The Framers Forum

Go raibh maith agat arís, John!

After seeing so many references to Nielsen mountboard on the forum, I've been reading up on it (so much to learn!!!). Can anyone recommend a supplier for Irish framers?

Penny pinching is their national pastime! Talk to anyone in business here and the story is exactly the same!! Artist plans exhibition. Artist sets prices for exhibition pieces. Artist gets exhibition programs printed up (with prices). Artist then gets work framed. Artist realises that framing costs...

Get 'em while they're young and educate them! I wish that art teachers would instruct their students in how to create work with an awareness of what's needed for its successful framing. You know - the basic stuff like stretching watercolour paper, or squaring off the painting area on flat canvas so ...

So - anyway - who is going to GIVE these seminars in our country? ... I see little being shared in the trade ... I think we should invite some of them over. Just had a look at the Australian Framing Show seminars, and I would jump at the chance to attend a similar event closer to home. In addition ...

Hyperlinks? Luxury!

Ormond, big thankyou for the photos. They'll be a great help for my chippie!

Roboframer wrote: ... store stuff horizontally ... when I have an avalanche (happens all the time) ...

Suddenly, I don't feel so singled out ...

Close, Birdman. It actually appears on the 'Mary Poppins' soundtrack. One of those secret, "play it backwards" satanic messages.

@&*%!! Missed!

It might be helpful for those of us not long in the trade if the venerable masters of the forum might recommend some good trade mags.

osgood wrote:Does this mean "miles of butchers" in English???

Fnar!

Gaeilge, literally "a thousand thanks" (rough pronunciation: 'meeleh bweekas').

Lord only knows what you'd make of "Go raibh míle maith agat"?????

C'mon Robo, I'm only a framing "grasshopper".

Very "helpful", Birdman!!

Míle buíochas, Ormond! (Many thanks!!)

You don't need to use walls for your corner samples. I have a couple of stands that could be anywhere in the room, that hold many corners. Ormond, What an excellent idea! I've wanted to redeploy my "Wall of Chevrons" as a place to hang customer work waiting for collection, but I've been s...

TPB???

Then there are the people who perforate the yolk of their fried egg with a chip. Watch out for them. They are not of this earth. :evil: (To the air of a well-known Python tune...) "I'm an alien, and I'm OK..." Hanging offence: Throwing chewing gum on the ground. The streets here are thick...

Ah! Not-Made-From-Wood-Made-From-Crap-Instead-abix.

Why thankyou, sir!

Roboframer wrote:But can you get Maris Peers?

Isn't it a sorry day when a Paddy needs educating about spuds! (Good site, BTW.)

Edited to add:

Boonies - short for "boondocks," aka "the sticks."

Gawd, I'm hungry....

Can't get Maris Pipers down here. Joys of living in the boonies...

Mouldings where the base has more roll than a canoe....

Mouldings that turn into chipboard half-way along the length.....

Another moral of the story: "if it's still working, don't fix it!" Similar goes for PC's, where one should always apply the "Erection Theory of Computing", which states: "If a system is up, and you want it to stay up, then don't f%ck with it!" :) On a more serious note...