How To Frame Your Own Art

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This blog has been created for my students and others who want to learn how to do their own framing.  I am not a professional framer, however my framed work has been accepted and exhibited in many fine shows, galleries and art museums, and I have developed simple methods to frame my own work, which I will share in this blog.

My framing has evolved and I have accumulated specialized tools which make the framing process easier and more professional-looking, however most of these processes can be accomplished without them, but with a little more effort.

Specialized tools I have include:  

Portable Point Driver for picture framing, along with flex points 

Mat Cutter (for works under glass) 

Offset clips (with screws) for affixing frame to stretched canvas

Framer's wire (I use 16-ply large spool)

D-rings (to affix the wire to--do not buy eye-hooks as they are not very stable)

Brown backing paper (I buy large rolls of brown paper from the hardware store)

ATG tape gun (to affix brown backing paper)

ATG tape

Let me state that I have also curated many shows, and have seen bad framing and inadequate hardware, so I have learned how important proper framing is in the act of positioning and hanging a work of art. So let's get started!

(backside diagram of frame with canvas board)

Oils and Acrylics

Note - A shallow rabbet is preferred
Framing of a canvas board (about 1/8" thickness cardboard panel covered with canvas)

Place canvas board inside the rabbet