Picture Framing Made Easy - Softcover

Stokes, Penelope

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0304349526 ISBN 13: 9780304349524

Publisher: Sterling Pub Co Inc, 1998

Synopsis

Make frames worth a fortune, for pennies—with one of these delightful designs. Just follow these guides to preparing the artwork, mounting, and matting, using customized mounting board and making fancy cuts, creating moldings, and constructing and finishing the frame. “Complete in every detail.”—Country Folk Art.

About this title

From Booklist:

Over the past decade, the number of do-it-yourself framers--those offering space, precut materials, and advice--has proliferated. Yet, in comparison with what discount do-it-for-you mounters charge, the savings are really minimal. Those handy enough with a saw and mitre box, aesthetic enough to select appropriate mats and frames, and smart enough to recognize the worth of restoration will profit by Britisher Stokes' instructions. She includes a wealth of samples and black-and-white drawings illustrating different processes. All possible framing subjects are covered, from styles and preparations to finishes and conservation. But the step-by-step photographs somehow rely too much on the text for explanation; to be geared to true beginners, the directions should have been given in fewer words, with more pictures. Barbara Jacobs

From Library Journal:

Doing one's own picture framing can be an inexpensive alternative to expensive commercial framing jobs. Stokes's manual is a well-illustrated guide to framing materials and techniques, including frame construction, restoration, and conservation framing. It is not as extensive in coverage as Robert Cunning's The Encyclopedia of Picture Framing by (LJ 6/1/93), but it is a good source for the beginning framer.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sterling Pub Co Inc
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0304349526
• ISBN 13: 9780304349524
• Binding: Paperback