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Most of my art is on board or gessoed paper. But I'm wondering. Is it better to frame a painting before you sell or not?
It's an added burden of finding a good source spending the time to frame up the art, and further give it DRings + Wire to make it ready to hang.
Framing also means it's going to cost more to dispatch due to bulk and weight.
Is it worth it, how many artist do this and does it help with sales?
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It can depend to some extent on your core market! If you’re selling your paintings relatively cheaply on the popular online sites, frankly unframed work is probably adequate!
But if you’ve got your own website and selling your work in say the £800 - £1500 bracket (as an example), you need to display them in quality professionally made frames.
Obviously galleries won’t accept work unless they’re professionally framed, the same principles apply generally to online sites such as Artfinder or Saatchi Online.
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Richard, I wrote an article in the May edition of The Artist on framing your own paintings.
I show the different types of equipment needed, for both the amateur and professional framer, and how to go about each stage - you may find something of interest in there.
I started making my own frames many years ago, primarily because of the cost when putting on a one-man exhibition of say 50 paintings or so, I also find it a welcome addition to painting.
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Richard, I wrote an article in the May edition of The Artist on framing your own paintings.
I show the different types of equipment needed, for both the amateur and professional framer, and how to go about each stage - you may find something of interest in there.
I started making my own frames many years ago, primarily because of the cost when putting on a one-man exhibition of say 50 paintings or so, I also find it a welcome addition to painting.
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Richard, I wrote an article in the May edition of The Artist on framing your own paintings.
I show the different types of equipment needed, for both the amateur and professional framer, and how to go about each stage - you may find something of interest in there.
I started making my own frames many years ago, primarily because of the cost when putting on a one-man exhibition of say 50 paintings or so, I also find it a welcome addition to painting.
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This site does occasionally have a fit of the glitches - hope my post doesn't get triplicated. I haven't exhibited for several years - but when I did, I framed most of my stuff in instant-frames: some of which are better than others. That way, a customer could choose whether to keep my frame, or have it professionally framed; or could ask me to get it professionally framed for them, which I'd add to the price. If I were showing watercolours though, they'd need to be framed before sale for their protection - and framed properly, behind glass, not acrylic "glass". I haven't the space to make my own frames, or probably the skill - and getting the job done professionally is of course expensive. On the other hand, a good frame helps so much that it's got to be worth the outlay if you possibly can get it done. I'm pretty sure that a framed picture stands a better chance of being bought than an unframed one - but you can only do what you can afford to do.
