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11-02-2008, 10:32 PM
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Mandarin
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: My House
Posts: 16,731
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How do you...?
display your art?
Does anyone frame their original stuff? If so, what precautions do you take to make sure no damage is done overtime?
Thanks guys!
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11-03-2008, 12:11 AM
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What happens if you get scared half to death twice?
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Long Island, NY
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I store a lot in portfolios, but I have a couple pieces framed. I love to display my art, but it eats into the money I spend on the art itself. I buy the frames and put it all together myself, so I save some money, but it's still not that cheap.
When you frame, you absolutely MUST use acid free materials. The glass (or plexiglass) needs to be UV filtered and conservative grade (museum quality). The backing should be acid free foam board, and the matting needs to be acid free as well. If you do not use that stuff, your artwork will deteriorate and yellow.
check out hollywoodposterframes.com
even if you don't buy anything from there, the site is chock full of information that will answer just about all your questions. I just ordered 2 frames from there and I am very happy with the quality, and they were also the cheapest I found. I'll be getting my frames from them from now on.
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11-03-2008, 07:30 AM
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Baron Zemo
Join Date: May 2006
Location: we know each other, he's a friend from work
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Look at some of the past posts in this thread to see how people display their arwork also. There are some pretty cool ways people have done it in regards to how it looks.
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11-03-2008, 11:21 AM
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Mandarin
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: My House
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fat Head
I store a lot in portfolios, but I have a couple pieces framed. I love to display my art, but it eats into the money I spend on the art itself. I buy the frames and put it all together myself, so I save some money, but it's still not that cheap.
When you frame, you absolutely MUST use acid free materials. The glass (or plexiglass) needs to be UV filtered and conservative grade (museum quality). The backing should be acid free foam board, and the matting needs to be acid free as well. If you do not use that stuff, your artwork will deteriorate and yellow.
check out hollywoodposterframes.com
even if you don't buy anything from there, the site is chock full of information that will answer just about all your questions. I just ordered 2 frames from there and I am very happy with the quality, and they were also the cheapest I found. I'll be getting my frames from them from now on.
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Thanks for all the help!
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