The Framers Forum

I can't understand why nobody has bought this.
Maybe a lot of framers enjoy jumping up and down on their Morso pedals.
Fragile gesso mouldings - no problem,
Hopelessly wide mouldings - no problem
Angry hard oak mouldings - no problem.
Worth it for the dust collector alone.

I agree with what Prospero said, and see if you can scan and replace the photo.

But you are still left with the original which is still attached to the glass.

From the little I know, the surface of most earlier photographic prints was a coating of silver based compounds held in a gelatin type ...

Thank you, theframer,
'appreciating your encouragement.

Hi Tim.

I used Cherry as the facing timber and then tulip wood for the main body.

Thank you Jo.
Very much appreciated.

Two more of these frames coming out from the chaos of my workshop.


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They would have made a great photo if the gallery had sent me the two early Flemish paintings to go in them but they didn't feel confident enough to pop them in the post to West Wales.
So instead a ...

I think maybe you should visit some galleries such as the National Portrait gallery - even on line - Google searches like “watercolour exhibition” or “etching exhibition” will be interesting too.

That is very good advice.
It's all a process of education and the only reliable way to learn is to ...

Once again, absolutely no criticism of your skills and handiwork in making these frames.
I can only give my personal opinion on what I see.

The Grayson Perry picture -

The moulding is horrible, echos of a bad village art-fayre, and the mount colour is just trying to make friends with the moulding ...

Generally speaking, if there is a a gap showing anywhere across the closed mitre, then that is a fault in cutting the moulding.
As advised, check the Morso fences and make sure to hold the moulding firmly down when cutting.

There is one variable that can interfere with getting a truly flush mitre ...

Intersting discussion ..

I can understand the usual presentation of paper art - frame, glass, mount board, art.
It all looks okay.
But then I looked at the photo Justintime posted, where he created a sort of cabinet effect by adding spacers underneath the glass.

I liked it a lot - and not just ...

Cor! That looks good.
I bet your customer was pleased.

This company has a wide selection of saw blades.

https://solenttools.co.uk/product/stehle-aluminium-plastic-cutting-blade-350mm-dia-32mm-bore-108-teeth-for-mitre-chop-saws/

All you need to know is the outside dia., the bore dia., and the number of teeth.

As regards sharpening, there is always a ...

Oh dear - what are you using to cut the glass?

If you havn't already, buy a professional glass cutter such as a Toyo.
Then practice for half an hour or so on some clean float off-cuts.
Dip the cutter in some White Spirit between cuts. This keeps the cutter lubricated and the spirit cleans and ...

OK, maybe not ..

Further work on a fine Victorian neo-classical frame chosen to fit a Scottish ruralist artist from the late 1800's.

The story here is that the customer has a painting by William Darling McKay which came in an awful 1970's repro frame and he'd been looking for ages for a suitable ...

I think you might have got something interesting there.
There's quite a bit of scope for you to create a range of finishes unique to your workshops.

A few pointers -
Have a look at this guy's instagram. There's a lot on there and you have to scroll back to around 2022 and earlier.
https://www ...

That looks really good, Justin.

I too was wondering which wood you've used.
Have you tried it on other timbers?

I also noticed that most of the charring is on the outer edge. Can you control the burn like that?

Justin is more the man to give good advice on mount design but I can only say what first strikes me as an observer.

The photo is too boxed-in by the heavy mount.
Forget the shadow effect and just use a thinner mount first and then follow with a thick mount but set back further so that the image ...

I think the term now used is a 'cold roll laminator'.
This is where the roll of adhesive film is mounted above the rollers and is fed into the machine as the rollers are turned.
Something like this one -
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/276594418253?_skw=cold+roll+laminator&itmmeta ...

Many years ago when I had a retail shop, we used a hand roll cold laminator to stick posters down on to pulp board, and then close framed them for resale.
We sold lots.

Ebay has some cheap affordable cold laminators and Lion sell the pulp board.

OK, first of all Morocco.
Absolutely no criticism of your framing work. Everything looks skillfully made and correct,
but -
I see too much framing. My eye is wandering around the outside of the mount and not drawn to examine the artwork.
It all looks like something you'd see hanging in a hospital ...