Requirements
- Beginner (never framed or minimal experience).
- Intermediate (experience of basic mount cutting & frame construction).
Target audiences
- Anyone who wants to gain a solid foundation of knowledge & hands on skill in picture framing.
- Anyone who wishes to establish or run a successful professional picture framing business.
An in depth beginner picture framing course providing you with a strong foundation of skill & knowledge, including everything you need to know to set up & run a successful picture framing business. This course is very hands on but also covers design theory, sales skills, customer service & pricing.
One to one picture framing tuition £1,850 (one to two courses can be arranged).
Framing courses based at our premises include framing materials, Fine Art Trade Guild ‘Guild Certified Framer’ Study Guide, tea, coffee & cold drinks, fresh pastries & cakes & a selection of fresh fruit.
Features:
- The components of a frame & their purposes.
- The Fine Art Trade Guild’s ‘Levels of framing’:
- Types & suitability of mountboard.
- Tapes.
- Glazing.
- Specifications for mid & high (conservation) level framing.
- Workshop:
- Equipment & machinery selection.
- Layout.
- Productivity.
- Safety & risk assessments.
- Frame design:
- Selecting mountboard colours, proportions, texture & numbers.
- Choosing frame colour, proportions, texture, depth, rebate depth & numbers.
- Sales desk techniques.
- Mounting:
- Cutting single, double, multiple mounts & multiple aperture mounts.
- Cutting unequal border margins & V-grooves.
- Mount cutter set up, calibration & maintenance.
- Mountboard storage & handling.
- Mitre cutting frame moulding & alternative cutting options.
- Joining frame moulding using an underpinner & alternative options.
- Backing board:
- Correct selection.
- Correct sizing.
- Cutting.
- Glazing:
- Introduction to the range of glazing products available.
- Correct handling.
- Correct storage.
- Correct sizing.
- Cutting.
- Cleaning of standard & specialist glazing.
- Assembling, securing & sealing the frame.
- Finishing off:
- Hanging fixings.
- Bumpers.
- Filling & touching up.
- Ruled lines.
- Art on canvas:
- Identifying.
- Handling & storing.
- Stretching.
- Textile art:
- Identifying.
- Handing & storing.
- Supporting.
- Framing.
- Art on paper:
- Identifying.
- Handling & storing.
- Hinging/supporting.
- Framing.
- An introduction to 3-D object framing.
- Pricing & stock.
