The Framers Forum

Well spotted.
I might just get a copy and see how it goes.

I seem to be framing a lot of customers older pictures and maps with more contemorary style framing. I think that giving an up to date look to an older print gives it a much wider appeal and especially to people with modern homes and flats. This is something that I've also noticed for the prints tha...

Thanks to everyone for their replies.

Your ideas about the horse racing and fishing has certainly given me food for thought. For a while now I've been looking out for some nice wood and lino cuts as these are something I like myself.

That certainly does sound better than 'pages torn out of a book'.

I'm not actually decribing them as anything other than the name of the print so I'm not really misrepresenting them. I hadn't thought about the possibility of the customer opening them up and realising that it's a picture from a book so dry mounting them onto black board sounds good like a good idea...

That's pretty specific about breaking up the book and selling individual pages.

I've had a good look through the book that I have and there is a warning about not reproducing prints etc but nothing else so I think I'm ok to go ahead.

Thanks for the replies.

It seems that there is no clear definitive answer to this but I think that it should be ok. After all I'm not reproducing anything, just selling on what I have already bought.

Hi, I wonder if someone can help. I have some old books, and some not so old. They have some great pictures inside and I plan to dismantle the books, frame some of the best pictures and then sell the framed pictures. I've bought the books so I presume that I can then sell the pages individually. Can...

Have the slabs actually been decorated by the artists yet?

If not then tell the client that you need to drill and attach the fixing bolts beforehand to avoid damaging the decoration and if any slabs break then they can be replaced.

I'll send you a PM

It's interesting you mention self adhesive tapes softening during this hot weather. I've noticed some of the backing sealing tape wrinkling a bit recently and have wondered whether I should be using the water based type instead. I mostly use Sekisui self adhesive which I am pretty happy with and hav...

Where can you buy the ornaments to stick on the moulding? Are they readily available?
I'd thought about making a particular frame but wouldn't be able to carve them.

I should have mentioned that it's old but not that old and falling to bits or particularly valuable. The customer accepts that it has already been damaged slightly by the poor quality of the previous join and just wants it because it's quite decorative. I'm the one wanting to do this in a 'conservat...

Thanks for your reply. I like the idea of using acrylic to keep it flat. I've also been looking at a heat activated film from these people who were very helpful: http://www.conservation-resources.co.uk/ It is a type of adhesive film developed by the British museum for tears in maps and documents. I'...

I'd also use a metal frame.
Waterwhite glass with no coatings as glass isn't flammable.
No mounts.
Backed with this from Travis Perkins:
https://www.travisperkins.co.uk/Promat- ... m/p/559000.

The only part which would be flammable would be the artwork itself.

Jules

A customer has given me a large old map which is in 2 pieces. It had previously been stuck together rather badly with a combination of masking tape and some double sided tape both of which had dried and made it fairly easy to remove. It really needs to be joined together before framing in order to h...

Has anyone tried these, also from Lion

https://www.lionpic.co.uk/p/38100/Screw ... ert--Pk-10

At least they can be unscrewed and removed when packing them up or boxing.

I use the Lion metal strip system and it works really well. It's very sturdy and makes the chevrons easy to take off and then put back. I made 3 panels which I covered in grey hessian and then screwed the metal strips onto. I have now added a 4th panel which I just painted light grey and this also l...

Hi

I'm interested in the Valiani. Which one is it?
I'm based in Hampshire/Wiltshire so not too far, would it be ok to pop over to have a look at it?

Jules

I too am in the market for a new underpinner and was seriously considering the CS20.
What were the features that persuaded you to go for the CS200? It's twice the price so it must have some big advantages to make it worth it.