framed poster thread

Just got these photos from MasterFramer, and I am stoked! Lemme know what y'all think...

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h182/bigbadmarv/Framed%20Posters/PJ_Hawaii_Framed.jpg

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h182/bigbadmarv/Framed%20Posters/PJ_Albuquerque_Framed.jpg

Anyone framed a Camden II 2006? Been trying to frame it myself via americanframe.com but can't come up with a close match on the blue or the orange.

http://www.expressobeans.com/public/detail.php/38134

And the black is actually a dark brown.....

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

Dirty Frankk wrote:

Wow, what to say...unbelievable work. Awesome!

To bad you are, I mean I am too far from you, otherwise I have something about 30 posters to frame in next 2/3 month.

Thank you very much

I do believe this is being shipped to Germany after Dumbgun gets it... so anything is possible

MasterFramer wrote:

We'll I would just get the print from the guy and send it to me and I'll frame it up for you. Trust me on the top mat... you want the eye drawn in to the print. You try and put some color all over the place and its going to compete with the print. Thats proper design but go ahead and put a blue mat on top... its just not going to look very good at all. Good Luck

another update... got my reframed Klausen. The only thing I'm not crazy about is the visible mounting corners, I thought they'd be hidden, but I guess at this point I'll have to deal with it. He's selling my old one for $250 framed in his shop.

Anyway, here is the one I just got back, let me know what you think.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y263/vertiblog/DSC_0625.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y263/vertiblog/DSC_0633.jpg

KDH12 wrote:

Yeah i am willing to bet he got that directly from BK and paid $60 for it, and $250 for your old one, crazy.......

Can these still be had for $60? If so, where!?

This guy told me he had to buy it from a guy in England for $600... but maybe he was bs'ing me by a factor of 10. lol.

truthiness wrote:

another update... got my reframed Klausen. The only thing I'm not crazy about is the visible mounting corners, I thought they'd be hidden, but I guess at this point I'll have to deal with it. He's selling my old one for $250 framed in his shop.

Anyway, here is the one I just got back, let me know what you think.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y263/vertiblog/DSC_0625.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y263/vertiblog/DSC_0633.jpg

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.

MasterFramer wrote:

I have both on their way to me... Should have them framed by the end of next week. I'll post them here. You really should send yours to me .

To be framed you mean, right?? I actually just dropped my Vic off at Michaels for $99... and that was half price (only reason I did it). Orange frame with brown mat which matches the brown hat... a little "wild" for me (everything I've done myself is black frame with black mat/black spacers) but I figured what the hey. I skipped on all the expensive stuff (fancy glass and some sort of fancy tapes that keeps out magical bugs or some crap).

Just curious, what do you charge? Haven't done my generic Lolla yet, was poking around americanframe.com... probably do it when I come home for winter break.

MasterFramer wrote:

My framing runs more than $99 but I use three mats usually, UV plexi/glass and AF foam core. What I do would cost $300+ with Michaels easy.

My advice if you are on a budget? Go with the UV glass and skip the mat. A few years from now your poster will be faded. The cost is usually only 10-15% more retail and more than worth it. That is if you care about preserving the art. Otherwise it doesnt matter.

Apparently all of Michael's glass is UV protected, so I'm safe. Isn't it a bad idea to skip the mat and have your poster directly against the glass? None of my posters are in direct/any sunlight anyway

MasterFramer wrote:

Thats when you use spacers... check on that with Michaels because I know the one in my area carries regular glass.

ANY light is harmful to art, whether it's sun light or not. We had a poster in our shop hanging in the back corner where it only got florescent light, hung there for almost a year or so. When it was sold and we removed the price tag you could see a faint outline where the price tag was. You'll never notice it on a full piece because it is so faint, but 5 years down the road put it next to one that has been behind UV glazing or in a tube and you'll see the difference. Glazing is the one thing you never skimp on.

Man, I almost just want to start over... I have 5 posters framed already with plain glass, and the three with mats are poorly cut because I did them (so much for remembering how to cut mats from photo class in high school). The other two have spacers and you can see them on one and the other they don't hold all of the poster down because the frame is slightly bigger than the poster.

One of these days when I get money I'll just roll 'em up and send them to you... personal framing = one big headache, ugh.