Shadow Box

[mountainplayer]

I'm getting ready to start on a shadow box of some of my detecting finds. It'll be ill be a mixed bag of items of all shapes/sizes.

I bought a pin cushion backed shadow box (it has a pad, and a backing made of that stiff cardboard/thin pressboard material, and am thinking of using black bead head pins and possibly black picture wire to mount the items.

I'm sure there are some veteran shadow box makers on this forum. What have you all done to mount your finds? Any tips or tricks you wish you would have known when you made your first?

 

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[Chilli]

I'm getting ready to start on a shadow box of some of my detecting finds. It'll be ill be a mixed bag of items of all shapes/sizes.

I bought a pin cushion backed shadow box (it has a pad, and a backing made of that stiff cardboard/thin pressboard material, and am thinking of using black bead head pins and possibly black picture wire to mount the items.

I'm sure there are some veteran shadow box makers on this forum. What have you all done to mount your finds? Any tips or tricks you wish you would have known when you made your first?

Its not exactly the same thing. And I actually gave it away as a prize elsewhere and its on someone's wall there in the USA.
It was a picture frame with wood backing that I sprayed black.
I mounted on it things found whilst gold detecting. There were old copper english coins, silver coins, some relic items and a gold nugget. I mounted them all with just a dab on the back of each with strong silicone. They just sat there beautifully on their own. I must admit it was a little historic masterpiece when finished and today would be worth about $700. If you want to mount anything on a standup board of any kind I think its the way to go. Wont damage an item.
But if you plan on taking the item off now n then well your going to want to use a different method.