The Framers Forum

Are you able to attach it carefully between two opposite-facing mounts using archival tape? I would be very chary of putting anything that old in contact with glass. I've seen images get indelibly stuck to the glass in the past and it's not pretty.

That's great Justintime. It's absolutely fine if I stand on my head

Many thanks

Thanks Gesso and Bole. That’s such a good point!

So grateful for the fount of information on this forum - it’s invaluable. I particularly appreciate the way more experienced framers are happy to share their knowledge without making anyone feel stupid or small.

A customer has a very long picture – 1.5m x 0.5m – and wants to hang it from a picture rail. I am thinking some sort of arrangement with two parallel chains (brass preferably) about 300mm in from either end. Has anyone any exprerience of this? And where do you get your supplies? I'm thinking you wou...

Thanks again. Wow Frutini – that is impressive! Indeed you are not far from me – will definitely bear that in mind.

Thanks so much for these replies.

Pretty much what I thought. The idea does not fill me with joy.

I don't even like football. :

I know – another "how long's a piece of string" question... I know it will depend upon size, moulding, type of glass etc. I've so far managed to somehow avoid framing football shirts – sounds like an awful lot of fiddling about – but I've had another enquiry. I was thinking of sub-contract...

I have done this by fashioning little corners using florist's wire threaded through the mountboard with the book/magazine slotted into an inset mount built up with foam core. Perhaps not as sleek as the mylar wrap but easily reversible.

Thanks everyone for these very helpful comments.

Thanks - that’s really helpful.

Totally agree about trying to be as green as possible and not chucking out perfectly serviceable frames, although my experience has sometimes been of the fiddly, badly made variety.

Good advice about educating customers.

I have just had a flurry of customers asking me to make mounts to go in existing frames with new pictures (prints). Do other framers get these requests? Because it’s an existing frame and it’s theoretically just a matter of taking the old picture out, making a new mount and putting the frame back to...

So many thanks for these suggestions. Will have a go with Rose & Hollis tray frame and 3/4in spacer.

Fingers crossed!

Ah, have just found it on Lion’s website. I see St Ives is the style of frame - sorry to be a bit dim. I’ve seen these but didn’t know their name.

Thanks again

Thanks for this . When you say St Ives frame ,is that a particular style or a brand name? (Sorry - I haven’t come across that name.)

Any tips gratefully received

(Hopefully image attached )