Ha ha, Patrick, I'll tell those guys in the Grotte Chauvet when I see them
next (that means when my local shaman gets his act together). And as for
"poncey", a word I haven't heard for yonks, see:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=poncey
I suggest you trash Spellcheck!
best
mj caveman friend mj
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From bier to pit
And be shut in it
Then lies my house upon my nose
And all my care for this world goes.
Anon.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick McManus" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: The cost of a triptych


> 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?
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