Studio Works picture framing
Studio Works offers a full range of professional picture framing services to both artists and the public.
We specialise in beautifully presenting and preserving original artworks and memorabilia, all needlecrafts, photographs and documents.
We are a small business with strong focus on quality, and customers deal directly with us, the owners.
Thoughts on framing...
Frames should not call attention to themselves, nor should
they detract from the picture they contain.
A frame must never cramp or crowd a picture. Generally an
uncomplicated picture calls for a plain frame. A richly detailed
composition is better suited to a more ornate frame.
Pictures with predominantly warm tones (reds, browns, yellows)
should be framed with similarly toned mouldings.
Pictures with predominantly cool tones (blues, greens, blue-blacks
and whites) look better with silver or cool toned frames.
works on paper
Most water colours, pastels, prints, drawings and photographs
need glass to protect them and a mount or slip frame to separate
the glass from the picture and prevent the two from sticking
together. The frames are usually light in construction to
suit the delicacy of the image.
oils and acrylics
Most of these are done on canvases or boards and are more
robust and less likely suffer damage and therefore do not
usually need glass to protect them. Mounts are not used and
the mouldings are usually wider than those traditionally used
for works on paper. Exceptions are small paintings done on
thin board with a fairly flat paint surface, these can benefit
from being glazed and mounted.
In general small paintings look better in a wide frame, whereas
larger, bolder works can often stand by themselves.
textiles
Most fabric works are mounted and glazed. They can also be
treated like oils without a mount, but glazed, usually a slip
or insert is used to prevent the glass from touching the work.
Hints on hanging your art work
colour schemes
White or light coloured walls look good with clear, strong
colours and pictures displayed in simple frames without mounts.
Monochrome prints and photos also look good on light walls.
If your walls are coloured then try to echo the colour scheme
of the room in the picture mount, or use the mount as a contrast.
For patterned walls some sort of mount is essential if the
picture is not going to be at odds with the wall.
things to avoid
Avoid hanging pictures above a heater as the heat, along
with dust and grease, can damage the work and crack the glue
in the frame.
As a rule of thumb pictures should not be hung in direct
sunlight or opposite a window, especially if they are valuable.
grouping
Most pictures look best in groups rather than spaced out
randomly. Usually only large works look good on a wall alone.
Groups that fall into thirds look more harmonious than halves
or quarters.
Hang the central most eye-catching picture at eye-level.
Generally larger pictures look best when placed at the bottom
of a group.
Formal geometric groups work best when frame mouldings are
identical and the pictures the same size and shape.
For pictures of different shapes and sizes informal arrangements
are better.
For best effect keep the tops of all pictures at the same
height.
Experiment with placing yours works on the floor before you
start hammering in nails. Make paper cut-outs of your works
and tape these to the wall to fine tune you placement.
Use furniture as a guide for the outer vertical boundaries
of your group.
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