From: Bill Collins (photo@intrex.net)
Date: 03/23/02-01:06:02 PM Z
I mat and frame my own pictures both because it saves a fortune, and because I often try several mat combinations before I find the one that works best.
Bill---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Devon John <tbidjohn@mindspring.com>
Reply-to: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 12:13:57 -0500
>Cutting your own mats can be fun, but only if you know what you're doing and
>don't mind a bit of measuring. Honestly, sometimes framers can do a better
>job (it is the only thing they do after all), and if finances weren't an
>issue, I would have a good framer do the work for me. As long as there's
>open communication between the artist and the framer, you're not messing
>with the "vision" of the work, so there's not a problem.
>
>Devon
>
>> From: "Gregory W. Blank" <gblank@bellatlantic.net>
>> Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>> Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 14:24:50 -0500
>> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>> Subject: Re: Framing?
>>
>> I frame my own work however it, in my opinion is no crime to have someone
>> else who is capable to do the matting & framing. Cost is my reason,....if
>> time was then I would have it done. I hate cutting mattes!!! But it beats
>> spending lots of bucks if you are doing a show. I don't cut glass I get that
>> precut and ground on the edges.
>>
>> I buy "kit" frames from Light Impressions....I usually buy them in bulk so
>> the price is reduced.
>>
>>
>> on 3/22/02 1:33 PM, epona at acolyta@napc.com wrote:
>>
>>> Hi y'all,
>>>
>>> All this discussion on archival mounting got me thinking.... Do you all
>>> frame your work yourselves? Am I being incredibly lazy by going to a
>>> framer's? Does it detract from the artwork to have it framed
>>> professionally, instead of by the artists's own hand? I've tried, and I
>>> can't cut a matt to save my life, never mind about the space needed.
>>> Just curious.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Christine
>>>
>>> --
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>> "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.
>>> It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this
>>> emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and
>>> stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed."
>>> -Albert Einstein
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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