In Praise Of The Humble Picture Frame Cardboard Corner Protector (CPP)

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A Picture Frame Cardboard Corner Protector  (CPP) as the picture here shows is placed over each corner of photo frames orpicture-frames-cardboard-corner-protector picture frames to protect them. Artists packing framer works for exhibitions, people moving houses and customers collecting picture frames from their picture framers are prime examples of framed art being moved or transported.  Protection is recommended and necessary when you are carrying or transporting framed art, for instance when moving house or shipping it.  A careless drop, or knock , bump, fall or a slip may damage, spring the corner open, crack the glass  and ...

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The Ten Steps to Doing Your Own family portraits

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Here are our suggestions on Doing Your Own family portraits in 10 easy steps:  1st Step: Plan the photography location with your family. Typically, the most common settings for family portraitures are  family-photograph-for-picture-framingphotographers’ studios,  public parks,  gardens or outdoors. However you might like to consider a theme park, a playground or a children’s fun  factory as viable and un alternatives. Some parents prefer these. Both because it tends to put younger children at ease and also because they are generally in a happier mood.

2nd Step:  Check and recheck your camera, mobile phone or camera equipment. There’s little point in researching, choosing and travelling to the chosen location only to find that ...

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The Poor Man’s Guide to Editing Photos

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In the last millennium, when stills and photos were taken with hand SLRs on film rolls, the art of photographic editing wasadobe-photoshop-for-photographic-editing largely the domain of professional photo editors. These people would devote their skills, time and patience to the pursuance of visual betterment and technical improvements in this field. Alas, in this millennium, with the birth and development of the internet age, computers, digital cameras and free editing software, pretty much anybody can manipulate digital photographs to an exact, or more or less, desired standard or result.  And while commercial ...

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A Picture Framer’s Seven Deadly Sins

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Alas, this post is distillation of many conversations, hundreds of observations and a multitude of  picture framers’ trade picture-framer-frustrated-with-a-picture-framing-customeRtalk over many years. While it is partly a reflection on the occasional failings of our industry’s practitioners it is also meant to be a septet of helpful pointers on how to avoid unintentionally alienate  customers. Customer alienation can be triggered quite easily, and even if unintended and not meant.  Picture framers do have bad their days,  which can put them in a bad mood.  And it is this very mood...

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Picture Framing Consumers: Baby-Boomers vs Millennials

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It was around the time of the GFC (Global Financial Crisis) , or a few years after this millennium began, that picture picture-framing-customer-at-a-picture-frame-storeframers throughout the world began noticing that the spending patterns and behaviour of their customer had changed. For those frames who entered the framing industry in the golden years of breaching whales and leaping dolphins posters this was a cultural and financial shock.  Kodak, Borders, One.Tel, and other corporate, lost customers by their tens of thousands and soon fell by the wayside. And yet, at much the same time, those same customers began queuing for hours ...

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What’s the best way of lifting, carrying and handling picture frames?

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Certainly, not by lifting one by the top of the frame as the man is doing in the photo. Unless the string, cord, wire or chain at the wrong-way-to-carry-a-picture-frameback is loose, frayed or damaged and unless the retaining hangers or fixings are missing or loose, picture frames and photo frames ought always be carried by whatever hanging devices they were fitted with. That's why they're there for. The danger with carrying picture frames by their frames,  especially larger frames, is that doing this might break the framing tape, seal, "spring" open the backing ...

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What must not be done in conservation picture framing?

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Conservation picture framing is a specialized, yet semi-industrial art. It is practised by a bewildering array of qualified andconservation-picture-frame-mount unqualified experts, all possessing and proffering a multitude or views, standards, opinions and qualifications. Nevertheless, in spite if of the diversity of views, skills and practices, there are several obvious, unambiguous and distinct framing methods and materials which should be anathema to any half-decent, self-respecting, practising conservation picture framer. First of these methods is using any kind of household or industrial tapes to tape, or hold into place, customers' ...

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How do I clean the plastic glass or plexiglass of my Ready-Made picture frames?

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Many of our Ready-Made frames are glazed not with clear glass but with what's known as 'plastic glass' or acrylic (clear plastic) cleaning-picture-frames-plastic-glass sheeting. This is common in the picture framing industry when shipping to customers larger frames so as to minimize transit damage or breakages.  A question we are asked from time to time is how to clean the plastic glass or plexiglass of ready-made picture frames. The notes below should help customers wishing to know more on how to store, treat and clean this  ...

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I bought one of your matted photo frames, how do I attach my photo to the mat?

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This post is published in reply to the often asked question "how do I attach my photo to the mat?  we received over the years . Attaching artwork (a photo, print, document or paper) to the back of a mat is called "hinging" by picture framers.  This is attaching-hinges-to-a-window-matvery different to "taping". A picture showing a hinged photo is shown at your left. Another image in another page document taped to a mat. The blog also explains why taping artwork to a mat is a bad idea. We recommend hinging instead Hinging means attaching the art to either the backing board of the picture frame (as shown in the picture) or the back of the mat (not shown in the picture) using ...

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Some of my picture frames look dirty, how should I clean a picture frame?

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Most photo frames, poster frames, certificate frames and picture frames consist of a wooden frame and a pane of glass. The picture frame moulding (frame) is often finely finished with gold or silver foils or leaves being a few micron ( very thin) thick. Many household cleaners contain ammonia, solvents and abrasives and shouldn't be used to clean frames lest the finish .. or colour of the frame come off accidentally. Perhaps the best way to keep a picture frame clean is to gently dust it regularly to prevent the dust and dirt ...

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