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Welcome Michele

Mal at Harlequin Frames kindly does some instructional videos - https://www.harlequin-frames.co.uk/

I believe he's a forum member but I don't know his forum name.

Buona fortuna! (Blame Google if that doesn't mean Good Luck in Italian )

Hi Helen Funnily enough I've had exactly the same crisis of confidence, and I've posted on here a couple of times about glass cutting - see these threads for some helpful suggestions: https://www.theframersforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=18216&p=138076&hilit=Glass#p138076 https://www.theframersforum....

In the Queen's Christmas message this year, she had a photo of Prince Philip on her desk. It was an oval photo and frame - but it didn't have a mount

I'm sure we commented on the photo frames on her desk last year but I couldn't find the comments.

Christmas is a good opportunity for me to say to all the kind forum members who’ve answered my questions how much I appreciate your support. I’ll always be a small player in a big field, but I continue to learn new things as a result of the generous advice given on this forum, and special thanks for...

Since they're not valuable, you could try smoothing the poster down on to self-adhesive board. I've done that occasionally, and whilst I don't think I've ever made the creases completely invisible if you look closely, the results have been very satisfactory. It depends on the paper and how bad the c...

Part of being in business is backing your hunches and taking a risk. If you do it, your might fail, but there again, you might succeed. If you don't do it, you'll always regret it. Just because it hasn't been done before, doesn't mean to say that there isn't a market for it. This year I've been doin...

Those are all old articles, and the last one (written in 2017) wasn’t intended to be taken seriously anyway - it’s marked “Fun” and the URL has “lighthearted” in it. The other articles were written in July, April and April respectively. There may have been a problem during the first lockdown (who di...

Thank you for the very helpful contributions

Thank you all, that's very helpful

I want to give a black bevelled edge to a white core mount. Please can anyone advise on the best technique for colouring a bevelled edge, and also what's the best brush/pen/ink/paint to use. Thank you.

One of the main manufacturers of UV glass for the picture framing industry is Tru Vue - you could try contacting them to see what they say, although the glass your framer has used may not be Tru Vue. If there was a spacer in originally, I wouldn't have removed it unless I thought there was a good re...

Welcome to the forum, Fallen Branches. You can access the articles by going to the home page and then going to Articles in the menu. https://www.harlequin-frames.co.uk/

It's an excellent resource, all credit to Harlequin Frames.

Like your description, Richard

Thank you very much for the explanation, Jo, it makes sense now.

Thanks, Mark and Prospero. I read the conservation thing in an old thread: No undermount, hinged to windowmount with self adhesive tape, bendy points and no bumpers are all defo not conservation :shock: David was a regular contributor when I first joined but he doesn't seem to have been around since...

On a few occasions I've seen it mentioned that flexible tabs are either not liked, or not conservation standard. I've thought and thought about this but I still can't think why this should be. Can anyone enlighten me please!

Today's challenge is I have 2 framed items which once fillet, glass & triple mount are stacked there is insufficient depth to get a backboard in. You haven't mentioned an undermount. If you're not using an undermount, you'll still need an acid-free barrier sheet between the art and the backboard. D...

Best to put them all-round as the picture might get stored upside down before it gets hung :wink: You don't need to use a whole strip, just snip off some short pieces. On a small/medium sized picture, I just put a couple of short pieces on each length. Prospero pointed me in the direction of V-strip...

I've got a Mac and it's working for me on both Firefox and Chrome. Check that your wife's Mac is using the most current version of whichever browser she's using.

If V-strips would be suitable I'd use those. I just popped in and out yesterday when I posted this so here's some more info. I use V-strips if hinging isn't possible because they're archival quality, very quick & easy to use, and nothing is attached to the art. I don't use them if the paper is too ...

If V-strips would be suitable I'd use those.