Framing Panoramic Photographs?

[Ladder7]

Yard sales, thrift shop or at Home Goods or similar, they carry generic, framed decorations for kitchens, bedrooms etc. Disect it, custom matte and replace the glass with UV. They often have irregular frames that can b painted.

I found a wide, old frame for my Cleve. Pano at Salvation Army for $1.

[barrysloate]

There are framing shops that make their own frames. If you have one near you, just give them the measurements and they'll customize it for you. We have a shop like that right in our neighborhood.

[drc]

You could frame it without a frame-- meaning behind glass or plexiglass but without the surrounding frame. Someone gave me an old movie poster like that between glass and board and it looks nice and professional.

[mcgwirecom]

Hi, I bought a reproduction panorama photograph that was pretty large. I priced a bunch of frames but most were just way too expensive. If you have a repro panorama you could cut it in sections and buy borderless frames and hang them with a minimal gap. It looks pretty good. Kinda artsy too. Of course if you have the real deal don't do this. Most real panorama pictures are worth a mint so just pay for a good matte and frame.

[thecatspajamas]

Some craft stores have sort of mix-and-match frame sides that are sold in pairs (so if you needed a 7"x48" frame, you would buy a pair of 7" sides and a pair of 48" sides, or slightly larger depending on how you're matting it). Even at that though, I'm not 100% certain that they go up to 48", and you would still have to have glass and matting cut to fit.

[steve B]

Good framers can make the frame to size. They have lengths of material and cut to length.

There's also a system that lets you make semi custom frames yourself. The company sells individual sides in pairs, And they're made to connect with clips that come with them. Glue, clip, wait a day and you've got a frame. I've seen the sides up to about 3 feet long and as short as I think 4 inches. And they have nice depth so you can do a nice mat and backing. The places that sell the frame bits can usually cut the glass too, my local is a framing shop that has regular, UV blocking, and "museum glass" which both blocks UV and limits glare.

It all comes out looking pretty good

Steve B