Frames - Forum - Art Fair Insiders2024-03-29T09:04:55Zhttps://www.artfairinsiders.com/forum/topics/feed/tag/FramesFine Art Show Newbie with Logistics Questionshttps://www.artfairinsiders.com/forum/topics/fine-art-show-newbie-with-logistics-questions2021-12-29T18:49:02.000Z2021-12-29T18:49:02.000ZLindsey Foardhttps://www.artfairinsiders.com/members/LindseyFoard<div><p>Hello,</p><p>I've been accepted into my first fine art show at the end of January 2022 and I have a few logistical questions that I'd love some advice on!</p><p> </p><p>1. When a customer purchases a framed photograph, do you bring multiples of each print with extra frames to replace the ones that sell? </p><p>2. What is the most efficient way to transport 20+ framed prints? Are you putting them in individual boxes? Multiple frames in a bin? Where are you sourcing the boxes/bins besides Uline? (I'm nervous about damaging them in transport.)<br /> <br /> 3. The show is outside so there's no electricity. I'd like some lighting though and would love your recs on battery-powered lights.</p><p> </p><p>This forum has already been so helpful. Thank you in advance for any guidance!</p><p> </p><p>- Lindsey Foard</p></div>Art and frame transportation / storage bags (Gallery Pouch)- For Salehttps://www.artfairinsiders.com/forum/topics/art-and-frame-storage-bags-for-sale2021-01-31T04:55:25.000Z2021-01-31T04:55:25.000Zsteven vigilhttps://www.artfairinsiders.com/members/stevenvigil<div><p><span>I have for sale some mixed new/ used, various size <strong>(Gallery Pouch)</strong> bubble bags made for storing and transporting framed art. The are heavy duty and somewhat ridged. They are excellent for the job the were designed for. Most of the larger ones have velcro closers. Here are the sizes available:</span></p>
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<p><strong>(50) - 11" x 13" ----- $7 each</strong></p>
<p><strong>(22) - 13" x 15" ---- $8 each</strong></p>
<p><strong>(13) - 14" x 16" ---- $8 each</strong></p>
<p><strong>(2) - 15" x 19" ----- $9 each</strong></p>
<p><strong>(18) - 17" x 21" ---- $10 each</strong></p>
<p><strong>(15) - 26" x 30" --- $15 each</strong></p>
<p><strong>(2) - 27" x 51" ----- $20 each</strong></p>
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<p><span>Located in North Oakland near Berkeley. I will update the stock as they sell. So yes, they are available.</span></p>
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<p><span>Please buy at least a few at a time. I'm going to give preference to those who want to buy in bulk.</span></p>
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<p><span>Pay actual shipping. $15-$25 would probably get you how ever much you want.</span></p>
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<p><span>I accept Venmo / Paypal.</span></p>
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<p><strong>Call or text 505.366.9880</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Local pick up available in Oakland / Berkeley, CA</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Facebook listing : <a href="https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/417621536122084">https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/417621536122084</a></strong></p>
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<p><span>Thank you!</span></p>
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<p></p><p class="attachment"><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/8871119098?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener">_MG_2933.jpg</a></p><p class="attachment"><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/8871120471?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener">_MG_2934.jpg</a></p><p class="attachment"><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/8871120884?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener">_MG_2936.jpg</a></p></div>Need tips for protecting framed prints in print bins from damagehttps://www.artfairinsiders.com/forum/topics/need-tips-for-protecting-framed-prints-in-print-bins-from-damage2013-09-16T11:41:26.000Z2013-09-16T11:41:26.000ZMarie LoParcohttps://www.artfairinsiders.com/members/MarieLoParco<div><p>Does anyone have any tips for protecting framed prints in print bins from damage? I've had luck selling work already framed (smaller work) and placing them in a print bin for sale but noticed last show that many of the frames and plexi got scratched or damaged by the end of the weekend. Am wondering how else to present these. I've noticed that they seem to sell better when in the print bins then if I just display them.</p></div>Help! Framing questions.https://www.artfairinsiders.com/forum/topics/help-framing-questions2013-08-28T20:09:27.000Z2013-08-28T20:09:27.000ZHilary Wiezbenskihttps://www.artfairinsiders.com/members/HilaryWiezbenski<div><p>My first show with my drawings is in a week and a half. I am making all my own frames because the wood is free. I ordered glass in bulk and everything is going swimmingly, until I started putting everything together.</p>
<p>What do you use to back the picture in the frame? I was thinking of using foam core board, but it is too wide and won't fit. So I've been using poster board. That just doesn't seem stiff enough. Maybe because of how I'm closing the back? I've been using glazier points, but they don't stick out far enough (over the back of the drawing) to really hold everything is as secure as I'd like.</p>
<p>Okay so the two main questions are: What do you use to back the picture and mat in the frame? What do you hold everything in with?</p>
