framed poster thread

truthiness

MasterFramer wrote:

That is a shit job, Im sorry, it looks GREAT but no quality framer would return a project with the mounting corners showing!! Then he's turning around and selling your poster he dry mounted in his store? That is just shady. There are corners that are not full triangles like the ones this guy used, they are thin and follow the square corner. If the space doesn't allow for corners you dont use them. He should have used an acid free t-hinge if he didnt have the room. Take it back and tell him you want it done right. This framer sounds like either an idiot or is not flying straight. SELLING THE PRINT HE RUINED? He should be sending that off to his insurance company... unbelievable.

Yeah, I'm scratching my head wondering what this guy was thinking. I think he was so paranoid about my worries about the last adhesive mount he wanted to prove that he didn't do it that way this time and the only way to keep the sig showing was to keep the mat at the extreme edge of the poster, thus revealing the corner mounts.

I'm not taking it back to this guy, but will probably give him a phone call and try to get a credit from him for what it will cost to get it re-matted at another shop.

ugh.

MasterFramer

truthiness wrote:

Yeah, I'm scratching my head wondering what this guy was thinking. I think he was so paranoid about my worries about the last adhesive mount he wanted to prove that he didn't do it that way this time and the only way to keep the sig showing was to keep the mat at the extreme edge of the poster, thus revealing the corner mounts.

I'm not taking it back to this guy, but will probably give him a phone call and try to get a credit from him for what it will cost to get it re-matted at another shop.

ugh.

I cant believe he is going to sell the one he ruined... THAT is just wrong...

truthiness

MasterFramer wrote:

I cant believe he is going to sell the one he ruined... THAT is just wrong...

I hope he has bad dreams with abstract tidal waves crashing over his shop.

truthiness

I contacted another framer who has done good work for me in the past and told him my saga... this is what he said:

I know what you mean about the corner mounts showing, even though they're clear. I recently used some on a rare 1960's Jefferson Airplane concert art poster, and because the image was printed right up to the edge of the paper, there wasn't enough border to allow the mat to overlap the corner mounts. However, this is preferable to applying any type of adhesive or tape, to keep the piece in mint condition. There are corner mounts that I sometimes use that are called Maxi-View, that are notched out, rather than a straight angle across the corner. (See below.)

These can be less obtrusive, but sometimes still show through the mat opening if there is not much border on the print for overlap. Do you recall if the image was quite close to the edge of the paper? The other concern is the size and weight of the paper. On larger pieces like yours, the notched corners don't offer quite as much support, and the print may be more likely to bow out away from the backing. Another option may be to use straight-edged print holder strips that are the same type of archival clear material, but are placed at intervals along the edge of the paper rather than just the corners. These overlap about 1/4", a little less than even the notched corners, but also sometimes show if the image is close to the papers' edge, and again don't offer as much support on larger or heavier prints.
So unless there is a wider margin of border on your print, the type of holders on there are probably best.

MasterFramer

truthiness wrote:

I contacted another framer who has done good work for me in the past and told him my saga... this is what he said:

I have been a framer for 6 years now and our company and me personally would never give a piece back to a customer with the corners showing like that, we would discuss all available mounting options to reach the best solution. There are a ton of non harmful hinging options that framers and even museums use, they are activated with a small amount of water and then they can be removed with a small amount of water when the time comes. I do this all the time. There are paper pastes that we use, linen tape, Japanese hinging paper the list goes on and on. I have been trained by a CPF, she uses these methods all the time as well

I just don't understand if you told him you wanted the signature to show that he didn't expalin the different mounting options to you. Framing can be a compromise. If you are THAT set on two three inch strips a 1/4" thick NOT touching the artwork than mounting strips and corners are your only option BUT, if you want the signature to show then you have to live with plastic showing which is not something I would want personally. I have suggested that people cover the signature before on BRY and nearly got lynched for it, but seriously you know its signed, its not going up in a gallery, cover Number 7's sig if you want it mounted with corners. Again you need to compromise... now if artists would just sign their work a bit higher this wouldn't be an issue.

Number 7 are you listening? He has a habit of doing this.

ReleasH

Finally had the funds to get my Cincy 2006 poster framed. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out ... sorry for the poor quality photos. I couldn't find my camera cord so I had to use my phone.

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z197/richmanjc/Photo_082107_004.jpg
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z197/richmanjc/Photo_082107_003.jpg

DownStockholm

ReleasH wrote:

Finally had the funds to get my Cincy 2006 poster framed. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out ... sorry for the poor quality photos. I couldn't find my camera cord so I had to use my phone.

