Framing Advice
Customer Spotlight: An Interview with Ginny Herzog
This post is part of our ongoing series highlighting the work, expertise, and creative practices of Metropolitan Picture Framing customers. I create geometric mixed-media abstractions in oil, cold wax, and architectural collage, working exclusively on Ampersand’s Gessobord panels. My larger pieces are typically done on flat panels, while the smaller works are created on cradled…
Read MoreCustomer Spotlight: An Interview with Lisa McShane
This post is part of our ongoing series highlighting the work, expertise, and creative practices of Metropolitan Picture Framing customers. As an artist and a landscape painter, I think it’s my job to place myself in the way of beauty. And so I do. I go river rafting in Idaho, I run in the forest,…
Read MoreCustomer Spotlight: An Interview with Evan Rosenberg
This post is part of our ongoing series highlighting the work, expertise, and creative practices of Metropolitan Picture Framing customers. Evan’s artistic practice integrates silk as a medium. The silk artwork emerged from his scientific research at a biotech startup focused on using silk to stabilize biologics. Fascinated by silk’s potential as an artistic material,…
Read MoreCustomer Spotlight: An Interview with Lisa Golightly
This is an ongoing series highlighting the work, expertise, and creative practices of Metropolitan Picture Framing customers. Lisa Golightly’s artistic career began with photography. Her father was a painter, and though she grew up exposed to his practice, she discovered her appreciation for photography at an early age. However, while working on her Fine…
Read MoreAndrea Pramuk framing in her studio
Andrea called to order some frames because she was working on an exhibition. Since she works in larger sizes, we thought it would be interesting to show her framing in her studio. She said she wasn’t a video expert but agreed to give it a try. She sent us videos of each different aspect of…
Read MoreFRAMING PAINTINGS FOR EXHIBITION
Floater frames have become a popular way to frame contemporary paintings on canvas or cradled panels because their minimal look does detract from the paintings and they create a strong border to separate the paintings from the wall. Paintings should be recessed in the frame to provide protection when moving and installing exhibitions. Floating frames…
Read MoreFRAMING FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHS
The installation and presentation style are critical to having a successful show. Fine art framing for galleries has a limited vocabulary and the discerning eye can quickly determine if you have taken the time to present your work properly. This slideshow will give examples of gallery frame presentations for photography exhibits. PRESENTATION STYLES The first…
Read MoreFRAMING ART ON PAPER
The installation and presentation style are critical to having a successful show. Fine art framing has a limited vocabulary and the discerning eye can quickly determine if you have taken the time to present your work properly. This slideshow will give examples of professional presentations for fine art on paper. PRESENTATION STYLES The first decision…
Read MoreFRAMING TERMINOLOGY
In order to be able to order exhibition frames for your exhibitions it is necessary to understand the terminology of the picture framing industry. The following will get you started on basic concepts. RABBET DEPTH Besides aesthetic considerations it is necessary to determine the depth of your artwork package to ensure that it is deep…
Read MoreA primer on adding acrylic protection on an oversize painting
We are getting more and more requests from our clients to custom mill frames that will accommodate acrylic to protect their valuable paintings. This was a challenging project but I think you will agree the results speak for themselves. We are documenting a project for a client that has a large painting that he wanted…
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