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Display Name: KENT_Framing
Personal URL: http://www.kentpictureframing.com
Member Since: 3/19/09

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What a coincidence! This is where I live after I fall asleep.


Alon & Betsy's Beautiful Normandy Home
House Call
9/8/11 2:03 AM

One other factor regarding plexi vs. regular glass or Conservation Clear, is that plexi is colourless.
Regular glass will have a greenish tint, and CC glass has a warmer, orange tint.

Museum glass is beautiful. It's the looks as though there's no glass in front of the artwork at all. But boy does it scratch. Plexi scratches easily, but Museum glass SCRATCHES EASILY!

For clarity and protection, you can't beat Museum Glass. For safety, colour accuracy, but with reflection; OP3 acrylic is a good option. There will always be pros & cons.

I framed a piece last week for a client. The piece was entirely black (black texture). If she had used plexi or Conservation Clear glass, she'd have a nice mirror. I suggested that for this piece, the glass was more important than the frame. She went with Museum Glass, and it looked beautiful.


Framing Artwork: Glass vs. Plexiglass
9/8/11 1:48 AM

One thing though, when using two hooks, (which you should do for pieces big and small), you have to measure from two points on the wire to the top of the frame.

So if you're hooks are 8 inches apart, pull the wire from two points (8" apart), measure to the top, and that's the amount you subtract.

It may only be small difference from using one point on the wire, but if you're hanging a grid, or a row of pieces, or lining up with the top of something, it does make a difference.

And hanging from two hooks, big or small, just helps to keep it all level.

For quite large pieces, you should put a d-ring on each side of the frame, and just hang from the hooks. This keeps the artwork from sagging off the wall, distributes the weight vertically on the side bars of the frame, and keeps it level.

And then of course, for large and heavy pieces, French Cleats should be used... a whole other thing.


Day 19: Hang Artwork
The 20/20 Home Cure
11/11/10 1:03 PM

I frame and install art for a living.

I like the 57" on centre as a guide, but when in people's homes, I often ask how tall the husband and wife are, and try to strike a balance. For most people, the 57" guide seems to be a nice height.

But with bedside tables, headboards, covering electrical panels, you have to go by eye, and what feels right for the home-owner.

When installing multiple pieces (sometimes hundreds) in offices, hotels, etc., the 57" rule is a good way to keep everything consistent. Nothing looks out of place or awkward, and if I go back in a year to install more artwork, there's no guess work.


Day 19: Hang Artwork
The 20/20 Home Cure
11/11/10 12:49 PM

The best I find is to use 1 D-ring, on each side of the frame.

Put them low enough so you can use a picture hook to hook onto the D-ring. And attach all the rings in the exact same spots.
Get a level with a ruler on it, and work out some math. Measure the distance between each D-ring, and the space you want between the frames
Then you just do row by row.

Here I am doing just that...
http://colourmehappyblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/ribba-frames-from-ikea-transformation.html


Keeping Frames Level | Apartment Therapy San Francisco
7/16/10 12:33 AM

Here in Vancouver these colours are everywhere. I love the look of these games. Unfortunately, and tragically, the man behind the look of these games, Leo Obstbaum - is no longer with us.

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2009/08/24/obstbaum-death.html

A sad loss of a great talent.


7 Ways Fill Your Home With Olympic Color | Apartment Therapy Chicago
2/27/10 12:59 AM