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I have a few hundred of the following moulding. I'm told it was an "in" moulding during the 1970's art deco revival. Although I have sold some over the years, for me it has not really achieved what I felt was it's potential in term of sales.

It was known in some circles as "The Biba Moulding" due to being in the Biba colours, but I don't think it was ever used by Biba, (just some clever marketing to the "Biba set" I suppose). The finish looks and feels like Bakalite, it's very realistic, but it's gotta be something more modern than Bakalite.

I'm either gonna chop it and bin it, or turn it into something saleable. I tried it as ready mades, etc., but without much success. So ideas please, is it trash or am I just not doing the right thing with it.
Thanks in anticipation,
Mark



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Hmmm....does look vaguely bilious.

Coat of black paint would be good if you can persuade it to stick.

A fancy name and some hype should shift it

JUST IN the CAPPUCCINO moulding you can almost smell it.

Roboframer wrote:A fancy name and some hype should shift it

JUST IN the CAPPUCCINO moulding you can almost smell it.

You for coffee?

Roboframer wrote:

I only arsked..

Roboframer wrote:A fancy name and some hype should shift it

JUST IN the CAPPUCCINO moulding you can almost smell it.

Hi John,

Now that's interesting, coz somewhere I did have some Kingfisher prints about coffee. BTW, whatever happened to Kingfisher? I had a credit note from them, but when I went to get something with it.....Gone!!!!!!

Aha - another Benny Hill fan.

"Oh - Coffee!"

"Yeeeees - tha's warri seyd - you no speek Ingrish? - You sirry iriot!"

Not your average framer wrote:BTW, whatever happened to Kingfisher?

The pirates got 'em

use it on retro (repro) film posters and retro (repro) film foyer cards. There's a monster market for that on ebay. I just did a large original audrey hepburn poster for a customer and a bunch of foyer cards, and I'd have given my right arm for fifteen or twenty feet of that stuff last week!

kev@frames wrote:use it on retro (repro) film posters and retro (repro) film foyer cards. There's a monster market for that on ebay. I just did a large original audrey hepburn poster for a customer and a bunch of foyer cards, and I'd have given my right arm for fifteen or twenty feet of that stuff last week!

Thanks Kev,

That makes a lot of sense, but unfortunately I've found the retro thing doesn't work our small rural town location, with old stone cottages, barn conversions and the Dartmoor landscape, but I've used the moulding around Great Western Railway stuff as it's the same colour as the carriages, but there's not that much call for that either.

Thinking about it, you might have given me a good idea! There is a bookshop in the town which has published a book about the old and long gone GWR branch line which once went through the town and there's a lot of old photos in the book. I think I might see if they would like some framed to sell in their shop, which is in a busier location than ours. Who knows, it might be a good move!

As you may have guessed, I'm busy trying to cut down my mouldings stock and lots have been given the elbow already. Mostly narrow or boring stuff, but over the years this stuff keeps getting a second chance.

I've tried it around mirrors without success and I keep saying I might try a tall and thin six sided mirror with a pointed top and bottom to try and underline the art-deco theme. It would need to be with 90 degree corners top and bottom, with two 45 degree corners on each side, but it's a lot of fuss if it don't sell. Perhaps it's just time for the bin!

Hi Kev,

Thanks for the retro idea! I've spoken to the bookshop owner and they are interested enough to visit and discuss framed GWR prints, etc.

I may even have to do some paintings of the stations along the branch line, that's if I can find the time!