Dromore Picture Framing ©
Course Time: 9:00am – 5.00pm
Materials required: Small item of cross-stitch / tapestry
/ baseball cap or baby’s bonnet
COURSE CONTENT
Review of the Fine Art Trade Guild’s
Mountboard Standards
Review of the Fine Art Trade Guild’s 5 Levels of Framing.
(Framing
Standards)
The reasons why we don't staple, glue, drymount, etc.
1. Safe handling
and storage of customer’ fabric artwork, wearing of white gloves where necessary,
ability to distinguish between base cloths, i.e.. linen, canvas, silks, ability to
identify risk factors, i.e.. fragility, deterioration, loose and missing threads,
etc.
2. How to protect artwork from light and damp, etc.
3. Squaring, stretching and
padding of artwork to the desired level
4. Methods of attaching artwork to substrate
boards, i.e.. lacing, stitching
5. Mounting & Framing of artwork to Conservation level
6.
Close framing of artwork (Use of second frame / slips to keep object off the glass)
7.
Mounting & Framing of 3D needlework or object (such as baby’s bonnet, baseball cap
or football shirt) to Conservation level
8. The use of donor fabrics, especially for
very small items
Materials required: Small item of cross-stitch / tapestry / baseball
cap or baby’s bonnet
This Course has been Re-Designed into a full 5-Day Course, where
all aspects of fabric framing will be covered, e.g. Cross-stitch, Tapestry, Silks,
Papyrus, Baby’s Bonnet, Football Shirts, and much more....
Required Reading:
Framing
Fabric Art, published by Fine Art Trade Guild
Conservation Framing, published by Fine
Art Trade Guild
GCF Study Guide, published by Fine Art Trade Guild
Recommended Reading:
Conservation
Framing, by Vivian C Kistler, CPF, GCF
Needlework Framing, by Vivian Kistler, CPF,
GCF
The Fine Art Trade Guild....Bookshop
For Book Sales: Contact Moira at the Fine Art Trade Guild office (020) 7318 6616 or moira@fineart.co.uk
Introduction to Textile / Fabric Framing
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