Framing art is both a personal decision and a practical one. Some art must be framed in order to be displayed properly, like watercolor painting on paper. But other art may be perfect without any additional frame. Unless I state otherwise, the sides of my canvases are painted. This makes it easy to hang unframed. My flat panels without a notch in the back can be framed OR displayed on an easel or specialized wall shelf for displaying photos and art. Some of these special shelves have a notch running along the shelf to keep the propped up photos and paintings from sliding off. Stretched canvases can also be framed if desired. A specialty frame...
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If I haven't posted lately, it's because we were in Milwaukee, WI for my daughter's wedding.
It was wonderful! I feel so happy for my daughter and her new husband.
My daughter and me.
High-quality stretched canvas are known to be very archival. A canvas can be much lighter for hanging on a wall than a solid piece of wood or metal. But one issue with canvases is the possibility, over time, of them being slack or sagging. A high-quality well-made stretched canvas will be less likely to do so. But it can happen due to extreme temperature or humidity changes, age and time, being stored improperly, among other things. The best thing to do is avoid these threats to your stretched canvas to begin with. There are several things one can do if a stretched canvas starts to sag. Many canvas frames come with corner wedges than...
