Giant Skull Painting
2014-07-24 18:07 - General
![Simple wooden frame.](http://static.arantius.com/images/2014-07-24 12.28.36-th.jpg)
![Beginning to stretch the canvas.](http://static.arantius.com/images/2014-07-24 12.36.26-th.jpg)
![Canvas now on the frame.](http://static.arantius.com/images/2014-07-24 13.48.29-th.jpg)
![Whoops, frame finished for real, with corner reinforcements.](http://static.arantius.com/images/2014-07-24 14.09.02-th.jpg)
![Hung on the wall.](http://static.arantius.com/images/2014-07-24 15.02.52-th.jpg)
A little while back, a guy at work shared a project he was working on: to make and give away a ton of huge paintings. He picked up a cheap laser projector, originally designed for DJs/parties, and figured out how to make it shoot a pattern for an image of his choice. This was bright enough to see, without distorting colors, like a simple projector might be. Then he started making tons of paintings and giving them away! This is one of them. I decided to get enough lumber to make a frame to stretch the canvas onto, and now it's hung on my wall. I had to rearrange things to get it to fit, it's almost six feet square!
It barely worked. The tension of the canvas wants to twist the frame. I added the reinforcements on the corners from the scraps left after cutting the sides to length. That helped, but only a little. Luckily it's just heavy enough to hold itself flat against the wall by its own weight. Perhaps the tension might even out a bit over time as it remains in place.