5 - Day Basic Skills Course

Course Times -Daily - 9:00am - 5:00pm

Materials Required
(Note Book /Pencil, Ruling Pen, Rule, Corner Gauge, GCF Study Guide)
GCF Study Guide

This course is has been developed for the serious framer and is geared towards you aspiring to and attaining the GCF exam. Once the course has been completed, you will be able to open your own business with confidence, and know how to handle safely, store and protect your customer’s artwork.

Elements covered during the 5 days are as follows:

·	Machine familiarisation, set up and maintenance, safety procedures

·	Review of Fine Art Trade Guild’s Study Guide, including Identification of Artwork,

·	Qualities of Mountboard,

·	Review of Fine Art Trade Guild Mountboard & Framing Standards

·	pH levels and the Blue Wool Scale

·	Moulding: Choosing, Cutting and Underpinning

·	Basic mount cutting, Choosing the correct mount colour, single, double and multi-aperture mounts.

·	Mount decoration, Wash-Lines, V Grooves, and Decorated Panels

·	Drymounting, Heatsealing,

·	Stretching and Framing of Needlework / Fabric art

·	Canvas stretching and Framing of oils

·	Object or 3D Framing / Box Frames

·	Glass cutting / MDF Cutting

·	Conservation / Museum Framing - (Mountboard Standards)

·	Pricing & Stock Control

·	Your Legal responsibilities towards your customers, etc.

Required Reading:

Conservation Framing, published by Fine Art Trade Guild
GCF Study Guide, published by Fine Art Trade Guild

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