The Framers Forum

so, if I'm picturing this correctly, you would insert points into the inner side of the frame, to achieve the gap? How would they be concealed? Or do you just mean for maintaining a gap behind the mount and art? I have been doing a lot of these recessed mounts with the wide choice of deep rebated mo...

I'm imagining it's a source of personal conflict in this industry - biting your tongue when not in agreement with the client's requests. Diplomacy is surely a big part of dealing with the customers in this game. Thanks, it's a nice change sometimes when the customers know exactly how they'd like it ...

There's no better sound than that tearing silk sound! I've struggled to get it consistently on my wall-mounted cutter, so something must be a bit off. But I'm going to practice more with the Toyo to at least have an appreciation of being able to do it by hand. Thanks! Glass cutting - I use a Toyo TC...

Actually, I thought about some of your earlier advice, John, when doing this one. The mount was already stuck to the work and supplied by the client. I was conscious of what you'd mentioned about keeping the frame and mounts at differing widths, and that isn't too apparent with this one. I'm getting...

I'm in agreement, looks superb.

Helpful feedback, as ever. Many thanks, Everyone!

My original intention was to pin the fillets together as you describe but backed out realising I didn't have small enough wedges. That's a good point about switching it round to make sure the wedges are away from the print - a mistake I could have easily made. A Stanley band clamp is getting ordered...

I need to firm up my glass-cutting game for sure. True, it isn't a real shadow gap in the true sense, more just use of fillets to set the image back a little and use the depth of the moulding. Is this a done thing? Or is it just done where the fillets sit behind the mat board? You're right as well, ...

What bandclamp are you using? I think the one I'd used (in the few times I did) might be on a cheaper end, a B&Q one, if that's maybe lesser? I"ll pm you with one or two questions about glass cutting, thanks! IMO you are underpinning too close to the outside edge, don't add the third outsid...

This might be where I've bypassed trying to master a basic task...I've only been using the wall cutter. I often add the spirit, but maybe I'm keeping the blades on too long. It's pretty bad, isn't it? Understood. The wedges issue is another bad habit. I keep thinking I'm leaving adequate space on th...

Hi Everyone, I was just wondering if anyone could pass comment on this frame - not so much for design (the client chose the moulding) - but for the process. So, I had this watercolour painting for a client who's a friend and thought I'd try my first use of fillets to create a gap behind the glass. 1...

Now THIS looks like it could it do the job, especially in terms of allowing for custom sizes. Mainline have a great system, watch the videos in this link then search their website for “Allsize” to see the range. You can even connect offcuts to drastically reduce wastage. https://mainlinemouldings.co...

Ah, Justin is touching on a question I should have asked earlier...how do you form custom sizes with stretcher bars? My understanding of them is that they come in standard sizes and then just fit together. I was of the belief (wrongly?) that it's not so normal to chop them, because of the slots at t...

Hi Jim. The sizes I've had so far are around 500 x 300mm, and thereabouts. She's also stated that future works will be even larger.

She does want them taut, yes, but I don't think she's planning on having them framed afterwards. It seems she wants to exhibit them as they are.

Hi Everyone, Another novice question here, so bear with me... A textile artist has requested that I make her some frames that her fabric works can be wrapped tightly around. Silly question, but would you just use stretcher bars in the way you would with a canvas? Not having had much experience with ...

Ah, okay! So it sounds like that have been "sent" in the true sense, just awaiting being read. Thanks John

Why is that when I send a message to another user, the message sits in the outbox for days?

I'm just trying a few things out until I form my own little niche. The shadow gap was quite subtle on this one, too, but I quite like the effect. Noted about the points, though. I sometimes wonder if I'm putting enough in and I think you've answered that one. 3" increments it is, going forward....

Apologies, I've taken way too long to respond to the useful feedback on this one. Justin, Dermot, Jerome - thanks once again for your comments, all very helpful. I'm sitting here with my notebook getting this stuff down. Justin - good point: you had mentioned hardwood spacers and I'd missed this det...

Hi All, I'm just completed a frame, and was hoping for feedback not only on the presentation, but also the process. So I had a photograph I wanted to try with a thicker mount, but also wanted to try it with the concept suggested by Justin, wherein a second mount is hidden behind the main one, in ord...