what you need to know about framing
Practical articles from a third-generation framer. Materials, techniques, caring for works, hanging pictures. No marketing fluff — just what actually works.
How to frame a picture properly — the complete guide
A frame is not decoration. It is protection for the work over decades, and at the same time a decision about how the work will look in your space. Here is what I go through with every client who walks in holding a picture.
Read article →Giclée canvas printing: why quality matters
Not every canvas print is the same. What giclée means, why the ink and the canvas decide the outcome, and how to recognise a print that will not fade in a few years.
Read article →Canvas print, or framed?
Canvas stretched on a bare stretcher, or set into a real moulding? A practical comparison — when each solution pays off, by subject and by interior.
Read article →Which canvas print size to choose
The size of a picture decides whether it lifts the wall or gets lost on it. How to choose a canvas print format by the wall, the subject and the resolution of your photograph.
Read article →A gallery wall — how to design it and put it up
A gallery wall looks simple on Pinterest and ends up crooked, incoherent and cluttered in real life. Here is a process that works — step by step.
Read article →Framing photographs — archival quality for your memories
Photographs fade faster than paintings. Inkjet, colour paper, black-and-white paper — each behaves differently. Here is what makes photo framing archival.
Read article →Floater frames — when and why to use them
A floater frame does not cover the edges of the work — it puts them on show. It works on canvas and on three-dimensional objects, where a traditional frame kills the dynamic.
Read article →How to hang a picture — height, lighting, composition
Most pictures hang badly. Too high, badly lit, in the wrong relationship to the furniture. Here are the rules that work — and when to break them.
Read article →UV protection for artworks — why it matters more than you think
UV radiation destroys works slowly and irreversibly. No drama, no marketing — just physics. Here is what it does and what protection actually costs.
Read article →How to choose a mat — colour, width, material
A mat can lift a work or kill it. Here are the three decisions — colour, width, material — that I work through on every commission, and what I know about them after twenty years in the workshop.
Read article →Custom vs. off-the-shelf framing — what is actually worth it?
An IKEA frame costs 299 CZK. Custom framing costs 2,500 CZK. Here is what you get for the difference — and when it pays off, and when it doesn't.
Read article →Why pictures yellow and how to prevent it
Yellowing is rarely a fault of the work — it is usually a fault of the framing. Three causes I run into on most older commissions when I remount them.
Read article →Museum glass vs. ordinary glass — what is the real difference?
The difference between 700 CZK and 2,500 CZK per m² of glazing. When it pays off, when it is a waste. No marketing, just what I actually see in the commissions I have been doing for twenty years.
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