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  • Dr. Delight
    Dr. Delight Posts: 11,210
    hippiemom wrote:
    I don't have it on the wall yet, but I got the Gorge into it's frame. $45.78 from American Frame :)

    http://photobucket.com/albums/v230/hippiemom/posters/?action=view&current=PICT0203.jpg
    http://photobucket.com/albums/v230/hippiemom/posters/?action=view&current=PICT0199.jpg
    nice job HM, im gonna go with a very similar look.....just gotta frame my London poster first
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  • 10_pearljam
    10_pearljam Posts: 172
    hippiemom wrote:
    I don't have it on the wall yet, but I got the Gorge into it's frame. $45.78 from American Frame :)

    http://photobucket.com/albums/v230/hippiemom/posters/?action=view&current=PICT0203.jpg
    http://photobucket.com/albums/v230/hippiemom/posters/?action=view&current=PICT0199.jpg

    love it...i think mine will look similiar...i will probably get my guy to do a red matte underneathe the blue to match the flames...
    He is alive but feels absolutely nothing.
    So is he?
    When he was six he believed that the moon overhead followed him.
    By nine he had deciphered the illusion trading magic for fact.
    No tradebacks...
    So this is what it's like to be an adult
    If he only knew now what he knew then...
  • The Kids Are Alright
    The Kids Are Alright Posts: 93
    how long does it take to flatten posters...........had mine on some cardboard and LOTS of heavy books on it for 3days.........a little better, but not much
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  • AstroFan
    AstroFan Posts: 193
    The Kids Are Alright wrote:
    how long does it take to flatten posters...........had mine on some cardboard and LOTS of heavy books on it for 3days.........a little better, but not much

    Is it one you just received recently?
  • hippiemom
    hippiemom Posts: 3,326
    The Kids Are Alright wrote:
    how long does it take to flatten posters...........had mine on some cardboard and LOTS of heavy books on it for 3days.........a little better, but not much
    It depends ... what kind of paper, how long it was in the tube before it was shipped, how long you left it in the tube, how heavy your books are. I don't usually even check on mine for at least a week. Sometimes that's enough, sometimes not.

    Klausen and Ames use different paper, and the Klausens have been taking me a bit longer to flatten. Be patient, it will get there eventually.
    "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." ~ MLK, 1963
  • bobasfeet
    bobasfeet Posts: 1,195
    My Oh My! is that Borgata sweet..The pics on the net do it no justice. When you see it in person, you realize it's one of the best ever!
  • Brushdaily
    Brushdaily Marin County Posts: 206
    I hate to be so negative but I have yet to see a framed Gorge that I like.
  • dropyourleash
    dropyourleash Posts: 1
    Brushdaily wrote:
    I hate to be so negative but I have yet to see a framed Gorge that I like.


    Check these out. My pride and joy of my collection. http://photobucket.com/albums/e308/dropyourleash/
  • GoBucky
    GoBucky Posts: 198
    hippiemom wrote:
    I don't have it on the wall yet, but I got the Gorge into it's frame. $45.78 from American Frame :)

    http://photobucket.com/albums/v230/hippiemom/posters/?action=view&current=PICT0203.jpg
    http://photobucket.com/albums/v230/hippiemom/posters/?action=view&current=PICT0199.jpg

    Very cool! I love the fact that you only put one matte on it...it really brings the blue of the fiddler out of the print!
  • hippiemom
    hippiemom Posts: 3,326
    GoBucky wrote:
    Very cool! I love the fact that you only put one matte on it...it really brings the blue of the fiddler out of the print!
    Thanks! I fooled around FOREVER on the American Frame site, trying different mats. I had inteneded to do at least two, but in the end I liked the simple approach best.
    "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." ~ MLK, 1963
  • hippiemom
    hippiemom Posts: 3,326
    dropyourleash wrote:
    Check these out. My pride and joy of my collection. http://photobucket.com/albums/e308/dropyourleash/
    Very nice!!
    "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." ~ MLK, 1963
  • GoBucky
    GoBucky Posts: 198
    hippiemom wrote:
    Thanks! I fooled around FOREVER on the American Frame site, trying different mats. I had inteneded to do at least two, but in the end I liked the simple approach best.

    I did the same thing, and went with the same design you did. A poster like that really only needs one mat.
  • LOVEBOATCAPT0226
    LOVEBOATCAPT0226 Posts: 503
    dropyourleash wrote:
    Check these out. My pride and joy of my collection. http://photobucket.com/albums/e308/dropyourleash/
    Sweet framing for the Gorge i like it with the tickets. Did you do it yourself?
  • GoBucky
    GoBucky Posts: 198
    LOVEBOATCAPT0226 wrote:
    Sweet framing for the Gorge i like it with the tickets. Did you do it yourself?

    The colors are very good...I just don't like ticket stubs framed with posters.
  • More Coffee
    More Coffee Posts: 635
    Brushdaily wrote:
    I hate to be so negative but I have yet to see a framed Gorge that I like.

    I hope that you aren't including yours in this comment. :)
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  • More Coffee
    More Coffee Posts: 635
    dropyourleash wrote:
    Check these out. My pride and joy of my collection. http://photobucket.com/albums/e308/dropyourleash/


    I like it, nice job on the Gorge. How can someone not like the pink Borgata?
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  • Barely Alive
    Barely Alive Posts: 1,271
    dropyourleash wrote:
    Check these out. My pride and joy of my collection. http://photobucket.com/albums/e308/dropyourleash/
    That is the nicest Gorge frame job I have seen so far. No offense to the others, but I really like the matte is relieved at the bottom or the script with the countour, and the black as the top matte is diff from what others have done, the majority anyway.
  • AstroFan
    AstroFan Posts: 193
    I decided to take my pink Borgata to a local frame store(didn't trust myself to do a good enough job with AF) and got double acid free mattes(2 inch black, 1/4 inch pink), UV glass, black metal frame, and ArtCare Foamcore backing for $197 after tax. Expensive, but I figure I'm ahead of those who pay over $200 on ebay and then another $100 for the frame ;). Hopefully I'll be able to get a picture up next week when its done.

    For the next poster(one that will be more easily replaceable if I completely screw up...) I'll probably tryout AmericanFrame.
  • oktacoma
    oktacoma Posts: 335
    The Kids Are Alright wrote:
    how long does it take to flatten posters...........had mine on some cardboard and LOTS of heavy books on it for 3days.........a little better, but not much

    Do you really need to flatten it so it stays flat on its own before you frame it? Won't it just stay flat once you put it in the frame?
  • hippiemom
    hippiemom Posts: 3,326
    AstroFan wrote:
    I decided to take my pink Borgata to a local frame store(didn't trust myself to do a good enough job with AF) and got double acid free mattes(2 inch black, 1/4 inch pink), UV glass, black metal frame, and ArtCare Foamcore backing for $197 after tax. Expensive, but I figure I'm ahead of those who pay over $200 on ebay and then another $100 for the frame ;). Hopefully I'll be able to get a picture up next week when its done.

    For the next poster(one that will be more easily replaceable if I completely screw up...) I'll probably tryout AmericanFrame.
    Go for it ... it's almost impossible to fuck it up in any way that can't be easily fixed. You're not going to damage the poster unless you're outrageously careless and bend it or something.
    "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." ~ MLK, 1963

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