Framing Art Posters...

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Posted: September 27, 2012 @ 7:56AM
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Hiya, I just wanted to ask. With limited edition art, gig and mondo posters or prints (etc etc) should I use matting when I have them framed or not? It's just I always have and I think a well chosen mat makes the poster or print look better, helps them stand out if you will. I also know I should be storing them in flat file storage but 1) I've no money to buy a flat file storage unit and 2) we haven't the space in the house anyway even though I want to. So as bad as it is I have to store them in tubes until they are framed. Anyways thanks that's all I wanted to ask; peace and long life, and all that lol...

Sooky

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Having a print rest directly against the glass is a big no no. Don't do it if you can avoid it. If it is merely a cheap poster then I wouldn't worry about it. Also, make sure the matting and the backing are acid free. Unfortunately, proper framing is ungodly expensive.

MrVinegar

over 11 years ago · Comment ·

keegan a Glad you are hear to look out for us n00bs. :) over 11 years ago

Easily_Amused LOL! finding a good archival framer is my biggest stumbling block on getting all my pieces framed. over 11 years ago

Sooky The place I go to here in town does archival framing, so I get them archivally mounted with acid free card mat. I can't afford the full archival cloth matting nor the UV protected glass or perspex, but I don't keep them in direct sunlight anyway. Okay thanks guys that's a weight off my mind!!! ^_^ over 11 years ago

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Always Matt & frame your collectables or limited edition prints just from preservation purposes alone. There is more benefits to Matt's than making your image pop with color they keep the print from sticking to the glass.Framing isn't cheap just for that reason but there's a whole lot more to it than pure aesthetics. I use to be a custom frame specialist.

KaM©

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Sooky

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Sooky I tried to use an indirect light but no worries... over 11 years ago

Easily_Amused LOL! I didn't notice your reflection at all until you said something. over 11 years ago

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Of my 50+ prints I think I have like 20 prints matted & framed ... maybe a little more. Nearly all of them are just matted in white with a 1" black frame. My wife always wants to pick matte's that match the print more, and I think for 2 of them we did that. I don't know if I'm the only one, but we move them around all the time so I like that they're all framed the same ... kind of weird that way I guess.

keegan

over 11 years ago · Comment ·

Sooky I guess I'm a bit like your wife then, as I always pick matting and frames that match the poster or print. But then I'm the sorta person who chooses a landline phone set based purely on aesthetics but couldn't use them cuz the frequency they were on conflicted with our wifi and other stuff lol... over 11 years ago

Sooky Okay so that's cool, it's really a personal choice then up to the individual. I guess it's also cuz many of the photos of framed concert and mondo posters I've seen online didn't seem to have any matting so it just made me wonder is all... over 11 years ago

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I just got this back from the framers today, what do you guys think? It isn't the best photo sorry, a bit blurry. My hands are shaky today, oh well. But do you like? ^_^

Sooky

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Easily_Amused I like it, but what matters is that you like it. Is the fram wood painted blue and distressed, or what is it I can't quite tell. But, it looks great and really makes the print vibrant. over 11 years ago

Sooky Oh I love it, as usual I have impeccable good taste and an awesome sense of style when picking something like this out! If I do say so myself ^.^ I'm still geeking out over it... over 11 years ago

Sooky Yes a blue wooden frame with like a distressed, weathered or aged effect. Much like the TARDIS itself, well if you've ever seen Doctor Who you'll know what I mean lol... over 11 years ago

Easily_Amused LOL! Are there people who have never seen Doctor Who? over 11 years ago

Easily_Amused You should check this one out: http://trampt.com/art-prints/54725/universal-paint-mixed-media-static over 11 years ago

Easily_Amused I'd love to know what you think of Static's work. over 11 years ago

Sooky Umm yes, I guess so! Poor dears they don't know what they're missing do they, and those that haven't seen it cuz they hate it should be burnt as blasphemers! Joke lol... over 11 years ago

Sooky >.< I'm not that much of a crazy fangirl... over 11 years ago

Easily_Amused LOL! You know you are. I love Daleks... one of the most awesome badguys ever. I wish they would release the entire collection of the original on DVD or Blu Ray (last I looked they hadn't) in actual order of release. I'd so buy it. over 11 years ago

Sooky Because the BBC used to record over old tapes of programs to be more economic and also because they thought no one would remember Doctor Who in decades to come whole runs of certain Doctor's have been almost entirely lost forever. They stopped that practice sometime in the 1980s I'm told... over 11 years ago

