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Thanks for comments everyone I've attached some images this time. The piece includes a rather charming handmade 'mount' also made of thin paper, which appears to have been included for visual effect only. The client is keen to keep this as it is has historic appeal. For this reason I'm not inclined ...

Hi All Posted this a few hours ago onto the end of a thread - however that requires some scrolling to see the latest! Reposted here as a new topic for easier reading. I've had a good read through the posts but still have a question regarding a double sided frame. Currently my client's 16th Century l...

Hi All I've had a good read through the posts but still have a question regarding a double sided frame. Currently my client's 16th Century leaf from a book is simply sandwiched between 2 pieces of glass. Going forward, I will be upgrading the glass to AR99%. Should the delicate paper go into archiva...

Thank you Alan for the offer to share your knowledge - I'll give you a call tomorrow

Ok now I’m comprehending - make the entire 2.7 x 1.2 (3 of) into cradled panels. No stretching in sight. Just roll out the canvas over ply, gluing as you go. Maybe screw through to a sub frame with cross braces first, fill the screw heads so the substrate is smooth. Quite heavy, but hang with a Fren...

Thanks for the ideas everyone. The scrawny margins mean I’ve got sod all depth within which to sort out all the things that change it from a 2D sheet to a 3D object. For hanging: I was considering either a French cleat system (sub frame mouldings come in 16,17mm depths) and some SpringLOCK fastening...

Thanks for the suggestion for Harris-Moore, I’ve never used them as a supplier and made to size sounds like the best way to go. Surely if the wood is wide enough, then the shallow depth won’t be a problem for overall strength and rigidity. The client wants to ‘float’ iPads ‘on’ the canvas. I was thi...

Hi all, I've been asked to quote for a series canvases, 2.7m x 1.2m each. I'd be feeling confident except for the scrawny 50mm margin left around the perimeter by the numpty graphic designer, basically wondering if I should let someone else suffer the job. Any opinions please? I've been looking at s...

This a photo of a job I did about 20 years ago for a local artist. If memory serves me, the rails were 1x4's That's quite a stretcher! I think what I'm seeing in the photograph is: 3 individual stretchers each with keyed corners, joined to make one mighty canvas. Then a reverse lip on the back of t...

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Hi Felicity, I was just wondering what the whole arrangement looked like from the side. Are the front and back mouldings flash at the sides, or is the front moulding proud of the back moulding at the sides. I think that having the back of the tray made of oak, and having the oak on display (so to s...

Justintime wrote: ↑Wed 24 Jun, 2020 4:19 pm Sorry Mark, thought it was yours.
@Felicity, how is the canvas secured?

The canvas stretcher is secured the old-school way, by hammering nails through the sides. In the photo below you can just see one little nail sticking up in the air

Long story short, I wanted to create a tray frame from a standard rebated moulding. I'm thinking to call it the triple - banger method:

I'm very encouraged by this thread. Prosperro, myself and too many others to mention have long been encouraging others too develop the creativity and willingness for forum members to develop and share their own ideas and ways of solving problems and this particular thread shows that so many forum m...