Re: Frames for gold-toned pop images

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From: dina Fraioli (ladyoflemon@hotmail.com)
Date: 04/26/02-04:17:56 PM Z


thank-you Judy, that is worth a lot to me :)
I also have to remember that the frames are not the end of the world and
that if the work is good, it will look good no matter what frame it's in!
well...almost any frame! ;)

-dina

>From: Judy Seigel <jseigel@panix.com>
>Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>Subject: Re: Frames for gold-toned pop images
>Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 14:52:56 -0400 (EDT)
>
>
>On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, dina Fraioli wrote:
>
> > I think I jsut wanted someone to tell me that they will not look really
> > ridiculous... one of my professors was very anti-l-hooks, but pro
>burgundy
> > wooden frames! They MATCHED the tones in my images...and I admit looked
> > rather ok, but I think in the end would be VERY distracting since they
>MATCH
> > the tone...very strange.
>
>Dina, for what it's worth the glass & "L" hooks solution is very popular
>on this coast, among both faculty and students -- often preferred to
>frames, which be too grand for a less than perfect, or informal, school
>setting.
>
>I'll add just two things:
>
>1. those expensive frames may look dandy now, but odds are in 10 years or
>so they will be OUT OF STYLE, and if you haven't sold them yet.... : (,
>especially if you're not printing in those sizes any more -- a storage
>problem.
>
>2. AFAIK, those "L" hooks are called "tenter hooks," and that is the
>derivation of the expression "s/he was on tenter hooks," meaning
>hanging, or in suspension, or less secure than with nut and bolt, or
>threaded screw. The expression is often mangled into "tender hooks" ---
>which is an entirely different topic, as you can perhaps imagine.
>
>good luck with the show,
>
>Judy
>

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