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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;komokwa, post: 9546302, member: 301&quot;]Framing for your own use.....do what you feel</p><p><br /></p><p>Framing to sell to the public...........</p><p>only if u have a store....or auction house the u can bring them to in person.</p><p><br /></p><p>Shipping glass in a frame is fraught with problems.</p><p>Framing art to your taste is fine....but others may not share your vision, no matter how nicely you&#039;ve done it.!!</p><p><br /></p><p>I framed art for 12 years, always with the idea that the frame should compliment the artwork and not get in it&#039;s way, &amp; I became very good at it and sold numerous framed works to the public.</p><p>In a Gallery you have to showcase the art, so I needed framed works on the walls.</p><p>Framing in the 90&#039;s was expensive, even though I had wholesale deals with at least 3 framers. </p><p>I never charged my clients more for the frame than I paid, because I was selling the art , not the frame !....and I sold more unframed prints and paintings than I ever sold framed ones.</p><p><br /></p><p>I always had a problem with putting a $40 print, in a frame that cost me $80 , so I hundreds of unframed works for clients to choose from , and offered my suggestions&nbsp; on how to properly frame the works they liked.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said.....cheap framing has ruined many a good print. </p><p>We see acid mats bleeding on to works all the time here !</p><p><br /></p><p>Some of my best framed art...still resides with me , that for whatever reason never found a buyer.</p><p>Really though the reason is clear......no one liked the way they were framed.</p><p>It didn&#039;t match their couch.....or go with the colors of their room , or was too strong , or not strong enuf....ect...ect...</p><p><br /></p><p>I had 5 copies of one really nice print... framed one and hung it !</p><p>Sold all 4 of the copies....not the framed one because everyone had a different idea on how they wanted it framed.....<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie55" alt=":inpain:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The print you show. Brad....very nice....but....I would have used a white mat &amp; a black frame , so the eye follows light to dark.</p><p>I find that wood frames work best with soft color beige or cream mats that let the eye flow thru similar tones and hues.</p><p><br /></p><p>but u no...just my humble opinion as a once professional art dealer....<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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