Framing Tools Frame Photography Shack
Guide
Framing Tools For Your Favorite Photos
By George Goodall Jnr
Wouldn’t it be great to frame your own prints, photographs
and any other artwork just as good as any professional?
Picture framing can actually be fun and with the right
framing tools and instructions you can do it yourself.
Many times, framing actually starts with cutting a mat
board, as some feel that a picture really isn’t properly
framed unless it has a mat as well.
If you do decide to use a mat board, then you will
need a good quality mat cutter and ruler. Start by marking
the borders that need to be cut on the back side of
the board and make sure that it will completely cover
all edges of the picture by subtracting about 1/8 of
an inch from the size of the image (length and width).
Then attach your mat by applying only two pieces of
acid free tape to the top edge.
Picture Frame Moulding
One of the first questions to be decided is how much
picture frame moulding will be needed. First you want
to measure the artwork and mat that you will be using
and then add another 3 mm (0.118110") to ensure
that your picture will easily fit the finished frame.
You will need a mitre cutter among your framing tools
in order to cut the 45 degree angle that is the most
important part of making the frame. How it joins will
only be as good as how the wood is cut.
Length Of The Frame
Add the length and width together, then multiply by
two to give you the overall length of the frame that
you will need. You will also have to allow for those
mitre cuts, so multiply the width of the moulding by
ten and add this to the total needed for the wood picture
frame. Cutting one side is easy, but cutting the other
sides so that they are the same all the way around is
harder. Be sure that your measurements are accurate.
The next item you are going to need among your framing
tools is a clamp. In order for it to be joined correctly,
tight clamping is necessary. Use clamps that allow you
to see all four corners clamped at the same time before
joining, as this makes aligning the corners easier.
Most of the wooden frames are put together by using
a V-nail that is inserted by using another piece of
framing equipment that is a joining tool called a pushmaster.
You can push the nails in by hand but is generally easier
if you use some type of mallet to tap in the nails.
It will make the job easier.
About the Author:
George Goodall Jnr has written a number of articles
on digital photography and picture framing including
Glass
Picture Frames, Plastic
Picture Frames.
Keep a lookout as more articles from this author on
this website in the near future.
More Digital Frames Facts....
What was the first picture frames made from?
The first real picture frames were
usually gilded and heavily decorated pieces of metal
or wood that enclosed the picture. Later these frames
served as more than just a boundary line between artistic
renderings. They became a way to protect and enclose
a work of art to save it from the elements.
There are many examples of elaborate
frames that enclose early Christian art. It seems as
if the more decorative the outside frame was, the more
simplistic the picture actually was. The frames themselves
became works of art that people would travel from miles
around just to see. Each "modernized" country at the
time had a distinct characteristic that set it apart
from other frames of that time period.
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