Sooky So yeah I doubt they'll ever be able to release the entire collection in order of release, but to be fair the production values on Old Who compared to New Who was pretty damned woeful though conceptually brilliant and totally unique... over 11 years ago

Easily_Amused I loved the old show a bit better than the new show because it was campy and cheesy and brilliant. over 11 years ago

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Well thanks guys this conversation/thread will give those who are just starting to collect prints and posters some good advice on framing and matting, and has confirmed what I already knew to be true in my mind. Cuz I doubt myself a lot I sometimes just need confirmation on something like this. You all rock, as far as I'm concerned...

Sooky

over 11 years ago · Comment ·

Sooky It also goes without saying that when you hang your posters or prints it shouldn't be in direct sunlight and away from a major heat source; i.e. a window, heater etc etc. But if you do want to put it near a window or in a sunlit room make sure the glass or perspex is UV protected. Kay toodles things to do... over 11 years ago

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If you see a print unmatted, it's probably because the person didn't want to spend the extra money. For posters (generally one sheet or bigger) the cost is so much most people just skip it.

Easily_Amused

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Sooky There are at least three types of archival mounting Amused from what I can tell, each one is more expensive. I got the partial archival mounting you know acid free mat, and the way they fix the poster or print to the board. They look amazing... over 11 years ago

Sooky I will take some photos of them fully done!!! =) over 11 years ago

Easily_Amused Yeah, I've seen that sort of pricing structure. It always makes me think of Travelers and other scam artists. You really have to trust your framer, because you really can't tell one way or another once i's all framed. over 11 years ago

Sooky I think most framing shops aren't going to do a cheap job and charge you for archival framing, wouldn't be good for business at all. Whether they'll tell you about archival framing in the first place well that depends on the person I guess... over 11 years ago

Easily_Amused Around here framing shops come and go, none of the ones I've seen do their own work, and instead send it off to a warehouse... Leaves me skeptical. The last place I really liked, went out of business. So I will keep looking. over 11 years ago

Sooky Ah, well the last framing shop I went to didn't tell me about the option of archival framing but the new people I'm working with are really great. Do it all themselves personally... over 11 years ago

Sooky To boot they've been there for absolutely years, and also run a small art gallery on the same premises... over 11 years ago

Easily_Amused They sound great! Too bad they're not here. over 11 years ago

Sooky Nah you'd have to come to the middle of nowhere to a small uni town halfway between Sydney and Brisbane. They call it a rural city but really rural + city is an oxymoron!!! ^_~ over 11 years ago

Sooky I miss Sydney, but just can't afford to live there... over 11 years ago

Easily_Amused LOL! I want to move out of the DC metro area and start a hobby farm, because it's unbelievably expensive here too. over 11 years ago

Sooky Ever noticed how all the best, cleanest safest cities to live in are also the most exorbitantly expensive? I don't know about DC but Australian cities which are ranked some of the best in the world to live in cost way too much, same as in Canada... over 11 years ago

Sooky I mean for collecting the sort of stuff I do living in a city would be way better, not to mention at heart I'm a city chick... over 11 years ago

Sooky When I used to take my dog out on walks there was this cute goat in a field all by itself that I took pity on and used to pet or give food to. Until one day a friend who was with me on one of these walks pointed out it was, in fact, a sheep. I was soo embarrassed but they do look similar!? >.< over 11 years ago

Sooky Sorry I'm babbling, it's a rainy day =| over 11 years ago

Easily_Amused LOL! Only if their shorn. I've never seen a clean city. DC is good on a street by street basis. All the others I've been to haven't been much better. A clean Veneer here, and pox marked there. over 11 years ago

Easily_Amused I forgot. I was in Vancouver once and it was the most cleanest beautiful city I've ever seen. But, I was a kid, so who knows what it really is like now. over 11 years ago

Easily_Amused No problem, nothing better to do when it rains than talk. over 11 years ago

Sooky Or read a book, or watch a movie... over 11 years ago

Easily_Amused LOL! In my case it's 2am and time to try and sleep. over 11 years ago

Easily_Amused Good night! over 11 years ago

Sooky Oh Amused, the night is yet young!!! =P over 11 years ago

Easily_Amused LOL! It was, but my day started at 7am. over 11 years ago

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