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I generally dont do anything to fancy, framing wise

my customers dont generally want it

but







with the mount,I was trying to mimick the moulding a little

what you think[

Like the moulding, is it Arqadia 473 000 167? like the mount but not sure about the Jimi Hendrix hairdo on the poodle

its a simons moulding

ah jeez i cant remember the name though doh

love it - well done classy

Nice job Steve

Difficult to tell from the photo, but it looks to me as if it would have benefitted from a bit more weight at the bottom.

Steve,
I think the design looks great.

I wouldn't call it "fancy"! "Subtle, stylish and elegant" would be my description!

I like it - well done!

Very cool Stephen, stylish and classy, an image like this would be perfect for glazing with Artglass or similar

thanks guys

Jim, i did think about weight at the bottom but felt the symmetrical nature of the mount and moulding worked well together

ormond,my customers are used to my forthright explanations of things, i do straight talking with them and it seems to work

richard yes artglass would be good. i guess i gonna have to go for claryl as no one brings anything else of that level into ireland would you belive`!!!

stcstc wrote:\
ormond,my customers are used to my forthright explanations of things, i do straight talking with them and it seems to work

I'm not sure what you mean by that, but I was just saying that it's a great design and quite a step up from a single rectangular mat!

I reckon that if you were to have some examples of designs such as this one, displayed in your shop, you would sell more of them. That applies to me too!

sorry what i ment ormond was my customers kinda expect me to be very straight talking and not try to sugar coat things

ty for the comment though, i do respect people with much more knowledge than me with this kinda stuff

Steve,
I agree with you about straight talk! No sugar coating for me either when dealing with customers. Give 'em the facts, show 'em some designs, then let 'em decide, take their deposit and do the job.

I'm sure that when shown your design on that image and another one with a single white mat and the same frame, the majority of people would prefer your design.

After 26 years I still haven't made a set of framed examples of the same print. I think I may be procrastinating, but I haven't made my mind up about that yet.

Steve that looks very good. Only 2 small criticisms and they are only my opinion.

It could have done with a drop on the bottom. If I do a 4" top and sides then 5" at the bottom.

Secondly, the fancy stepped mounts corners are not doing it for me. The rest of the piece especially the moulding is very clean linear lines, it doesn't need those corners IMHO.

Is the slip grey or black if it is grey good choice sets it apart from the norm.

Great looking frame a good example of what you can do instead of the usual square black frame and double mount that most people demand for a photo. Well done.

thanks AG

its a daler Dark Grey

The corners, what i was attempting to do was kind of mimick the moulding steps. Client loved it, i kind of wasnt sure if it worked or not

the drop at the bottom, i looked at to start and because of the steps i thought it looked better symmetrical.

Yes with the steps you are probably right, however I still would have done away with the steps. Having said that you have obviously got one happy customer who will go away and tell their friends what a fab job you did, so in my book that is a spot on framing job.

Well done

Hi Steve

I first saw this yesterday and my first response was 'its against the law'. What law?? I wasn't sure I'd seen it ever written down but when I first started to learn mount cutting and decoration the rules of design were 'All decoration/mount layers should be in the 1/3 of the mount nearest the image'. But I had to keep going back and looking at it.

Conclusion – Nicely broken rules. I think this works beautifully. The frame that is not the mutt’s hairdo, that does worry me.

SarahO (Sarah from Gunnar but not with my Gunnar hat on)

ya the mutt is mad, but the client is a dog groomer so i guess she showing off with her own dog