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12/12/2009 02:20:57 AM · #1 |
Most pictures I sell to people or hang in my own house are 16"x24" framed to 22.5"x30". I order frames from American Frame and they come assembled. I just need to mount the picture, put the layers all together (always double mats) and put the hardware on the back (always wood frames). I can probably do one in about 15 minutes these days.
A group of eye surgeons recently ordered a large number of prints to redecorate their office. Among them are 7 prints that are 24"x30" framed to 32"x38". Wow! First, I have never printed this large on real paper (not canvas) and the prints look awesome. I just finished the Yaquina Sunrise shot (my highest scoring DPC shot) and it looks sweet. However, the whole point of this post is to relate how much more work it is. First, if you order from American Frame you will likely get the frames disassembled (unless you want to pay $55 extra per frame for oversize shipping). This means you need to glue them together with four corner clamps. Getting the corners just right is touchy work. Second, to also avoid the oversize shipping charge, I bought full 32x40 mats and cut them myself. Third, do you know how much static charge a 32x38 piece of plexi carries? It can apparently suck up every piece of dust available in a two-mile radius. Finally I should probably go out and get some more pressure clips for the back because the eight that come in a standard hardware bag are probably not enough.
Anyway, the first picture looks great and this post is really tongue-in-cheek. Of course I'm happy to have spent the last 60 minutes on one picture seeing as someone is buying it from me. I was just looking for a bit of commiseration. Anybody else out there frame anything ultra large?
I've only got six more to go... |
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12/12/2009 02:48:09 AM · #2 |
I will second that! And I will add that sliding a 20x30 sheet of GLASS into one end of a metal frame is really fun too!
ETA: by ones self because you end up framing in the middle of the night Christmas eve.
Message edited by author 2009-12-12 02:49:17.
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12/12/2009 03:10:29 AM · #3 |
For a recent show I framed a shot that was printed at 20x80! I'm not much for constructing things (at least not if they have to look nice) so I got it done at a frame shop.
Print had a 1 inch border, which was good because there wasn't really any mat big enough for it. Even though I cant say I know quite what you went through, transporting that monstrosity around was intense! It barely even fit in my car. It was definitely worth it when I finally got it hung. |
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12/12/2009 03:22:28 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
A group of eye surgeons recently ordered a large number of prints to redecorate their office. Among them are 7 prints that are 24"x30" framed to 32"x38". Wow! |
Eye surgeons ordering large prints? Go figure... |
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12/12/2009 04:49:18 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by yanko:
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
A group of eye surgeons recently ordered a large number of prints to redecorate their office. Among them are 7 prints that are 24"x30" framed to 32"x38". Wow! |
Eye surgeons ordering large prints? Go figure... |
funny... |
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12/12/2009 05:14:02 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Most pictures I sell to people or hang in my own house are 16"x24" framed to 22.5"x30". I order frames from American Frame and they come assembled. I just need to mount the picture, put the layers all together (always double mats) and put the hardware on the back (always wood frames). I can probably do one in about 15 minutes these days.
A group of eye surgeons recently ordered a large number of prints to redecorate their office. Among them are 7 prints that are 24"x30" framed to 32"x38". Wow! First, I have never printed this large on real paper (not canvas) and the prints look awesome. I just finished the Yaquina Sunrise shot (my highest scoring DPC shot) and it looks sweet. However, the whole point of this post is to relate how much more work it is. First, if you order from American Frame you will likely get the frames disassembled (unless you want to pay $55 extra per frame for oversize shipping). This means you need to glue them together with four corner clamps. Getting the corners just right is touchy work. Second, to also avoid the oversize shipping charge, I bought full 32x40 mats and cut them myself. Third, do you know how much static charge a 32x38 piece of plexi carries? It can apparently suck up every piece of dust available in a two-mile radius. Finally I should probably go out and get some more pressure clips for the back because the eight that come in a standard hardware bag are probably not enough.
Anyway, the first picture looks great and this post is really tongue-in-cheek. Of course I'm happy to have spent the last 60 minutes on one picture seeing as someone is buying it from me. I was just looking for a bit of commiseration. Anybody else out there frame anything ultra large?
I've only got six more to go... |
printing big and hanging on the wall is a lot of work then someone can imagine. I have made posters and had them in my house.
Two of the bigger thing that i ever hanged were
1. Water color painting done on 16 different sheets and hanged on wall in hostel where i stayed, that was 4 ft wide
2. Had to copy a drawing from A4 sheet to 5 x 5 meter size paper (made by stiching newspaper) and that was painted on later by others. (this was so large that i was standing on it when i drew it). That was also hanged during college festival.
art pieces of large size are always a problem. This is why i do not paint any thing large now.
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12/12/2009 06:05:47 AM · #7 |
| When I was younger. My sister had a hobby of framing jigsaw puzzles. Some of them were quite large. She used a biscuit joiner and framing clamps to line up the corners of the frames she would glue all the joints and then screwed on L shaped braces on all four corners. Some of those things were gigantic 40 to 50 inches wide. Especially when she would do one of those 2000 piece puzzles. She would buy pre-fab framing from the lumber yard and cut it to size herself with a miter saw. Surprisingly she was very good at it and sold quite a few of them for alarming amounts of money at local craft fairs. I can still smell that clear coat stuff she used to put on the puzzles, Was some nasty smelling stuff. |
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