<p> I apologize for my embarrassing lack of correct terminology, but this whole framing business is new to me.</p>
<p>I'll attach photos of one of my framed pictures so you can see what I'm talking about.</p>
<p>Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks!</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1062549306?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1062549306?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1062549372?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-right" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1062549372?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a></p></div>Frame Mouldingshttps://www.artfairinsiders.com/forum/topics/frame-mouldings2012-04-11T16:48:59.000Z2012-04-11T16:48:59.000ZHarrison Otalorhttps://www.artfairinsiders.com/members/HarrisonOtalor<div><p>Hi, I dont know how many of you do your own framing but I am looking for a supplier for picture frame mouldings, I prefer to work with wooden frames and have come to realise it is very expensive to have my works professionally framed outside of me doing it myself. During my off months (Nov. - March) I worked with Micheals framing dept to have a full view of how to make my own frames. I have a complete concept on how to frame and finish my own work, I just need help with where to get frame mouldings. I have heard of deco-mouldings and thats about all I know. I also know of frames-by-mail, but I prefer to cut my own frames.</p>
<p>Any suggestions will be appreciated.</p>
<p>Harrison Otalor.</p></div>My Show Setup Accelerated Life Testing Reporthttps://www.artfairinsiders.com/forum/topics/my-show-setup-accelerated-life-testing-report2012-05-02T18:37:27.000Z2012-05-02T18:37:27.000ZDeborah Smolinskehttps://www.artfairinsiders.com/members/DeborahSmolinske<div><p>Hi, all. I've been doing something my engineer ex-husband calls "accelerated life testing" on my new show setup. My tent, walls, and artwork have been all set up out in my back yard continuously for a little over a month now. We've had several days of high winds, a few thunderstorms, a monsoon or two, some freezing nights, and some very hot/muggy days during that time. I've learned a lot about what works well and what will withstand the vagaries of Midwest outdoor weather. Thought I'd post my results here for those trying to make decisions on what to purchase for their own setups. I know lots of people here have lots of experience with weekend or three-day setups, but leaving everything in place for a solid month is a different kind of test that I thought would prove useful.</p>
<p>I have a Trimline with four walls. Each wall has the middle zipper. The front wall has three panels so that I can make a door for shows where it's raining hard enough to worry about my art but not hard enough to go home. I have an awning on the front as well. I got the stabars and also the EZ riser kit. I was able to erect the canopy on my own, but it was tough. I am 53 years old, 5'3", and overweight. But I was still able to accomplish it. To help keep the walls in place, I used small bungees in the grommet holes at the bottom middle of each wall to secure it to the stabar. That little touch really made a difference in keeping the walls from flapping too much during high wind. I also put the little tent stakes that come with the canopy at the bottom inside corner of the side pieces of the front wall and bungeed those in place when the walls are closed up. </p>
<p>For the first two weeks the tent was set up, I used the four long screw-in tent stakes. Tent didn't budge, even during 70 mph wind gusts for two days in a row. For the last two weeks, I've been using the John Deere suitcase weights. I'm thrilled with these. Tent still hasn't budged, even though the wind is gusting away outside as I type this. While the weights are very heavy and I can only move one around at a time, I'm really surprised at how small and compact they are. About the size of a 600-page hardback book. They actually fit inside my tent, between the stabar and the propanel. Nice for situations where your assigned space is precisely 10x10. I have them bungeed to both the vertical leg of the tent and the horizontal stabar. With the tent walls down and Velcro'd in place, the JD weights are pretty much invisible.</p>
<p>I'm using knock-down MD Propanels. I didn't put up three contiguous walls, but did something slightly different, with half of the back wall forward 2-1/2 feet to make a little cubby in the back as my work/wrap area, and one panel in the front, facing the sidewalk/walkway. I used an extra crossbar (three total) on the top to add stability and I also used a generous amount of canopy hooks. The walls haven't moved. Again, I've spent time out in the tent during bad weather and, while the walls do "wuffle" a little, they don't move nearly enough to make me concerned for my artwork. I've actually been out there when a big gust just smacks the tent like a giant hand out of the sky, and, yes, the whole setup kind of shifts, but then everything just shifts back and is fine.</p>
<p>I bought several of the bins that attach to the propanels for use as small print bins. These are just awesome. They completely eliminate the need for tables, tablecloths, and tabletop print bins, and, IMO, give the booth a much more professional and cohesive look.</p>
