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By: dcpatton

dcpatton — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:13:37 +0000

Rich,

I’d love to hear more about that framing (especially canvas).

Thanks.
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By: Rich C

Rich C — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:27:58 +0000

Jason, another good post! Since I’m in the reproduction business and gallery business as well, framing is something I think about all week, every week.

I’m with you. The “classic” look works for me. My clients on the other hand get all sorts of ideas. I’ve seen medium sized framing jobs come in for several hundred dollars, and that’s just the cost of the materials!

Personally I’ve found that canvas works out more economically for my own prints. A 24×36″ canvas piece costs me less to produce than a 20×30″ framed piece! So my customers get more square footage of art on canvas for less money than the framed piece. And I’m working “at cost” on my own pieces. Strange but true!

If you’d like I can dash off a longer list on framing, archiving, etc. Drop a note if you think it would be of value to your readers.
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By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:03:21 +0000

I’ve been using IKEA frames at about $13 each – the only downside is the they are metric so that a 16×20 frame is really only about 15 7/8 x 19 3/4. But, I bought a mat cutter at Michaels and I buy whole sheets of mat board for about $20 Canadian which are good for 4 16×20s.

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By: Pete

Pete — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:01:56 +0000

Another method I’ve just recently begun using for presenting some of my work is to mount it on three-quarter inch MDF board. It looks similar to canvas for a lot less money.
I cut the MDF board about an eighth to a quarter inch larger than the photo dimensions to leave a little border, hit the front perimeter and the sides with several coats of black spray paint and glue the photo on top after it dries. I will say that it takes a bunch of paint to get a good coat on the sides; since they’re the open grain, they suck up paint pretty greedily, and I’m still trying to find something else as an undercoat to prevent that. Once the glue for the print dries, I brush on a layer of acrylic finish (I use matte) and go over it once with a pretty fuzzy paint roller, which gives it a nice surface texture.

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