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Using Foam Boards for Your Art

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When you think foam boards are for school presentation and projects, you are partially correct. However, foam boards can be more than that. You can print quality photos and incorporate it with some other materials for a better output. Creative ideas can turn out fun crafts and the limit is your imagination, in terms of what you can achieve using these materials. Buying foam boards in high volume can save you in cost. It can come is wholesale boxes but of course, the purchase will just be dependent to how much or how less of it will be needed.

There are a lot of things you can do with this specific crafts material. Here are some uses of foam boards for whatever sort of art you have in mind.

Frame

Foam boards cut into certain sizes can serve as the thick wall to hold as picture frame. This is ideal in photo collage or photo displays leaving no space for bulky image holders or stands. Highlighting important photos can be easy by having it glued at the center of the foam boards. Add up a few bling or designs and it will bring out the best of your pictures. When the purpose is to lead viewers to look at several photos, this form of backing will be handy.

Mount

In case you are presenting a poster type of advertisement, you can have it mounted in a foam board. Tweak a portion or two around it and your art will be as presentable and as creative as it can be. Keeping it is also easy as you can simply roll it out afterwards, store it somewhere safe, and post it again whenever there is a need to do so. This material is durable and flexible, so putting it up and down will not be a big issue.

Backdrop

Before any designs can be started, it would be best to have a backdrop set. This will hold up for as long as the whole presentation is made up and ready. A foam board will be great in terms of creating materials for specific audiences. You can use cloth, paints, and all sorts of coloring materials to maximize your creative spirit. Make your event interesting as you makeup your stage with an affordable yet durable material to hold the rest of your designs, all for the crowd to see.

Pop-up

Pop-up books and pamphlets require a material that is not flimsy it will tear once it pops open. This is when a foam board comes perfect as a material. Working on a project which will need a flexible material without breaking easily would make one look for a board that is thick enough to be form into shapes, while not heavy enough for it to need a stand. Children crafts and school arts usually require materials which would suit the purpose of completing it without spending much. Foam boards, in this case, is the answer.

Diorama

Architectural designs and images which needs to be portrayed and presented before a project is put into action needs material such as a foam board. Little buildings and panoramic designs are best presented in the form of dioramas to showcase and span how a project would look like once done. Experts spend on foam boards and other similar material to display whatever plans they have in mind. This is later on encased in similar materials or display mirrors for the intended audience to see, comment on, and point out changes into.

Signage

The easiest material to acquire for a signage or two projects would be foam boards. Keeping stock of it at the studio for immediate or even long-term projects would be essential. This is to ensure signs and advertising materials will be available at any time. Wall signs and announcements may stay wherever it is installed for a long time. It is normally pulled down only when a promo or an announcement is over, the products announce or advertised is sold out, or an event is over. Meaning, it is supposed to stand the test of time. A foam board will surely pass that test.

Hanger

Display presentations and quick information dissemination is best done with the use of a foam boards made into a creative slide printed and designed to let the crowd know of a few things that they need to do. School-based, it can be about an incoming event, an important announcement, or a club hiring for delegates. The fastest material anyone can get his or her hands on would be foam boards. This is normally available in most art shops. Projects and art models depending on the subject would usually need materials like this one in order to be completed. The idea is to have at least a roll of this around for immediate artwork scenarios.

 

Jeff Campbell