It can be hard to find beautiful artwork for your walls without completely breaking the bank. There’s either cheap and cheerful posters or limited edition prints signed by artists, but not much in the middle. Evermade.com is an online shop that collaborates with new and up-coming artists to create an ever expanding collection of carefully curated items. There’s something for everyone, whether you like super-detailed scenic photographs or intricate hand drawn maps, many from as little as £35.00 unframed.
I’ve long been promoting the display of art without frames (see my styling for Frost + Dutch here), and have the theory that if in doubt use washi tape! Sometimes you don’t know where to put the nail, sometimes you don’t know which frame to commit to, or sometimes it’s nice just to test out a print, see if you like it and can find the perfect place for it in your home. I have lots of postcards washi-taped to the wall in my home, I love to be able to switch them around every now and then and create a different look without going out and buying something new.
Frames can also be expensive, when you can get just as beautiful display with a little creativity and thinking outside the box. Here I’ve used a clothes hanger to display one of Evermade.com’s prints by photographer Simon Butterworth. The little clips hold the print up straight while the hook of the hanger can easily rest on a discrete nail. You could also use a vintage hangar, the ones which have the two pieces of wood that jam together, if you wanted a more rustic look.
This print here is by Simon Butterworth. Travelling around the world, from Glasgow to Hong Kong and Australia, Simon captures unseen and overlooked sites of intrigue. Whether it’s landscapes or towering cityscapes, he hones in on the detail so the locations become part of a larger pattern.
His Red Road series for example documents a rundown 1960’s social housing scheme in Glasgow before it was completely demolished. Propinquity (meaning proximity or physical closeness) captures the chaotic, densely packed housing of Hong Kong, while Blue Fields (one example shown here) features aerial photographs of the Useless Loop solar salt operation in Shark Bay, the westernmost point of mainland Australia. Shot from a light aircraft flying at between 4,000 and 5,000ft, the shallow pools take on an otherworldly shade of blue, while the tracks left by salt harvesting machines leave their mark.
Here’s some of my other top picks of affordable art from Evermade.com…
What do you think? How do you display your artwork?
Images and styling: cate st hill
This post was written in collaboration with Evermade.com. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
