The Framers Forum

A large canvas came in today (rolled up, all the way from Sri Lanka). It is 7ft x4 ft and needs stretching. The owner removed the frame when bought so he could get it home and I'm quite looking forward to the challenge. I'm plannig on constructing the frame using pine, possibly 70mm x 25mm with 1/4 ...

Hand stitch through the foam, shirt (at seams no as not to make visible holes) and board. Pre-drill the board to make it eaisier to push the needle through. I use small buttons on the foam and board to make sure the thread doesn't pull through. It's a bit fiddly at first but you soon get used to it.

Can you ship the jetmounter to lincolnshire?

I am starting to get more requests for the framing of photographs, until now window mounts and t-hinges have been fine, however I am thinking it may be time for the next investment in equipment so I am looking at photo mounting to give me more options and wider customer choice. I have to admit I am ...

A new A&T mouldings brochure dropped through the front door the other day. Always nice to see what new moulding may be on offer. On page 18 I noticed a new one; Cow.biscuit. I showed it to my wife who showed me a real biscuit, my daughter loves them! More to the point, the biscuit was printed to...

I've had a customer ask me about limited edition prints as a Christmas gift but I had nothing to show to her! What would be the best source of prints for both open and limited editions? I’m a garage framer so don't have a shop but do have some display space for some examples, so some example open ed...

They are quite expensive but how about some of those brass firescreen feet and some suitable size/depth moulding, cut and joined back to back, leaving a gap all round the inside where the rebates meet, like a squared off 'U'. The 'U' would be fitted into the firescreen feet as normal but the open to...

40% of uk exports are into the eurozone which is a weak market so exports are lower which means less profit for uk buisness and therefor lower tax revenue for the government so the pound is less attractive so it is devalued. or something like that.

Well done Mainline. You will probably have a new customer if yoou keep this up!

email on its way.

It’s a nice feature but what most suppliers could do with concentrating on is the ability to allow us search against the various attributes of a molding; say I want a wood, brushed gold, 25-30mm wide with a 12mm or deeper rebate and no scooped back. At the moment I have to browse through dozens of a...

Have you found a lorry load of Morsos somewhere? The price certanly seems low compred with a year ago.

Thanks for all the suggestions. I have two village craft fairs on the same weekend and a third in December. I like the idea of framed vintage postcards and have bought some on ebay already (2-3 quid each). So have lined up; framed vintage postcards, name letter mount examples, mounts in standard siz...

Fletcher push points?

A friend of mine who is an amateur artist has asked about giclee printing. Can anyone give me some pointers on how to go about the copying and printing of works on paper and canvas for a limited run of prints? Is scanning a sensible way ahead or is it possible to have it done online from photographs...

Does anyone have a Morso left hand extension they would be willing part with?

I think the garage picture framer with small attached gallery with the ability to DIY or funds to invest in online sales and the ability to leverage social networking will become a force to reckon with...at least I hope so...

Im after a little bit of advice re heat sealers and packaging. For those of you who post items to customers what method is best for protecting mounts for example and how is it best to go about sealing the packaging? I'd like to make sure the package is waterproof so some sort of plastic covering and...

Does anyone here have any experience of using either the Hoffman routers or Fletcher 4000 cornerlock? The Fletcher has been discontinued so I am considering the Hoffman as was wondering if you get the same joints? The Fletcher joints seemed to pull together reasonably well when the dovetail wedge is...

GeoSpectrum wrote:...joined to the box using flexi-points.

That should have read multi-points.

Well I completed the frame and the customer (an artist) was delighted. In the excitement I forgot to photograph it, but I'll get the chance again because it will be hanging in the Usher Gallery in Lincoln for the next three months. The final frame was 860 x 760 x 10cm deep box frame. I made up my ow...