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Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Picture Framing 101
I am "That Frame Guy". I own a Custom Framing and Art Gallery in Pearland. I am looking for new ideas in framing. Please post any new procedures or techniques that I can use and help others to use.
I have seen where a canvas does not have a frame on it but is like on the sides of the wood and has staples in back. Do you guys do this or know how? Looks like it does not need a frame. Diane
You are referring to what is called a gallery wrap. When a canvas is stretched to show the image wrapped around the side and the staples in the back, some artist paint them already stretched and paint on the sides, so you do not need a frame. Kind of a "I can not afford a frame lofty look" Works well with Abstarcts and a select art mix. Have to be careful. Some framers do not use the right materials. Must be on thicker strainer stock and treated so it will not warp.
"That Frame Guy" Wants you to know all about Giclee's. A Giclee is a french term which means a spray of ink. Special computerized printers reproduce on water color paper and on canvas. It is not an original graphic, but a fine quality reproduction print. In many cases, that quality is high enough to reproduce an original in a way that many find superior to that of a Lithograph and serigraph.
With oil, the process captures the true texture of a piece. The Giclee really saturates the colours, and accurately represents the textures found in an oil painting. This allows the viewers to feel the quality of the original in the giclee print.
Giclee prints render deep, saturated colours and have a beautiful painterly quality that retains minute detail, subtle tints and blends. A variety of substrates can be used. This includes archival watercolour papers, such as Arches, glossy paper and cotton duck canvas. The prints may be hand embelished by the artist using ink and gold foil stamping for a mixed media effect. Iris giclee prints have an impressive exhibition record-being shown in museums and galleries throughout the world.
The production of a giclee print is not an automatic process. The human touch is critical in several phases of the giclee process.
1st, giclee prints begin as original art.
2nd, the work is scanned into the computer, where it is colour corrected. That colour correction requires an experienced eye and touch in making the proper adjustments in tone, contrast, sharpness and other factors. This helps to ensure that product is a print that faithfully reproduces the original.
3rd, in matching the computer image with the final print, a practised eye must make adjustments for the best results.
And lastly, the printer itself needs steady attention to produce consistent, quality results. In short, the human hand is part of every step of the giclee process. Indeed, the difference between a quality printer and one that is not, lies almost entirely in the human involvement and craftsmanship.
The true difference between giclees and other types of prints lies in the printing device. For offset lithographs, that printing device is the offset press. For serigraphs, the ink is applied by hand over the computer generated screens. For a giclee' print, the printing takes place on an Iris continuous tone ink printer.
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I have seen where a canvas does not have a frame on it but is like on the sides of the wood and has staples in back. Do you guys do this or know how? Looks like it does not need a frame.
Diane
Diane,
You are referring to what is called a gallery wrap. When a canvas is stretched to show the image wrapped around the side and the staples in the back, some artist paint them already stretched and paint on the sides, so you do not need a frame. Kind of a "I can not afford a frame lofty look" Works well with Abstarcts and a select art mix. Have to be careful. Some framers do not use the right materials. Must be on thicker strainer stock and treated so it will not warp.
That Frame Guy
"That Frame Guy" Wants you to know all about Giclee's. A Giclee is a french term which means a spray of ink. Special computerized printers reproduce on water color paper and on canvas. It is not an original graphic, but a fine quality reproduction print. In many cases, that quality is high enough to reproduce an original in a way that many find superior to that of a Lithograph and serigraph.
With oil, the process captures the true texture of a piece. The Giclee really saturates the colours, and accurately represents the textures found in an oil painting. This allows the viewers to feel the quality of the original in the giclee print.
Giclee prints render deep, saturated colours and have a beautiful painterly quality that retains minute detail, subtle tints and blends. A variety of substrates can be used. This includes archival watercolour papers, such as Arches, glossy paper and cotton duck canvas. The prints may be hand embelished by the artist using ink and gold foil stamping for a mixed media effect. Iris giclee prints have an impressive exhibition record-being shown in museums and galleries throughout the world.
The production of a giclee print is not an automatic process. The human touch is critical in several phases of the giclee process.
1st, giclee prints begin as original art.
2nd, the work is scanned into the computer, where it is colour corrected. That colour correction requires an experienced eye and touch in making the proper adjustments in tone, contrast, sharpness and other factors. This helps to ensure that product is a print that faithfully reproduces the original.
3rd, in matching the computer image with the final print, a practised eye must make adjustments for the best results.
And lastly, the printer itself needs steady attention to produce consistent, quality results. In short, the human hand is part of every step of the giclee process. Indeed, the difference between a quality printer and one that is not, lies almost entirely in the human involvement and craftsmanship.
The true difference between giclees and other types of prints lies in the printing device. For offset lithographs, that printing device is the offset press. For serigraphs, the ink is applied by hand over the computer generated screens. For a giclee' print, the printing takes place on an Iris continuous tone ink printer.
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