framing oil paintings--help?

Galahad · 12-23-2009, 11:14 PM

I am pretty sure the Nov/Dec issue of The Artist's magazine has an article on framing professionally. You may be able to see it online. You can wedge the canvas into the frame with nails tapped in against it, but if you have an art store/frame store nearby they should sell the different brackets. There are these small brackets that hold a stretched canvas in place shaped like a ??? well, a right angle with another at the bottom, sort of a step or a z with the angle straightened out. This way there are no gouges on the canvas or nails bent into it. Just one small screw into the back of the framex4. For hard board canvas if the frame is deep enough use a small L bracket.

12-23-2009, 11:14 PM	#7
Galahad Member How Do You Identify?: do I have to? Relationship Status: single Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: I.E. Southern California Posts: 425 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,300 Thanked 338 Times in 151 Posts Rep Power: 1446605	I am pretty sure the Nov/Dec issue of The Artist's magazine has an article on framing professionally. You may be able to see it online. You can wedge the canvas into the frame with nails tapped in against it, but if you have an art store/frame store nearby they should sell the different brackets. There are these small brackets that hold a stretched canvas in place shaped like a ??? well, a right angle with another at the bottom, sort of a step or a z with the angle straightened out. This way there are no gouges on the canvas or nails bent into it. Just one small screw into the back of the framex4. For hard board canvas if the frame is deep enough use a small L bracket.