Art Show

Todd Mack

Todd Mack

Kass Copeland

Todd Mack

Kass Copeland

Todd Mack

Check out some amazing work by Kass Copeland and Foursided's own Todd Mack at our Andersonville gallery. The show will be up until the end of October for your viewing pleasure!

New In The Gallery: Festival Preview

Rulers, bugs, bingo, and more!

Check out the great new gallery pieces debuting at the Lakeview East Festival of the Arts this weekend. We can't promise they will make it back to grace our walls at the Andersonville gallery, so gawk at them on the blog, then snatch them up on Saturday and Sunday along Broadway.
The early bird gets the worm, or in this case the art.

Lakeview East Festival Of The Arts

Mark your calendars for a week from today and come see us at the Lakeview East Festival Of The Arts!

While you make your way along Broadway check out artwork by Todd Mack and photography by Sarah Bierman, two of Foursided's finest! Afterward, pop into Foursided to talk to us about framing all the amazing art you just scored. Hope to see you there!

As Simple As Black & White

Hey did you see Todd's great animal and insect silhouettes featured in the March/April issue of Chicago Home + Garden Magazine? This Style of art may have originated in the 18th century, but these fun pieces make it as modern as ever!

Clockwise from top left: Ouija Card by Oddball Press, $5; Cat Card by Egg Press, $5.50; Assorted Rings by Lusterbunny, $15-30; Animals Card by Enormous Champion, $5.50; Obama Silhouette hand-cut by our very own Kelly Reynolds, $18.

MAKING A CONVERSATION PIECE OUT OF ALL THAT STUFF YOU COLLECT, BUT HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO DO WITH.

People, that's you, are always telling us they have this box of stuff under their bed or at the back of their closet, full of things they love, but have no idea what to do with them.
We say frame it in a shadow box why don'tcha?

To be used as an example, we have a collection of early 20th century marquee letters that when put together,

make the entire alphabet.

After we layout our letters and design what we'd like the final piece to look like, we just order a frame. Luckily we have a frame shop, so we can do that. It's like magic.
We then do final measurements for our frame installation.

We then simply, line the walls
with the same color as the background, which
holds the glass to the front to create the "box" look.

Now, we will raise the letters at different levels to create an unexpected texture to the piece. We'll raise and lower objects in most shadow boxes 'cuz it just looks cooler.

After our glue has dried and we're recovering from the arduous task of individually mounting 26 letters to its backing, we have some coffee.

Time for the final "fitting" process of fastening it in and putting a paper seal on its back to make the back look pretty. You're never going to see the back again so, it's important
that it looks good to the wall, who will be
looking at it, up close, for the rest of its life.

Time to hang it up, pat ourselves on the back, and compliment each other on how creative we are!

Todd Mack-Proprietor/FOURSIDED & TWOSIDED 3.5.09