I recently bought a number of inexpensive
wood tripod display easels. We modified their design a little, including allowing each leg to stretch out wider, for more stability, and sanded and stained them a nice cherry. Last night was a beautiful, albeit a little windy for a small art venue downtown next to our marina, around a fountain. In setting up the easels I wrapped wire through the eyeholes of the frames and around the easels, so that the paintings would not blow off the easels. No sooner had I finished setting up when the easels with the two largest paintings blew sideways and back, fortunately falling onto a bed of coleus I had set them up in front of, so no damage was done. I then had to move everything to much less conspicuous, but more protected site, and take all the paintings off the easels and rest them on the easel legs on the ground.
How could one weight down easel legs so they could be used in a little wind? Perhaps drill a hole through the bottom of each leg, string wire through and wrap around a weight of some sort, ideally a non-intrusive flat disc that the legs could then stand upon. Short of pouring cement into a mold and painting the weight, I don't know what to use, however. I would guess others have run into this problem, is there a kluge for those of us who tried the cheap route with display easels?
Thanks,
Holly
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