About making picture frames for and picture framing jigsaw puzzles

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Picture framing jigsaw puzzles is part and parcel of everyday picture framing. Most experienced framers shouldframed-jigsaw-puzzle 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 ...

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What’s happened to all the picture framing and picture frames stores?

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We've been framing for 40-odd years and have seen both good and bad times. Of lately, the economy has slowed downpicture-frames-store-closing-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 ...

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Picture framing and the making of picture frames for memorabilia

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In picture framing, the making of custom picture frames for memorabilia (rather than photo frames) to display single or multiple memorabilia-picture-framesart, 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  ...

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Can you match the picture frame, photo frame or mat that I bought years ago?

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Sometimes ( though not always ) this is possible and can be done. The first step is to browse through a pimatching-picture-frames-stylescture 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 ...

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Do I have to put my canvas photo or painting in a frame and what choices do I have?

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No, you don't have put a canvas painting in a frame, you have other choices. The first choice, and most popular one is to stretcanvas-for-stretch-framingch-frame it over a strainer frame. That means making a strainer frame and stretching your canvas over it tightly. That way you won't even see the frame as it'll be hidden inside the stretched canvas. The second choice is to mount or glue down your canvas art (only if it's an inexpensive or of no real value item) onto a board, just as you would a print or poster, and then put a picture frame around it. With ...

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How much or how wide do the margins need to be to stretch-frame a canvas?

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To stretch-frame a canvas, with the average, 2cm thick stretcher bar, it should be between 4 to 5 cm, at the very least and amargin-for-stretching-canvas-on-stretcher-frame.s illustrated in the image here. If the stretcher bar is thicker, add this extra thickness to the above, recommended thickness. The image on the canvas should have at least this width of all four sides of the canvas. This goes for all canvases, whether gallery-wrapped or not. This width will allow for the wrapping of the canvas around and over the four sides of the stretcher frame bars. Importantly ... 

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I brought back home my painting rolled up in a tube, will it be all right to frame?

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In most cases, to frame painting rolled up, can be done.   The canvas can be unrolled, relaxed and either rolled-up-canvas-painting or fully framed Sometimes though, this isn't possible. In some cases, what happens is that the oil painting has been painted quite thickly, almost palette-like, that it has dried up, while tightly rolled up, and that on unrolling and straightening it, the surface of the painting starts to crack. In other instances, the artist who painted the canvas hasn't used quality oil painting media but cheaper ...

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Help! My car is too small for my huge picture frame, can you deliver frames to me?

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Yes, if we deliver frames if these can fit inside our delivery van we can certainly deliver to you, if required. However we provide this very-large-picture-frameservice only for our Customers as we are not general or common carriers. If you need this personal deliver service, please discuss this with us at time of collection. With our goods van we can transport picture frames over 2 metres long. We deliver after work or on weekends and by prior arrangement. For local deliveries we charge $50, for Melbourne city deliveries $100 ...

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I just want a custom mat cut to size and nothing else, do you do this?

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Custom mat cut to size ? Sorry, no.  We of course do cut window mats for all our custom picture frames, photo frames, certificutting-mats-for-picture-framescate frames, ready-made frames and for any frame we make but we won't supply or cut mats only. The reason we do this, oddly enough, is for better Customer relations. In the past, when we did offer a custom mat cutting service, we found that Customers were dissatisfied with about 20% of the ...

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What is your turn-around or completion time for picture framing?

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Our completion time for picture framing  is usually 1 to 2 weeks if the job is not urgent or ASAP and as negotiated with thpicture-framer-rushing-to-worke customer during the picture framing consultation. Truth is most picture framing can't be done yesterday. A couple of good reasons for this. Firstly, picture framing is an not only an exact craft, but can be exacting as well. For instance, if we make a wet or dry mounting mistake with a customer's artwork usually ...

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