The Framers Forum

Thanks so much - am getting the actual pics today so can do better research/take better photos later!

B07F0CCB-18FA-4CA9-BC83-8840B3043B18.jpeg 3EB74DCD-4A6D-4E0D-BCA6-C29B10DF3753.jpeg Hi I’m being asked to match the frame in the pic, which was framed in South Africa. Does anyone know of a company that has something the same or similar? I use Arqadia, Lion, Wessex & Rose & Hollis but you m...

A big thank you to you for your most helpful and encouraging replies. It certainly gives me some pointers, especially the great photos of the processes and links to other photos etc. We shall enjoy forming our own style and look and I’m sure along the way will need more help, but for the moment I th...

Hi I’m just starting out, framing from my workshop at home for family and friends, and my husband who is an artist. I would really like to be able to do frames something like the photos I’ve attached, but have no idea where to learn. Have done the basic training and am now honing my skills to our re...

I have also been thinking about what I wrap my finished pictures in - currently using bubble wrap. I manage to also reuse the larger bubble stuff my moulding deliveries come wrapped in. I have also thought of buying a large roll of brown paper to use along side cardboard corner protectors. This woul...

Hi there thank you so much for the replies ! That helped so much. We’ve decided to mount the map. So all good, and I’ve learnt that I should not really offer to frame stuff without a mount unless I get ideally get it dry mounted elsewhere (or customer does) .. And that’s a really good tip about the ...

I am framing a quite large reproduction map in a simple black frame, with no mount. What would be an acceptable way to keep it flat in the frame, as I don’t have dry mounting equipment. Thanks so much.

Hi, we are new to framing, my husband has just become a full time artist and I decided to become a framer to primarily frame his work, but also to expand and work for outside clients if they materialise. We have done some initial training with Lyn Hall. We have set up a home workshop/studio with a M...