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z197/richmanjc/Photo_082107_004.jpg
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z197/richmanjc/Photo_082107_003.jpg

Nice! I like Cincinnati Klausen.. very underrated.

nfanel

DownStockholm wrote:

Nice! I like Cincinnati Klausen.. very underrated.

agreed.

Thierry Henry

browny100 wrote:

anyone framed a dublin 96 i need help with frame and what colour matte

I just went with a black frame and black matt.

Don't want to take anything away from the poster itself!!

Looks great. I'll try later to put up a picture.

ReleasH

DownStockholm wrote:

Nice! I like Cincinnati Klausen.. very underrated.

Definitely underrated ... both the poster and the show.

satansdick

anyone interested in a klausen 06 europe print for trade? pm me.

Chicagone

Here's one of my newest additions along with 6 other 96's and 98's on the way. This one is huge - http://www.kodakgallery.com/chicagone

gozzo5058

corduroy10 wrote:

I was wondering if I could get some suggestions. I'm looking to finally frame my Montreal 2003, but I'm stumped as to what colour I should matte it with. It is HOT PINK with the bicycle:

http://www.expressobeans.com/public/detail.php/1740

I thinking maybe black matte, but not sure...

any ideas?

Thanks.


btw...I will post pics when done.

If I am not too late may I suggest that you keep it simple. perhaps a fat black frame say 1 1/4" wide with a double white matt 1/8" and 2 1/2" on side and top and weighted at bottom with 2 3/4" border. This way you avoid any other pinks conflicting/not matching poster. The poster itself will sing...

For your consideration. Good luck.

corduroy10

gozzo5058 wrote:

If I am not too late may I suggest that you keep it simple. perhaps a fat black frame say 1 1/4" wide with a double white matt 1/8" and 2 1/2" on side and top and weighted at bottom with 2 3/4" border. This way you avoid any other pinks conflicting/not matching poster. The poster itself will sing...

For your consideration. Good luck.

Thanks for the suggestion, but it is already at the framers, I decided to go with the simple black matte as per previous suggestion. The pink sure is bright! I figured the only way to go was either black or white due to the colour. Will post pics when its done,

bigwave3

I wanted to do something a little different for the ccfa hawaii, lots of epoxy went into it. Its a bamboo frame with 3 mats

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff109/scmoul/P1010585.jpg
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff109/scmoul/P1010587.jpg

The vegas is a simple black frame with pink and white mats.

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff109/scmoul/P1010592.jpg

Enjoy

wolfbear

bigwave3 wrote:

I wanted to do something a little different for the ccfa hawaii, lots of epoxy went into it. Its a bamboo frame with 3 mats

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff109/scmoul/P1010585.jpg
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff109/scmoul/P1010587.jpg

The vegas is a simple black frame with pink and white mats.

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff109/scmoul/P1010592.jpg

Enjoy

Love the CCFA Hawaii. What a great idea!

gfraser

bigwave3 wrote:

I wanted to do something a little different for the ccfa hawaii, lots of epoxy went into it. Its a bamboo frame with 3 mats

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff109/scmoul/P1010585.jpg
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff109/scmoul/P1010587.jpg

The vegas is a simple black frame with pink and white mats.

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff109/scmoul/P1010592.jpg

Enjoy

wow that hawaii is fucking amazing. love it and doing it yourself must feel even better. good job man!

DownStockholm

October22 wrote:

Yo! I posted these in here months ago but I'm so proud of 'em, thought I'd share them again. I love checking out everyones' stuff because I've gotten (stolen) so many great ideas from you guys.
Peace!

http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=245664

That Borgata looks awesome!!

pjsteelerfan

October22 wrote:

Yo! I posted these in here months ago but I'm so proud of 'em, thought I'd share them again. I love checking out everyones' stuff because I've gotten (stolen) so many great ideas from you guys.
Peace!

http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=245664

That borgata is nice, gives me a good Idea for what to do with mine

bigwave3

gfraser wrote:

wow that hawaii is fucking amazing. love it and doing it yourself must feel even better. good job man!

Thanks man, I tried using 1.5 inch bamboo but couldn't ever miter the corners right, this turned out better than I thought it would.

To comment on the borgota, I saw a frame just like that about 2 months ago and actually thought of the borgota. Looks great.

I've been waiting for Brad to sell a couple on his site, but the chances of that look slim at this point. I'm not going to go starting a new thread on here and beg for someone to hook me up, but seriously does anyone have a pink one sitting around I could buy or trade for?