Art is everywhere. It surrounds us in nature with beautiful treelines, rich colours across the skylines, various patterns and plenty of spaces. It just takes a camera and someone with a knack for capturing the art around us in a single snap of a camera that can then be framed and displayed where you can see it daily.
Wouldn’t it be great to have a dedicated space to house all your pictures neatly together without it looking a cluttered mess? The solution can be simpler than you may have imagined.
Remember the ladders of yesteryear, which were just planks of wood cut to size, then nailed together to form a set of ladders? That’s today’s modern display unit. They’re used as plant stands, for photo displays, showcasing ornamental collections or a combination of each, with enough room for a bowl of Pot Pourri too. What’s not to love?
Have you ever printed an image to be devastated by what you got? When you’re using an online printing service, you do not want that to happen, especially if you’re adding the frame to your order.
What you see on your monitor isn’t always going to be what gets printed. That’s because digital displays are reliant on your screen resolution.
There are a few ways to go about framing pencil sketches. The first and obvious is to frame the original. If you want to go that route, you’re best to use a fixative to prevent the pencil from shading.
If you do go this route, the only other thing to make sure you do is to include a picture mount because even with a decent fixative, there’s a good chance that after a while, if the pencil is in contact with the frame, it’ll cause it to fade.
The second option you have requires more work and also needs a decent scanner and photo editing software.
Trick or treat’s coming up, so for the tricksters among us, this will be an early treat. Consider it the instructions you need to prank your friends and get some crazy shots from your camera that makes it look spooktacularly haunting.
Think ghosts, orbs and to the imaginative minds, unexplainable goings-on in the photos you take with them present, by capturing things that just aren’t there.
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Most creatives will experiment on occasion with different sizing options for their finished framed work. Sometimes, that’s not an option though, and you want to order a frame and a mount that’s as close to guaranteed to look gorgeous that you’ll get.
Instead of a hit and miss project, there are specific numerical formulas or equations you can use to create gorgeously framed artworks that are always going to be eye-pleasing, regardless the setting because it follows a set of rules that’s worked for centuries.
Photo mounts are available to buy separately, or you can buy them with the frame. The question is, do you really need them?
The primary point of using a mount is to protect your photos and any artwork you put inside a frame. They create a boundary preventing the picture touching the glazing, thus preventing any damage to the photo, such as smudging and discolouration.
In terms of appearance, the option you choose for your photo mount will have a profound effect on your finished framed piece. Of anything, be it a photo, painting, or pencil sketch.
Ever wonder what the best types of woods are for photo frames? Well generally speaking from a consumer stand point, it really doesn’t matter other than for aesthetics.
From a manufacturer standpoint, there’s more to consider and likely more than you would imagine. But, when you know what the cheapest of woods are and compare that to the hardness and functionality of the woods, you’ll be in a better position to know what type of wood and finish would best fit your framing needs.
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Embellishments for art aren’t just digital shapes and designs you can drop onto a plain document and start editing with any photo editing software. There are tangible embellishments you can use either inside a photo frame or on the exterior of the frame. The difference they can make to tired and more or less boring photo displays may surprise you.
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An all but too common scenario with photo frames and the display position on your walls is they change. You shuffle your furniture, add new things, take old ones out, redecorate, reframe and move the position of your frames. When that’s a problem is when you’re only left with a gaping gap that’s going to put your picture frame in front of direct sunlight.
This is not good because the colours will fade if there’s insufficient UV protection on your glazing.
