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FEATURED
ARTICLES FROM OUR JUNE 2009 ISSUE
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 Acrylic Overlay Mounting
James Miller, MCPF, GCF, discusses how mounting against an acrylic sheet can be the best choice for certain delicate materials. There are several caveats in the proper application of an acrylic overlay mount, and this article covers such topics as acrylic vs. glass, condensation, preservation, and construction. In the end, you’ll be able to mount an item in a reversible, non-invasive way. Read this online. |
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 Framing Kalagas
Kalagas are an elaborate form of embroidery that originated in Burma almost 150 years ago. Greg Perkins, CPF, takes a look at some design tips, such as mounting and choosing a proper moulding, that can help make framing these embroidered textiles a simple, successful process. |
 Building Add-on Sales
If you’re looking to increase sales, selling add-on items to customers is one of the easiest ways. This article explains how offering items that can be sold with framed art, such as easels, hanging hardware, and picture lights, can provide customers with useful and convenient products while providing a convenient source of added revenue. Read this online. |
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 Annual Framing School Directory
In the annual directory, PFM provides a detailed listing of framing education programs taking place across the country. These classes help reinforce your knowledge of techniques while enhancing your skills as a framer and businessperson. Framing schools and seminars for every level of framer can be found in this directory. Read this online. |
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 Frame Design
Brian Wolf, CPF, GCF, explains how using V-grooves that don’t surround a mat opening can include single lines with simple curves, angles and shapes, or intertwining curves. Discover how trying out different techniques for cutting curves, measuring groove widths, and crafting ends can lead to limitless possibilities for your matting and framing design. |
 Kistler On Sales & Design
Vivian Kistler explains how taking the time to develop and implement creative event ideas for your shop is a great way to increase your sales. Plus, she explores how holding events at least four times a year, such as an historical celebration or a tie-in with a movie premiere, will remind customers of your service while ultimately building goodwill, a huge asset for any business. |
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 Tips & Trends
Techniques being used by framers and gallery-owners across the country are bringing in more customers. This month’s highlights include swapping vignettes with non-framing shop owners and providing framed presentation boards for interior designers. Read this online. |
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 Family Framing
Framed pictures, whether they are artwork or photographs, need to be redesigned at some point. Reframing these “hand-me-down” artworks can be a great way to create interesting design packages for a new generation of potential customers. Providing before and after examples is just one of the ways to offer this service. |
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 Mat Doctors
Tim Franer, CPF, CMG, shows how to fabric wrap beveled mats using pre-covered fabric boards and use them in creative ways for frame designs, including shadowboxes.
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 Mastering Mounting
Chris Paschke, CPF, GCF, GMC, discusses different variations of float frames available today, along with why they are perfectly suited for putting a frame around a gallery wrap. |
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 Style Snapshot
A look at a frame, its characteristics, and history. Friedrich G. Conzen Jr. discusses frames by Bernhard Pankok in the Art Noveau style, which was common in Germany from the end of the nineteenth century to the early 1920s. |
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framer. Each month, read the latest Industry
News, see new products in Product
Showcase, find out about upcoming events in Calendar
of Events, expand your knowledge with Mastering Mounting,
discover methods of preservation in Preservation Practices,
read fellow framers' concerns in Corner Exchange, add some Counter
Intelligence to your skills, and check out the Classified
Ads for items on sale and career opportunities. Other departments,
such as Goltz on Business, The Guerrilla Framer, and Bluestone's
Retail Strategies appear several times each year.
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