Nevermore
11-29-2009, 09:12 AM
I still have some clay on hand and hope to try a few more things with it (the rubber stamping and inking appeals) but as the season hypes up, I thought I would take this challenge down a notch.
It is considered high praise when someone tells you "You should print that and hang it up". In my opinion, easier said than done.
I am not going to get into colour management. That topic is enough to leave you bald: huge clumps of hair torn irately from head. I consider it a rip snorting success to have the printer emit anything that can be said to resemble my on screen image. Let's leave it there.
When you decide that you will frame something and hang it up (see how I glide over the print part?) you can begin at either end: you have a layout you want framed or you have a frame you want filled. The latter is easier. My layouts come in three sizes: 12 x 12 (for no reason on the planet except that is how my supplies are packed and I don't want to hear historical arguments :); 12 x 9 which I turned to after getting weary to the bone of trying to fit things on my digital frame and ATCs.
There are few frames in the part of the world that I inhabit that come in square sizes. The odd one may be snagged here and there but it is usually a plain metal thing. Standard frame sizes abound: they are not the sizes scrappers use. Hence my claim it is easier to scrap for the frame than frame a scrap. Once I splashed out for some custom made frames to accommodate the square shape and that is an option but splash out is the operative phrase. It was prohibitively expensive.
On the other hand, keeping a canny eye out, it is often possible to find really terrific frames on sale. I did just that. I have a lovely pair of wood 8 x 10s that are beautifully matted and will look perfect in my bedroom. Where do I go from here?
I could do a few tricks such as reduce my 12 x 12 and digitally frame it to fill 8 x 10. That is a kluge and I feel as if it offends both the layout and the frame. Might work in some instances. I am thinking it is better all round if I start with an 8 x 10 base and compose a layout.
I will need two. I can control subject matter and colour. That seems artificial at first glance but history begs to differ. The old masters were paid to paint for certain rooms-- sometimes even the ceiling. So I feel in august enough company.
The challenge is simple (hence the title). Share with us your framing experience. Go at it from any end you chose but get something off your screen and onto your wall. Please put some photos in the gallery showing us your real life gallery!
It is considered high praise when someone tells you "You should print that and hang it up". In my opinion, easier said than done.
I am not going to get into colour management. That topic is enough to leave you bald: huge clumps of hair torn irately from head. I consider it a rip snorting success to have the printer emit anything that can be said to resemble my on screen image. Let's leave it there.
When you decide that you will frame something and hang it up (see how I glide over the print part?) you can begin at either end: you have a layout you want framed or you have a frame you want filled. The latter is easier. My layouts come in three sizes: 12 x 12 (for no reason on the planet except that is how my supplies are packed and I don't want to hear historical arguments :); 12 x 9 which I turned to after getting weary to the bone of trying to fit things on my digital frame and ATCs.
There are few frames in the part of the world that I inhabit that come in square sizes. The odd one may be snagged here and there but it is usually a plain metal thing. Standard frame sizes abound: they are not the sizes scrappers use. Hence my claim it is easier to scrap for the frame than frame a scrap. Once I splashed out for some custom made frames to accommodate the square shape and that is an option but splash out is the operative phrase. It was prohibitively expensive.
On the other hand, keeping a canny eye out, it is often possible to find really terrific frames on sale. I did just that. I have a lovely pair of wood 8 x 10s that are beautifully matted and will look perfect in my bedroom. Where do I go from here?
I could do a few tricks such as reduce my 12 x 12 and digitally frame it to fill 8 x 10. That is a kluge and I feel as if it offends both the layout and the frame. Might work in some instances. I am thinking it is better all round if I start with an 8 x 10 base and compose a layout.
I will need two. I can control subject matter and colour. That seems artificial at first glance but history begs to differ. The old masters were paid to paint for certain rooms-- sometimes even the ceiling. So I feel in august enough company.
The challenge is simple (hence the title). Share with us your framing experience. Go at it from any end you chose but get something off your screen and onto your wall. Please put some photos in the gallery showing us your real life gallery!