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Framing Techniques & Tips

There were 17 articles found in this category:

1. Collecting Customer Deposits
   Strategies for making the taking of deposits go smoothly. An article by Jared Davis, CPF, GCF originally appearing in Decor Magazine Nov 2009. Download the full article below.
2. Stopping the Dust Pump
   Stopping The Dust Pump By Greg Fremstad, FrameTek Inc The typical frame with glass, mats (or spacers) makes a very efficient diaphram pump. Any movement of either the glass or the backing will pump air in and out of the frame. Just turning a frame over on the fitting table will cause the air t ...
3. Frame Store Design
   Flexible Frame Store Design by Rob Markoff
4. Wow, That's Expensive
   With prices recently increasing across the board around our industry, the fear of hearing this statement on our front counter feels like a piercing knife through the heart, and can sometimes leave us lost for words? Even though we can predict when this statement is going to come, it still seems ...
5. Creating the Perfect Sample Wall
   “Sensory overload!” – That’s the feeling most customers get when they walk into your shop and look at your corner sample wall! Many framers don’t realize this, but your sample wall is the most important sales tool in your shop. Jared Davis, CPF, GCF shares some esse ...
6. Creating a framing menu
   When you dine at a restaurant, do you ask your server, “How much does it cost for a steak dinner?” Or, do you read a menu first? What do you do when a customer walks into your shop and asks, “How much will it cost to frame this football jersey?” Do you just offer a price ...
7. Wheat Starch Hinging
   Wheat Starch Hinging: Using wheat starch paste for hinging art. The secret to using wheat (or rice) starch paste is all in the timing. by Greg Fremstad
8. Stopping Art from buckling
   View the entire article by Vivian Kistler, MCPF, GCF
9. Certified Picture Framer Exam Study Guide
   Study Guide
10. Common framing product terms
    A glossary of common picture framing product terms.
11. Framing pastels
    Matless pastel framing is a method of framing that has proven to be quite popular with many pastel artists. It allows pastel artists to treat their paintings more like oil or acrylic paintings that are rarely matted. by Greg Fremstad, FrameTek Inc.
12. Art Hinging Tips
    The most time-tested method of attaching paper art in a frame is wheat starch paste and Japanese paper hinges. "Feathering" the edges of the hinge paper by "Wet Tearing" is universally recommended to avoid embossing and cockling of the art. by Greg Fremstad, FrameTek Inc.
13. Art and Framing terminology
    Fine Art Care and Treatment Standards (F.A.C.T.S.) terminology
14. How to frame a digital print
    How to frame a digital print Photo Marketing Magazine 2005
15. Float Framing a Watercolor
    Float mounting a watercolor creates a dramatic effect that makes the thin sheet of art appear to be hanging in space. by Greg Fremstad, FrameTek Inc.
16. Conservation techniques
    Conservation Treatment for Works of Art and Unbound Artifacts on Paper Northeast Document Conservation Center leaflet (2007)
17. Conservation Framing
    Reversability in Framing article by Don Berkman (1994) Conservation/preservation framing is defined as succeeding in doing no harm, protecting the work and making it reversible.