Archive for the ‘Picture frames’ Category
These 7-inch 480×234 widescreen digital picture frames have a familiar look, enclosed in a conventional-looking frame that disguises their digital underpinnings. They’ll look right at home among all those other conventional picture frames on your desk.
They’re compatible with the usual array of flash memory cards, and can also play back MP3s with their integrated speakers, along with MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and DivX video files. Take your pick of styles appropriate as gifts for baby showers, weddings and such; all are £120.
Helpful hint from personal experience: digital picture frames are perfect gifts for semi-technical old folks, as long as you help them with setup—they’ll love you for it. – Charlie White
On the question of how to frame pictures for exhibition, Angela Ferreira commented:
I think the best way to exhibit any painting to appeal to a wide variety of buyers is to display it with a very simple effective frame, or leave the canvas unframed. Framing can be distracting and might not appeal to some — most people like buying a painting and then framing it to their own house style.
Of course, a painting only has to appeal to one buyer — the one who takes it home. In this way, a painting is different from a book or a song. Most people know how challenging it is to frame a picture. If the artist does a good job in choosing a frame, this can save the buyer a lot of effort and decision-making.
The right frame can enhance the value of a painting. But the artist takes a risk in framing, as Angela implies. The time and money invested on the frames may not be well spent.
Should artists consider the frame as an integral part of their work and strive to get it right, whatever the risk or complexity? Or is it better to leave framing to the buyer?
#1030 1 1/8″ Black Synthetic Frame. Minimum order of 5 required.
Measuring
To determine the appropriate frame size, simply use the exact outside measurements of your mat (or artwork if no mat is used).
Shipping
This 10×13 frame shell ships assembled and with the following hardware: pre-inserted flex points, one sawtooth hanger, and plastic bumpers.
Please Note: mats, backings, and glazing are sold separately.
Regular Metal Frames in Frosted Silver, Gold, or Black. Minimum order of 5 required.
Measuring
To determine the appropriate frame size, simply use the exact outside measurements of your mat (or artwork if no mat is used).
Shipping
This 5×7 frame shell ships in chops which must be assembled. Hardware includes: snap clips, back & top plates, corner clips, plastic bumpers, and assembly instructions.
Please Note: mats, backings, and glazing are sold separately.
A picture frame is a container added to a picture in order to enhance it, make it easier to display or, in some cases, to protect it.
Picture frames are usually made of soft or hard wood, although other materials are also used, including aluminum or polystyrene. A picture frame may be of any colour or texture, but gilding is common, especially on older frames. Some picture frames have elaborate mouldings on them, which may relate to the subject matter of the picture.
The picture frame may contain a pane of glass or a plastic glass substitute such as Plexiglas, in order to protect the picture. Glass may be treated with various coatings, the most common being UV filters. Some glazings such as Denglas, Optium, and Museum glass have a coating which makes the glass partially non reflective and practically invisible under ideal lighting conditions.
For pieces to be framed under glass, except for the most disposable and inexpensive posters or temporary displays, the glass must be raised off the surface of the paper. This is done by means of matting, a lining of plastic “spacers”, shadowboxing, stacking two mouldings with the glass in between, and various other methods. If the paper (or other media) were to touch the glass directly, any condensation inside the glass would absorb directly into the art, having no room to evaporate. This is harmful to almost any medium. It causes art sticking to the glass, mildew, and other ill effects. Raising the glass is also necessary when a piece is done in a loose media such as charcoal or pastel, to prevent smudging.
