What You Looking at Miles!?

Selecting art or an interest point for a large wall over a sofa can be expensive and discouraging. After sourcing for a recent guest bedroom / office project with 11ft ceilings, I was stumped on what to put over the sofa. I knew I did not want to just purchase art, and needed to add a personal touch, so I set out to creatively incorporate a graphic or image of the client’s iconic figure, Miles Davis.

I originally wanted a photo of Miles Davis printed on a 60x72 canvas, similar to the following image, but it got to be too pricey for the allotted budget.

The next idea was to have the imaged printed as a sign/poster, and have it framed to resemble this black and white pop art.

Unfortunately, the specialist at the print shop advised me the image would be not be good quality when blown up. So, back to the drawing board, again!

I entertained the thought of doing a collage of Miles Davis images in different sizes and make a frame “cloud" over the sofa.

This is a pretty common concept, so it did not satisfy the “wow” factor I was going for. I was strongly considering this option when a light went off….multiple frames to make up the one image…..DUH!

I quickly Googled the idea, and how to break up an image across several pages. I came across a life saver website, www.blockposters.com, that allows you to upload an image, and it does all the work for you!  I downloaded the file, had it printed on photo quality paper and framed each page. The rest is history!

Miles Davis certainly made an appearance in the space. Mission accomplished!