how important are frames?

[Sirius Glass]

Frames are important, ideally you should look at what others are using and make your own choice. Yo need frames that don't distract the viewer but look good. My current set were made for me the frame-maker getting the wood profile cut specifically for me, I bought about 80 frames and he later made some extras.

Ian

+1

 

[paul ron]

Nobody is buying, that's partly why I asked the question. Not that my frames are necessarily the reason for my sales record, it could be the junk I put in them.

Anywho, today I went to the art institute, Michaels and Target. I looked closely at all the frames on all the art, something I've never done. One photographer used thin, silvery aluminum that I don't think I'd use but they looked OK. On close examination the corners weren't very well machine-matched but few people would notice it. Another photographer had a large exhibit of B&W prints in large, medium-width (1") black wood frames with an occasional white one. I have to say the white doesn't do much for me. The frames looked nice, well made, perfectly cornered, clean and unremarkable. They didn't ooze "expensive", and since he was showing dozens of large prints he'd have to be wealthy in order to afford that many expensive frames so they probably weren't. They were not a distraction, they were functional. I liked that width.

On to Target and Michaels, this part will be short. Even the most expensive frames they had on display looked cheap, and almost all looked like plastic or some plasticky susbstance. I didn't see if the frame shop offered anything better.

It probably is all the junk you put into it. HAhahahahahahahha

Anyway... frame material can be bough bulk in metal and wood. A gallery I did work for use to make their own frames. Aluminum channel n hardware comes in lengths, 16' in many different patterns as well as wood frame stock.

just google around for suppliers.

 

[tomfrh]

Do you guys ever see this type of framing?

http://www.stateoftheart-gallery.com/spaw2/uploads/images/Liesa.jpg

I see this occasionally and don't really understand why you'd have the image so small? I have a photo book at home set out like this - and 90% of each page is white!

 

[Luckless]

Do you guys ever see this type of framing?

http://www.stateoftheart-gallery.com/spaw2/uploads/images/Liesa.jpg

I see this occasionally and don't really understand why you'd have the image so small? I have a photo book at home set out like this - and 90% of each page is white!

"Visual Padding". You can hang a photo like that on a wall with nearly any colour or texture, and when you step up to look closely at it you'll cover up distracting background elements from the wall. It offers more visual control to the artist.

It also just looks different.

 

[paul ron]

http://www.crlaurence.com/crlapps/s...=11734&History=39325:1491:11731&ModelID=11734

http://www.westshoreframes.com/shop/category.aspx?catid=201

 

[Jim Jones]

A good photograph deserves a good frame. A poor photograph needs a good frame.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Consider Plak-It as an inexpensive framing alternative.

http://www.plak-it.com/product/plak-it-plakmount/

 

[DREW WILEY]

Read the "ingredients". MDF is just about the nastiest thing one could use behind photographs if you want them to last.