Hi all,
I have been asked to frame a batik, already on stretcher bars, into a 7cm deep moulding and then use lighting to backlight it.
Not done any framing with lights before so am hoping someone can point me in right direction of what type of lights are needed (customer would prefer battery powered lights with on/off remote) how many to use (its 74 x 52 cms), if a reflective surface is need and if so what that would be etc etc
Thank you all in advance.
Sarah
Backlighting a batik - how?
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Re: Backlighting a batik - how?
You can buy strips of flexible LED lights on ebay (and others), and a battery casing to go with it. I've only done it once, but it was very straight forward to do.
This isn't the actual one I used, but similar. You'll need a battery pack too. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/293947864282 ... SwdrdZdm53
This isn't the actual one I used, but similar. You'll need a battery pack too. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/293947864282 ... SwdrdZdm53
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Re: Backlighting a batik - how?
Jim's suggestion should work well.
Just as another suggestion though. We recently did a stained glass panel in a frame that was fitted over an LED panel on the wall to illuminate it. We worked on the basis that an overall light source, rather than strips of LED lights would give a more even "glow" with stained glass as you'd see the strips of lights too easily.
In our case the customer sourced the LED light panel himself and it was mains rather than battery operated. We just had to make sure we could feed the wires through the frame so that the panel was hidden within the recess we built behind the stained glass. He had an electrician come in and wire it all up and fit the panel to the wall for him. Then our frame fitted over it.
I've found similar ones here --> https://www.slimlineled.com/led-panel
Just as another suggestion though. We recently did a stained glass panel in a frame that was fitted over an LED panel on the wall to illuminate it. We worked on the basis that an overall light source, rather than strips of LED lights would give a more even "glow" with stained glass as you'd see the strips of lights too easily.
In our case the customer sourced the LED light panel himself and it was mains rather than battery operated. We just had to make sure we could feed the wires through the frame so that the panel was hidden within the recess we built behind the stained glass. He had an electrician come in and wire it all up and fit the panel to the wall for him. Then our frame fitted over it.
I've found similar ones here --> https://www.slimlineled.com/led-panel
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