<p>I started out with drapery hooks and Velcro on the bottom corner of each framed print. That lasted all of two days. I lost five framed pieces because they fell off the wall. The glass actually broke in two of them. I must have had 20 small cuts and bruises to my poor fingers, and repositioning those hooks is murder. Not to mention that the heavier pieces were actually making the carpet pull away from the walls. So I went looking for something better -- and I found it. I bought 100 ProHangers from prohanger.net. Those things are the greatest thing ever! For my heaviest pieces, I use as many as five of them in a row. They are wonderful, though. So easy to position and reposition. And -- just like the website says -- NO MORE SORE FINGERS! I also used small pieces of industrial-strength self-adhesive Velcro on the bottom back corner of each piece. I tested that these can be easily removed after sale, and they can. Having the Velcro on the bottom helps keeps the pieces from sliding around during high wind too. Since installing those nearly four weeks ago, not one piece of art has fallen or even changed position!</p>
<p>I've attached my jury booth photo to give everybody an idea of how I've used everything. In actual usage, there is one more large freestanding print bin, identical to the one at the back left, that sits in front of the wall bins on the right side, but I took that out for the jury photo. Otherwise, except for a candy dish, business card holder, pen holder, and receipt book, all on my desk, and my director's chair behind the desk, what you see in the photo is what my booth actually looks like on show day. Oh, I also cloned out the edge of the little table behind the left wall, just to keep things looking clean for the jury photo. In reality, you can see that there is a table back there.</p>
<p>Hopefully, this report will be useful to others. My first show with this setup is in just over a week. I can't wait!</p>
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<p>P.S. I also bought a used Dodge Ram 1500 cargo van after I got everything set up because I realized there is no way on earth all this stuff will ever fit in my every-day car. The van is essentially just a big metal box on wheels. Driver and passenger seat, and not much else. I got a shockingly good deal on an older van with less than 100k miles that had belonged to a construction contractor. I found it on craigslist. My brother is an auto mechanic, so I had him give it a good going-over before I bought it, and it passed inspection with just a couple of minor repairs. One of the biggest headaches for me last year was packing and unpacking my car (a PT Cruiser with the back seat removed). It took extra long because I had to do it just so or it all wouldn't fit. Such a PITA. Not to mention either driving it all around during the week or unpacking it all and trying to pile it up in the garage when I wanted to go grocery shopping or whatever. Now I can just throw it all in the van and leave it there between shows. Yay! I'm debating ways to install some bins/boxes/frames of some kind to hold framed prints safely during transport, but that's a project for another day right now.</p>
<p></p><p class="attachment"><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/8870898275?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Small Cropped Booth Shot.jpg</a></p></div>Is it taboo to photograph my small collage work in its mat or frame?https://www.artfairinsiders.com/forum/topics/is-it-taboo-to-photograph-my-small-collage-work-in-its-mat-or2012-01-18T02:38:59.000Z2012-01-18T02:38:59.000ZSusan Hohmanhttps://www.artfairinsiders.com/members/SusanHohman<div><p>I kind of make my collages with the mat being the crucial element that crops just what I want to see. But, the window of some of my small pieces is a mere 5' x 7', hard to zero in on just that and crop it just right. Sometimes, the art extends onto the mats and sometimes the frame, to me, is just as much part of the piece. Is it OK for those elements to be seen. Back in the day, when I had done all this before with slides and such we had to silver tape out all hints of any frame or matting elements.... What are the rules now on those elements in jury photos? ( I looked but didn't see this specifically in any other posts- forgive me if it was!)</p></div>Hello from Frame Destinationhttps://www.artfairinsiders.com/forum/topics/hello-from-frame-destination2010-03-18T15:04:55.000Z2010-03-18T15:04:55.000ZMark Rogershttps://www.artfairinsiders.com/members/MarkRogers<div><p class="MsoNormal"></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Several years ago I started trying to sell my photography and I purchased an Epson 2200 printer. I loved the freedom of being able to print archival prints without using a lab or darkroom, but I soon ran into the problem of a lack of picture frames for the sizes I liked to print. I decided to form Frame Destination, Inc. and eventually I quit my day job as a computer engineer in telecom. Good thing since the company I worked for folded a year later.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My business is doing much better. I moved it out of my condo (at the great joy of my wife who didn’t mind giving up the garage but was pretty upset about the dinning room and part of the living room) and since then we have moved a couple more times and now have over 11,000 sq ft. I now have room for a nice photo studio, but alas the framing business still keeps me pretty busy so I still struggle to find time to shoot.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I recently discovered Art Fair Insiders from one of our customers. It is obviously a wonderful recourse for the Art Fair community and I am happy I can use my company to help support it as an advertiser.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.framedestination.com/">Frame Destination, Inc.</a></p>
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