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All this framing !!!!!they would make us just have the bloody frames and leave out all that picture nonsense stuff Now are we having to cut up Mats:-) Paint straight on the wall like we did in those mammoth and sabre tooth tiger days-no poncey (spellcheck objects to this word)frames then Back to VB P (moody P) -----Original Message----- From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mark Weiss Sent: 06 March 2009 15:26 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: The cost of a triptych There are framers who are truly artists, but most frames are very easy to make. Your local frame shop puts them together out of stock millwork. The tools: a t-square, framers clamps, a finecut saw, a mitre box, a hammer, finishing nails and a countersink. The problem here is cutting the matt. I regularly cut my own matts, but my matt cutter limits me to about six inches maximum borders. In a tryptich most of the cutting is very far from the edges and requires much higher-end equipment or the skill to cut free-hand. I have a tryptich that needs framing. No way I'm going to cut my own matt. The other solution, which often, as in my case, isn't appropriate, is to float the pictures on the backing. Mark At 06:11 AM 3/6/2009, you wrote: >Would a framing class be a smart investment to your art? Glass is >not that expensive and neither is wood. It's all labor charges. best, manda > >--- On Thu, 3/5/09, Christopher C Jones <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >From: Christopher C Jones <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: The cost of a triptych >To: [log in to unmask] >Date: Thursday, March 5, 2009, 11:34 PM > >Today, I ordered two triptych frames for my art photography. Three >prints in one frame... the cost is huge, for me, already, as I prepare >to do the final prints. Three 350mmm by 350mm prints in a single three >window matt board, museum archival and some four to five feet of >non-reflective glass with a tasteful 2.5 cm black wooden frame. What can >I sell? Do these prints price me out of the market? Unframed the three >archival selenium toned prints I need to ask $1000 Australian for and >just to meet costs. Am I priced out of the market? > >My heart is in my mouth waiting for the framing studio to phone with a >final quote. Do I have the cash, being far too nervous to make it a >commitment based on potential cash flows or lack there of. > >What else can I sell to pay the framer? No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.8/1986 - Release Date: 03/05/09 19:32:00