Like all occupations and professions, picture framing has its own specific terms, vocabulary, 
taxonomy and nomenclature. This is not surprising considering that one of the oldest picture frames ever made was found in Egypt and is thought to date back to at least 2,500 years ago. So far as Australia goes, at least some, picture frames, picture framing workers and artisans first arrived to Australia with the coming of the 1st Fleet in way back in 1788. Inheriting from the traditions of the mother country, Australians both borrowed and inherited the British picture framing vocabulary form the old country. One of these was the locution of a specific component of a picture frame, namely the ...
How can you ship or courier frameless glass frames and not have any clip frames breaking?
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How? Simply put, because we have learned know how to pack them! When we first began shipping clip frames, we experienced 
high breakages claim rates which, however, gradually decreased as our packing knowledge increased with time. In addition, we also learned that the the largest size glass clip frame we can safely ship is (A3 or 29.7 x 42 cm) after which, for the larger sizes, we changed to plastic glass glazing. Nevertheless, and in essence, we pack all glass clip frames with three layers of protective materials which reduces our to damages claim rate to about .01% . In the quite rare occasions that the glazing in the clip frames, photo frames, certificate frames or clip frames does break, we either refund the cost of the broken items or ship ...
How, Where and When to Use Tapes in Picture Framing
Posted on Category: Frame Care & MaintenanceBy:We were reminded of the importance of correct taping when a regular Customer brought in a valuable, antique, watercolour which had slipped and fallen out of its window mat. 
While at first sight that did not seem to be a great issue, we suspected ulterior problems. This is because, in our experience, expert, quality professional taping or hinging rarely fail. When this does happen, it's almost invariably due to the use of incorrect or inappropriate hinging or taping materials, methods, or both. This problem is exemplified by the image below. It shows art taped to a backing with at least four disparate self-adhesive tapes. One is a photograph corner, one a linen tape, one a tan masking tape and the last one, a double-sided tape application. All of them lack any archival ...
Trappist Picture Framing ? The Music Licence Scare
Posted on Category: Picture Framing Industry InsightsBy:What's this heading "Trappist Picture Framing ? The Music Licence Scare " all about, you might well wonder. Let us explain. "Trappist" refers to a branch of the Cistercian order 
of Christian monks known for their rule and habit of silence. And the term "Picture framing" is common enough to be self-explanatory. So why the two terms together? This is because some dodgy, dubious folks tried to trick us into believing that listening to music while we worked was illegal, that we needed to buy their music Licence and that unless we did that, they would prosecute us, get us fined and even jailed. Now then, for those of you who are not in the industry, and thus ...
The Duty of Care Conundrum
Posted on Category: Picture Framing Industry InsightsBy:The motive for publishing this post conferring about the Duty of Care ( hereinafter abbreviated to DoC ) conundrum arose after yet another 
incident at our factory outlet some weeks past. To begin with, let's describe the contretemps. A young couple visited our store wanting to buy four of our A2 Natural Ready-Made frames for the prints they had with them. We duly showed them the frames they were looking for, which, by the way, were glazed with clear glass, not plastic. The couple liked the frames and paid for them. They then blurted out that they were in a hurry and that they ...
The Cheap Plastic Glass Fallacy
Posted on Category: Frame Parts & ComponentsBy:We have been picture framing for close to half a century and we have come across much disinformation and many fallacies where custom picture 
framing is concerned. Perhaps the most persistent fallacy is the widespread and popular misconception that glazing ( the covering of framed artwork with a transparent or see-though material ) with 'Plastic Glass', 'Perspex' , 'Plexiglass', a clear plastic, or an acrylic pane is a cheaper more convenient and better alternative than glazing with clear float glass. Alas, and in our lengthy and not inconsiderable experience ...
I’m European and confused about frames in “inches”, what are these?
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In order to buy the correct picture frame for that print or photo you that have, you will need to know what its size it is first. A
nd to know what size it is, you'll have to measure it even if these are in "inches" frame sizes instead of the more familiar, centimetres. Thing is, if you're from Europe, schooled and grown up with centimetres and decimetres, you would always have measured everything in decimetres, centimetres or millimetres. So when you go to buy and look for photo frames or picture frames, and you find a lot of them still labelled in Imperial sizes such as 8"x10" or 11"x14", chances are that you'll be a little confused. After all Australia is supposed to be a metric country, right, so what's going on? ..
How does PictureFrame.com.au work?
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Our picture frames website is all about about picture frames, photo frames, poster frames, 
picture framing and picture framers. broadly speaking, It offers customers two kinds of picture framing. The first is offers Ready-Made Picture Frames and the second, Picture Frame Kits. The site provides visitors and shoppers with information to help them decide which of these two kinds of picture frames could best suit their needs. Of the many factors that Customers will and do consider when choosing a picture frame, in our experience, is price. It has always been and will always be, the foremost one in people's minds. And yes, service and quality sometimes do get ...
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 only have put a canvas painting in a frame, you have other choices. The first choice, and most 
popular one is to stretch it over a strainer or stretcher frame. That means first making the 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 this choice, most Customers choose not to have glass fitted to picture frames this tends to take away the feel and texture of oil paintings on canvas. The third choice is to combine the first ...
Do you sell to the public?
Posted on Category: Frequently Asked Questions ( FAQs )By:About twice a month for umpteen years, we have fielded many telephone calls often heralded by the now familiar 
question, "Do you sell to the public? ". The short answer is YES! In fact, we always have, and for many years. Retail only, never wholesale. Thus, we doth ponder, why the question? Most likely, this all harks back to the "old" days when retailers and wholesalers were quite ran and operated as distinct and disparate entities. Shopkeepers kept their shops retailing directly to the public and wholesalers ran factories to only wholesale to their shopkeeper customers. In this traditional, but rapidly fading commercial or business model, wholesalers, or distributors, were ...