The Complete Guide to Framing

📒 Whether a gilded border of ornate decorations or a simple band of metal, the frame plays a major role in the --J total visual impact of an artpiece, enhancing or seriously distorting the overall effect of the image. The most suitable choice is not always the most obvious one and this book offers valuable guidelines on selecting frames for a wide variety of artpieces, including the three-dimensional. In many cases you will be unable to find a perfectly suitable ready-made frame and will want to make your own. The Complete Guide to Framing tells you how. The basic principles and techniques of framing and matting are clearly explained and step-by-step illustrated instructions guide you through all the foundation skills of picture framing, from measuring the artpiece to giving your frames a special finish. A large project section, covering a wide range of framing techniques, will enable you to complete different types of frame for different types of artwork. There is a section on the tools and materials needed - it always pays to buy the best you can afford; cheap tools can let you down badly - and a section on the care and repair of both frames and artworks, which will prove especially useful to all those interested in buying second-hand frames and tailoring them to their own requirements. Many damaged frames can be successfully renovated and even the oldest picture frames can usually be stripped of plaster and gilt and the wooden base used as the foundation for one of your own ...