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Framing Tips
All paintings
are sent unframed and un-matted. This means you are free to
frame your paintings to your taste. You can either frame the Art
your self or take it to a professional framer. (Take a look in
your telephone directory to find one local to you)
General
advice
The mini
paintings are perfect for a miniature collection and they look
great in multiples or groups. They can be framed in a tiny frame
or mounted and hung in a larger frame.
Collections of
mini paintings can be framed together in one frame, or framed
separately and dotted about a wall.
It may be worth
taking a look around the web - there are many websites that go
into a lot of detail about framing and will show examples and
give you more ideas.
Caring for
Art
A frame will go some way to protecting a painting from damage
but to keep your painting (and frame) looking perfect, it is
best not to hang artwork in direct sunlight, over heat sources
or anywhere with major changes in humidity such as a bathroom.
If you wish to
hang a painting in a room subject to bright sunlight you are
able to frame using UV resistant glass, ask your framer for more
information.
Mounts
A mount
should be used when framing, it will keep the painting
positioned in the frame and stop the front of the painting from
touching the glass. You can purchase these from art supply
stores, framing shops, and some 'off the shelf' frames will come
with one.
Paintings
from claires-gallery.co.uk are created on acid free watercolour
paper and so it is recommended that the mount board is also acid
free.
Mount board is available in many colours, shades and tones. Each
will make a picture look different, make sure you try out
several different colours against your picture before your
decide. If you are in any doubt, use white or cream - these
colours go with everything. You can also use a second mount to
make double mount effect. The second mount could either be a
entirely different colour, a contrasting colour or a similar
colour but slightly different tone to the first mount board.
The painting
only needs to be secured with small pieces of tape (acid free
gummed tape is best - clear sticky tape will go brown over time,
loose its stick and leave yellow marks on the paper) to hold the
painting in place but allow the painting to 'move'. If it was
taped all the way around it may eventually buckle.
An acid free
backing board or acid free paper should then be attached to keep
the painting in position and protect the back from the frame.
I hope these
tips help. If you have any questions please send an email to
artist@claires-gallery.co.uk
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