This custom picture frame was brought in to us by a customer who said that it was for her "blue room" but that it just didn't "
fit" that it was too loud. Most people will look at the picture and easily see why it wouldn't work not just in a blue room, or most anywhere. It would have been better to instead select a silvery or grey picture frame to complement the mood, tone and feel of the image being framed. You can always ask your picture framer to help with a tasteful and appropriate custom picture frame, it's all part of ...
How to choose the right mat or mount colours for your picture frames
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Matting is framing art with a window mat (also known as 'mount' in the UK and 'passepartout' in Europe) or simply, a mat or mount colours for your picture frames. It's wi
dely used with works on paper since this device naturally leads a beholder's or viewer's eye towards and into the framed art, the focus of our attention. Perhaps the foremost aspect to consider in this exercise, is whether a white or off-white mat will suit. Bright whites often dazzle and distract and this is perhaps why off-whites tend to be more often chosen. These colour ...
Elegant, timeless, classic and yet, affordable black photo frames
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The black photograph frame remains still a simple, yet striking and stylish method to exhibit your favourite photos
and pictures. You can hang these frames individually or clustered on your wall, to effect an artistic and impressive display. Our affordable photo frames are very popular and come with a stand-backs or easel-backs so that these may be stood on tables as well as hung on walls. The most popular finishes are black, brown and brown with silver. Treasure your precious moments with our beautiful photo frames. ..
How much of my photo or print will the picture frame rabbet ‘cut off’ or cover?
Posted on Category: Frequently Asked Questions ( FAQs )By:A picture frame rabbet ( or rebate ) does not cover or hide from view a great deal of the art being framed. Typically it would be around 3 to 5mm, depending on the moulding (picture frame) manufacturer. The red strip in the accompanying
illustration shows a typical rebate (rabbet) width and ensuing artwork coverage. If none of the artwork may be covered and absolutely everything, image and margins, must be visible, then rather than a picture frame, perhaps a clip frame would suit better than a picture frame. If the incidental coverage of the artwork is something a customer wants minimized then a skilled ...
About clear glass and non-reflective (non-glare) glass for picture frames
Posted on Category: Frame Parts & ComponentsBy:Internationally, for glass for picture frames, there are perhaps a dozen different types of glazing materials available to glaze (meaning to cove
r a surface with a see-through cover) picture frames. Most are made of glass with the rest being plastic, polyethylene boards, Perspex or just clear PVC sheeting. With regard to the glass glazing materials the two major types of picture framing glass are clear float glass and clear float glass is the most common because it is the cheapest. However it has two main disadvantages ...
Can I ask to have my oil painting framed under glass?
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Normally no oil painting gets framed under glass, but yes, it can be done. However this type of picture frame is not constructed very often and for a few good reasons. Firstly, the glass should not rest
or touch even an "old", or aged, oil painting because the white oxides in the paint may take up to several months to thoroughly dry. Often, an oil painting may feel hard to the touch and yet the inside layers are still soft and curing, or drying. The painting media (plural, as there may be several, coats or paint layers of different paints) and the method applied by the artist will affect the longevity of an oil painting. ...
About making picture frames for and picture framing jigsaw puzzles
Posted on Category: Frame Types & StylesBy:Picture framing jigsaw puzzles is part and parcel of everyday picture framing. Most experienced framers should
have no problems at all picture framing these reasonably quickly and economically. The cost of framing puzzles (use Option 5 here) is no dearer than framing an ordinary print as the same wet-mounting process is used. The picture framer just needs to be careful not to tip, spill, drop or upset the loose puzzle board brought in by the customer, usually on a large, loose plywood or thick cardboard sheets. It is also not required or necessary for customers to spray ...
What’s happened to all the picture framing and picture frames stores?
Posted on Category: Picture Framing Industry InsightsBy:We've been framing for 40-odd years and have seen both good and bad times. Of lately, the economy has slowed down
and customers worry about their jobs. They spend less at picture frames stores, save more and don't buy as many picture frames as they used to. But will your local picture framer go the same way as the local Borders books-and-coffee store has gone as we might well infer from this blog post ? Well, some quick research suggests that this may indeed be the case as several sources indicate. University statistics ...
Picture framing and the making of picture frames for memorabilia
Posted on Category: Frame Types & StylesBy:In picture framing, the making of custom picture frames for memorabilia (rather than photo frames) to display single or multiple
art, papers and even three dimensional objects, is most commonly referred to as memorabilia picture framing. This specialized picture framing caters to customers' requests to picture frame whatever memento, souvenir, heirloom, keepsake or tangible memory we may have gathered during the course of our lives and in the field of any imaginable human endeavour. The list of objects we have framed ...
Can you match the picture frame, photo frame or mat that I bought years ago?
Posted on Category: Frequently Asked Questions ( FAQs )By:Sometimes ( though not always ) this is possible and can be done. The first step is to browse through a pi
cture framer's web site and see if they have the particular frame that you're looking for. In our case, our most popular ( but not all, we have too many ) picture frames and photo frames, can be seen here If you can't see the frame that you're trying to match, then take a photo of the frame ( your phone camera will do fine ) and email it to several picture framers. Explain that you've got some framing to do and that ...


