the media thats the problem rather than the picture, Don’t want a huge ‘poster’, or picture print wallpaper, for example.

Where did you get it from?

I printed it myself 😀. Landor Phototex is the material, there are others which are similar but that’s the original/genuine/best. A doddle to install (unlike vinyl), still looked brand new after being up for 10 years & removed cleanly which was a bonus when selling the flat lol. Never actually bought any though as it’s not a market I really get involved in, that was a free sample I picked up at a trade show!


 
Posted : 08/08/2023 9:12 pm
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Something understated classic simple, clean lines and simple colours.


 
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That's my effort at the beginning of my little dabbling with carving during the lockdown. Canvas was abolut 15-20 quid iirc.


 
Posted : 08/08/2023 9:19 pm
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Calvin and Hobbes?

Like these I painted in my kids rooms?


 
Posted : 08/08/2023 9:23 pm
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Something understated classic simple, clean lines and simple colours.

You jest, but a huge print of that (as is) I think would actually work in my front room from a colour/composition point of view... the subject matter might be a little bit iffy though!


 
Posted : 08/08/2023 9:24 pm
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Get some cheap canvases, a paint pot with a hole in the bottom and some string and give pendulum painting a try. It's an easy and mega cheap way of doing abstract paintings.

Here's one that's approx 1500x600mm in our living room I did a few years ago.

Here's a screenshot from youtube showing you can go any size.


 
Posted : 08/08/2023 9:38 pm
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+1 for a map. 2x1m approx:

Future Mapping Company


 
Posted : 08/08/2023 9:43 pm
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Map +1

5 piece canvas thing from China -1


 
Posted : 08/08/2023 9:51 pm
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Spraycans....do old skool graffitti


 
Posted : 08/08/2023 10:19 pm
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I'm looking to do a bigger one 🙂

https://mintmtbuk.wordpress.com/2021/10/05/spooky-wood-large-2ft-x-3ft/

spooky wood


 
Posted : 08/08/2023 11:44 pm
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PS:
It's done with Indian Ink and Cola Nib pens.


 
Posted : 08/08/2023 11:45 pm
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Or a giant Clint...

Clint


 
Posted : 08/08/2023 11:55 pm
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I can see a theme there. I can foresee a future where we’ll have to address you as ‘Emperor’ …… if we don’t want to be exiled to whatever dark and dismal place you don’t have a map of.

I have all of the earth on maps onmy walls and have Mars and Jupiter on order.

So you can have Mercury,Venus, Luna, Saturn, Neptune or Pluto plus various moons tho I have my eye on Ganymede  next.


 
Posted : 08/08/2023 11:58 pm
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Paint it first, you dirty lazy git. Then get something nice as suggested above. Respect the art 🙄


 
Posted : 09/08/2023 12:04 am
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We have a similar sized wall. Bought a metal abstract  map of the world and then surrounded it by pictures of places we have visited which we can update as we go along.


 
Posted : 09/08/2023 1:08 am
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Graphic wallpaper.
Do the whole wall innit.


 
Posted : 09/08/2023 7:48 am
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Seeing as you don’t really know what you want art wise and the cost/faffage involved I vote just sort the wall out properly and wait until you see some art work on your travels that strikes a chord. Crikey a bit of filler, tin of paint and roller/brushes and it’ll be sorted.

I just don’t get it, to avoid easily sorting something you’re spending more money and time just hiding the problem rather than dealing with it. Do you perhaps work in politics/for the government?


 
Posted : 09/08/2023 8:35 am
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Another vote for Binners.

His full wall art print at Biketreks in Ings is brilliant.


 
Posted : 09/08/2023 8:44 am
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Come on, surely


 
Posted : 09/08/2023 10:49 am
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Calvin and Hobbes?

I'm pretty certain that Bill Watterson refused any merchandising rights for Calvin and Hobbes, so if you care about copyright and stuff (which the artists amongst us I would imagine very much do) that is officially dodgy.


 
Posted : 09/08/2023 10:53 am
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At this rate I'm gonna go for a huge 'live, laugh, love' sticker.

I'm digging the Clint Eastwood pic though.


 
Posted : 09/08/2023 3:25 pm
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 that is officially dodgy.

In a person's house? on a child's bedroom wall? How do they officiate theses things? (if people don't post them on the web that is)


 
Posted : 09/08/2023 3:44 pm
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How do they officiate theses things?

With copyright law.

It's illegal to sell images that you don't own, or have the rights to reproduce.

I'm sure Binners would be a bit peeved if I downloaded some of the pics of his work from his site, printed them out and flogged them.


 
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@mattyfez
If you want my artwork I could send you a copy, large variant to size you need.

You will need to find printer in your patch of the woods though.

🙂

Might think about doing some more western posters.

RT


 
Posted : 09/08/2023 4:52 pm
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