20 — Friday, March 15, 1991 ~ North Shore News

The right lighting will enhance your art work

THEY’VE BEEN in the dark long
enough! It’s time to shine a litle
light on treasured works of art.

Jim Nye, certified framing
specialist for a network of special-
ty custom framing and art stores,
offers these tips to safely and cre-
atively use both natural sunlight
and artificial lighting to enhance
your artwork,

Natural lighting

Although art should not be

hung in direct sunlight, simple
measures can be taken to protect
your art from the sun’s ultraviolet
rays and enable you to use the
daytime hours to your artwork’s
advantage:

® When having artwork framed,
request specially manufactured
glass that will eliminate as much
as 97 per cent of the sun’s damag-
ing rays.

© Use a sheer curtain to diffuse
sunlight and protect the colors in
the art. A sheer fabric will protect

but sail allow the detail in a pic-
ture to be seen.

© Use daylight to enhance cer-
tain pictures in your home. The
sunlight’s incoming rays can be
manipulated. creating shadows
which emphasize a striking mod-
ern work.

For example, sunlight passing
through venetian blinds results in
a dramatic effect on abstract
works of art.

Artificial lighting

There is a wide variety of ar-
tificial lighting available today
ranging from the ordinary house-
hold ceiling lights to the tradi-
tional picture lights and special
directional spotlights. Listed
below are tips for using artificial
lighting:

* The optimum household ceil-
ing lighting for pictures is a 150
wait bulb and should be four to
five feet away from the art. This
lighting will cast a warm = and
pleasant general light, but is not

suitable for highlighting individual
artwork.

e The classic method of lighting
specific pictures is with the tradi-
tional picture light. Usually avail-
able in brass or metallic finishes,
it can be attached to the top or
bottom of the picture, or on the
wall just above the frame.

Make sure that bulbs are no
more than 35 watts and that the
fixture is wide enough to il-

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