In the world of framing, there are two main ways to do it: adding a conventional frame or adding a floating frame (also called an American box frame). The latter is particularly well suited to contemporary, Scandinavian, industrial, minimalist and modern decors. Simple and...
A giclée print Alright so this is an artist who actually paints on carpets and that’s why you’re getting that kind of an image on here. I can’t tell you where it was done but this is, so this is a giclée. A giclée...
A Custom Frame So, this particular piece is a drawing of a house that was built in 1900. The client brought it in, it’s an ink and coloured image, brought it in for us to frame. The client wanted to create a situation where...
A Carborundum etching by Pierre Marie Brisson Alright, so this is another piece by Pierre Marie Brisson from France and you can see the stick figures. As somebody said, chicken scratching by a doctor or by me, because my handwriting is a little bit...
A Pastel Sec painting by Stephen Lack Alright, so this is what is called a Pastel Sec, a Dry… Just imagine a thick crayon, a really thick crayon, it’s pastel with oils in it and it actually works like that. The advantage, is that...
Plein Page We were talking earlier about ‘’plein page’’ – French for full page. This is an exaggerated impression of what ‘’plein page’’ is. What we’re looking at here is handmade paper, much thicker than normal and with much rougher edges than normal. The...
A Frame For a Photograph Alright so now is a photograph taken by Joe Donnelly. Unfortunately, he is no longer with us. What I wanted to do with this was to make the greens that are in there as well as the reflections of...
Looking through the window So now we are looking at a photograph taken off the coast of the Portland, Oregon coast. It’s quite special for me because Bill Stirewalt, the photographer, who took this is a good friend and this is an exquisite photograph...
Framing a Cambodian rice gathering tool With the concept of 3 dimensionality – well…… Let me first tell you what this is. This is a Cambodian rice gathering tool and it came out of Cambodia. It’s a tool carved out of wood with a...
Framing of a 3D object What we haven’t discussed yet is framing objects framing 3 dimensional objects what you’re looking at here is a sand dollar. 1st of all, hard to find ever find one that is whole young friend was free diving and...
How to frame a photograph – design and rationale. We have here a photograph that a client brought in. Obviously, it’s of a couple and this is the effect of it in a single mat. We’ve taken the mat and decided to chose a...
A more traditional way of framing a painting So, before I was speaking about the 2 different kinds of ways of framing something like this. This is where the frame actually goes on top of the painting. This is the actual frame right from...
A floating frame –what is it and how does it look? We often get people bringing in paintings. They basically require 1 of 2 ways to be framed. While there are many different styles to frame a painting there are primarily two ways to...
So, this painting is by Chaki. He is a Greek born artist who's been living in Montreal for the last 50 years of his life. He is a very well-known artist from Montréal region who also sells internationally.
The purpose of a frame is to focus your eye. To focus the eye of the viewer, so that your peripheral vision isn't distracting, doesn't distract you from the content
The purpose of a frame is to focus your eye. To focus the eye of the viewer, so that your peripheral vision isn't distracting, doesn't distract you from the content.
Your eye should fall on the middle of the top third of the artwork if you are looking straight ahead at it.Of course, we are different degrees of tall so that space will change depending on how tall you and yours are. Mostly, though,...
You might as well ask why we get dressed. Framing dresses up your artwork and it helps set it off from your wall. When you simply hang a painting up unframed, you, obviously, get to see the painting on your wall. The lines defining...
Paper is made from fibers that stick together because of the starch inherent in the fibers. Dust can easily imbed itself in between those fibers. When that happens, the starch breaks down and the paper eventually breaks apart. Glass acts as a dust barrier...
Atelier Daniel uses a large variety of materials and creative methods for preservation framing and design, providing, you, the client with beautiful and unique custom framing design, high quality finishing and great custom framing service in Montreal. Whatever your framing needs: artwork;...
So… what is in a frame? Once in a framing shop, how can you choose when there are literally thousands of samples to look at? Well, you must trust your framer! There are really only 5 or maybe 7 frames that can make your...
Hang the work from 2 hooks on the wall. If you use only one hook the artwork will lean forward because of gravity. It will also tip left or right much as in a see saw. When you use 2 hooks, you get to...