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Picture board for school staff

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I've been asked by a school to make a frame to display their 13 school governors, photos and names, such that these can be replaced as people come and go. I've got a rough idea how to do this but would be keen to hear from anyone who's actually made such a thing. Also, I'm wondering how to price this. Sounds like a lot of work, especially as I don't have a CMC.

Thanks all!
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Post by Jonny2morsos »

I did a couple of these for a school but they supplied their own Nielsen aluminium ready made frames which had backs that were easily removable.

Each one had to display 42 photos with another aperture underneath for the name plus one at the bottom for the school name. Total 85 openings per mount but was a doddle on the CMC. Biggest job was putting all the photos and name captions in.

Nielsen ready mades can be viewed here: http://www.nielsenonline.co.uk/pages/page/112-113.html

Staff frequently change so getting back into the frame easily will be an advantage.

Price it according to the work involved.
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Like J2M I've done a few of these, I tend to put the same colour mount card behind, so if the school/business has somebody leave, you have a blank window, IMHO I think it looks better with the same colour mount behind so it blends in.
As to the cost, well you charge what it take to do, you could always farm out the mount cutting to a forum member near by with a cmc
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Any suggestions on mounting the individual photos and titles?

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How big are the photos?
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