Framing and matting

steve B · #1 02-20-2021, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by BruceinGa

I'm afraid if one doesn't have access to a chopper, mat cutter, underpinner, tools and materials a frame shop is their only option.

Done with

Utility knife
frame kit and museum glass from a framing store. Since closed.
Some thread to hang the medals
Acid free photo corners for the paper stuff, and a mylar sheet to stiffen the tissue paper poster from falling out of the corners
two colors of matboard from A.C. Moore - now closed.

All the supplies are still available, just not at retail.

How do you do the crafts you can buy at Michaels?
Open box, display "craft"

jb217676 · #2 02-21-2021, 06:24 AM

Great stuff guys, love seeing your framed pieces! Over the last year I went the custom framing route and the results were awesome but quite expensive (had to move a few cards to help pay for this venture!) I had 10 pieces custom framed with the same frame and museum glass by a great framer just down the street from my house. Price wise in Canadian dollars they range anywhere from $250 to $400 each. The Barkley was another story, that piece was $800 because it was so labour intensive, but it's my pride and joy so it was worth it to me. I wanted my office to be my own little art gallery!

BruceinGa · #3 02-21-2021, 06:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jb217676

Great stuff guys, love seeing your framed pieces! Over the last year I went the custom framing route and the results were awesome but quite expensive (had to move a few cards to help pay for this venture!) I had 10 pieces custom framed with the same frame and museum glass by a great framer just down the street from my house.

Very nice!!

jb217676 · #4 02-21-2021, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by BruceinGa

Very nice!!

Thanks Bruce! I don't know if any of you have had a jersey framed before but that's a process best left to a professional with years of experience. I saw some of the framing process for my Barkley and it is was real interesting. Jersey has a stiff template that was cut to size and inserted inside the jersey that keeps it real flat and stops the front logos from showing through. Then the jersey is stitched through the small holes in the jersey through to the black background. Same process for the plaque, but the plaque also has two screws in the bottom that don't go through the jersey. Frame is a shadowbox, my framer cut six layers of black foam core to put under the matting to raise it up. Took almost two months to get it back from him!
Jeff

BruceinGa · #5 02-21-2021, 01:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jb217676

Thanks Bruce! I don't know if any of you have had a jersey framed before but that's a process best left to a professional with years of experience. I saw some of the framing process for my Barkley and it is was real interesting. Jersey has a stiff template that was cut to size and inserted inside the jersey that keeps it real flat and stops the front logos from showing through. Then the jersey is stitched through the small holes in the jersey through to the black background. Same process for the plaque, but the plaque also has two screws in the bottom that don't go through the jersey. Frame is a shadowbox, my framer cut six layers of black foam core to put under the matting to raise it up. Took almost two months to get it back from him!
Jeff

I've only framed one jersey, about 12 yrs ago. It was a Nolan Ryan jersey that a friend had but had damaged the frame. It turned out nice. It was a shallow shadow box.

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