framed poster thread

alex_sc wrote:

Here are my babies. Great speedy service from americanframe (although there's a minor issue with the philly mat). Special thanks to my girlfriend for her assistance with things like matching colors and stuff.

http://homepage.mac.com/sc_alex/PhotoAlbum1.html

Special bonus shot of Jeff's arm on my computer's desktop in the gorge pic!

how long did it take you to get your stuff..........ordered last fri and still nothing, not even an email

alex_sc wrote:

Here are my babies. Great speedy service from americanframe (although there's a minor issue with the philly mat). Special thanks to my girlfriend for her assistance with things like matching colors and stuff.

http://homepage.mac.com/sc_alex/PhotoAlbum1.html

Special bonus shot of Jeff's arm on my computer's desktop in the gorge pic!

someone dropped some cash-o-la! NICE.

My American Frame order came today, so I'll go home and put my Showbox '04 together, and then post my gorge and showbox on here for y'all tomorrow!

alex_sc wrote:

Here are my babies. Great speedy service from americanframe (although there's a minor issue with the philly mat). Special thanks to my girlfriend for her assistance with things like matching colors and stuff.

http://homepage.mac.com/sc_alex/PhotoAlbum1.html

Special bonus shot of Jeff's arm on my computer's desktop in the gorge pic!

I have to be honest with you (even though you didn't ask for opinions like others on this thread have), I personally feel like those types of frames (with the exception of Philly) are rather gaudy and take away from the art being framed. But if you dig 'em, more power to you.

And can I assume the "issue" with the Philly mat is that it totally doesn't match? If so, you can let them know and they should be willing to send out a correct match.

13PJ13 wrote:

I have to be honest with you (even though you didn't ask for opinions like others on this thread have), I personally feel like those types of frames (with the exception of Philly) are rather gaudy and take away from the art being framed. But if you dig 'em, more power to you.

And can I assume the "issue" with the Philly mat is that it totally doesn't match? If so, you can let them know and they should be willing to send out a correct match.

Don't mind the comments at all. It was such a fun project that your post just gives me a chance to spout off about how I picked the stuff out!

The frame choice, at least in the case of Ottawa, was deliberately over the top and I like it that way...it captures the feel of the poster for me. This also moved it from my least favorite poster of the three to my favorite completed piece. This was a chance to take poster art I really liked and add something to it. Doesn't mean the art wouldn't stand on its own or needs my help -- just makes it fit into my world a little better.

The Philly mat issue is with the dimensions. It's about 1/16th off and I think the actual screen printing might be slightly skewed. Either way, it didn't quite line up. Doesn't sound like much, I know, but it's annoying. The color doesn't match exactly because I wanted to get away from the standard "pick a color in the poster, match your mat to it" style. It's more of a complementary color. Also may have been washed out a bit when I took the pic.

Gorge is very portrait-y, so I gave it a portrait-y frame. 'nuff said.

But yeah, it's all in the eye of the beholder, right? All I know is, I sit here in my office now and have stuff on the walls I love to look at. And the whole thing caught me by surprise...I was at the Philly concert, got a poster, and thought "now what?" Then I saw the cool things you guys have done with presenting the art work and realized the artwork was great and could add something to my office space.


alex

check it out.......Greg6906's Boston 98 framed.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v643/greg6906/PICT0075.jpg

One of the best PJ posters of all time!!

Songburst wrote:

http://photobucket.com/albums/e200/Songburst/?action=view&current=d51e6e26.jpg

My attempt at a Thunder Bay poster.

wow...........you remember what mat color that is.......i think we ordered the exact same setup..............haha............looks freakin sweeeeeeeeet

I know it's already been sung, but it can't be said enough...Just a reminder everybody... If you use an online frame place where you have to put in poster dimensions... don't get them from expressobeans, just measure the poster yourself! I just got my materials for the Showbox '04, and the mat was a bit too big...so now I have to go through a big hassle of getting it cut to the proper size before I can put it together.

And all of this would have been fine if I had just measured the poster myself!!