Frame your favourite work of art for a holiday gift in this practical, hands-on workshop.
Frame your favourite work of art for a holiday gift. Bring along a painting and a suitable frame, either a cheapo from Briscoes or a good second hand frame. We will provide all the tools, process and materials to frame your piece of art.
It’s a practical course where you will learn to prepare the frame, cut with a knife, measure and cut a matt with the matt cutter.
You will walk away with your painting framed, ready to hang and some useful knowledge about framing ready for sale, exhibition standards, D rings, swing tags, acid free archival materials, tape, and how to hang a painting on the wall.
What’s included in this workshop:
- Demonstration steps to framing your work
- assembling the tools you need
- choosing and cleaning frames
- how to size and cut an acid free mat
- what sort of tapes to use for each task
- various fixings for hanging and D-rings
- replacing acid leaching materials with foam board
- cutting techniques
- making and attaching labels and swing tags
- how to photograph your art
This is a hands-on session where you will learn to cut card, cut a window in the matt board, present, secure, tape, screw in D-ring, tie knots etc. All materials will be provided including: knives, metal ruler, cutting board, crescent board for the mat, mat cutter, tape, d-ring, string.
What to bring along:
- your artwork to frame
- a suitable frame for the artwork A4 or smaller
- enthusiasm
Thirty-minute lunch - bring a packed lunch to have in our historic home or explore the local cafes in Te Aro.
Information, images and logo sourced from the Inverlochy Art School website.
