Thursday, 23 March 2017

Tips In Finding Expert Custom Frames

By Ryan Gibson


A photograph or artwork you have may need to be put on a frame but you can not decide which one to choose and buy for it. Putting it in a frame may allow you to display it inside your house or any area you want it to and have it complements with the other decorations in it. It would also allow you to preserve its condition and may make the painting last longer.

Purchasing frames may not be as easy as going inside a shop and looking for one that your piece will fit in. A search for expert custom frames may be needed in order to help you out in your decisions. Here are some advice in searching for one in the city of Syracuse, NY.

Search online for those who are offering custom framing services and take note of them. There might also be artwork shops that offers this so you can check them out as well. Make a list of them and search them out to know more information about them and their works.

Ask your family members or friends if there is someone in the list that they could recommend. They would usually tell you which one of them they have dealt with and will tell you their experiences with them, either good or bad. Then they would either recommend them or tell you to avoid working with that particular one on your list. They may also have other recommendations not found on the list you have.

Inquire about how many years they have been in this business. This includes the education and training they had with regard to the skills required in making custom frames and how many have they assisted already. When there are many people who have approached them asking for their assistance and opinions then it must be that they are efficient at what they do.

Request to see some references and samples of the works that they have done. If they have a shop, they probably display them in it and you can easily the quality of their workmanship in framing pieces of artwork. If possible ask for pictures of areas in houses where their work has been displayed so you can see if it goes along well with the other decorations of that room.

Inquire about the different ways of preserving an artwork and let them help you understand the various framing methods that uses them. Glazing is an example of these where there are various types of it such as the UV reducing, anti glare and standard glazing. Oil paintings are highly suggested not to have any glazing in their frames to avoid smudges on it.

Matting is another example of these which can also give depth to the image in the frame. It could also be used in having multiple pictures placed in one frame. The matting is wider than the framing most of the time and is weighted at the bottom as well. Frames are made from different materials, such as aluminum and wood, and it can give off different looks when it is displayed. The location is also important in determining the material of the frame will be made from.

Ask for the cost of his services and the price of having a custom frame. Its price usually depends on the materials the frames will be made of and its size. It would also include the price for its glazing and matting and other things that are used in making your custom frame.




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