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Selecting the right ways to go about picture framing and hanging pictures by Innes Donaldson
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Selecting the right ways to go about picture framing and hanging pictures |
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Frequently framers will identify a dominant colour within the artwork, print or photograph and replicate it in the frame. For example, to intensify a sombre-coloured painting I would choose a dark colour. Also, the subject can be used as inspiration for the frame. A typical approach to framing a seascape or beach scene would be to use rough-looking wood with jointed corners and a speckled or whitewash finish. Look at the content in the picture and work to this against the frame so each element is able to work hand in hand with one another. Because a coloured frame has a great presence and is dominant over the painting, it is easy to get it wrong. But a neutral frame rarely fails. A white Perspex box frame is very simple and there is an honesty to it because it shows the whole work and all of the paper or canvas. Conversely, you can use one to elevate something ordinary into a celebrated found object, as you see in museums. For example, some people save all of their children’s first shoes and hang them in box frames in their home. This too is just one of the ways that such framing can be put to good overall use. There are a great variety of keepsakes which very much get framed these days to be able to package up items of sentimental importance. When hanging pictures at home, think about how artificial light and sunlight will reflect off the glazing and affect the artwork inside. Glass with anti-reflective properties can help. Be careful when hanging in bathrooms or kitchens because of the ambient moisture, and remember that heat from radiators can harm the artwork. Look at where the frame will be made to go and in turn fully assess the lighting and levels of light in the room as to how and how well this will all be framed.
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