{"id":30821,"date":"2014-01-16T15:21:11","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T20:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/?p=30821"},"modified":"2014-01-16T15:29:03","modified_gmt":"2014-01-16T20:29:03","slug":"make-archival-picture-frame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2014\/01\/16\/make-archival-picture-frame\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make An Archival Picture Frame"},"content":{"rendered":"
Although we love that Matisse hung pictures on his wall UNframed<\/a>, our previous post reminded us that archival framing of precious art works is a good way to preserve images for many years. The frame and the materials used protect the image from deterioration.<\/p>\n We’ve long wondered what the process of archival framing is, and if we could do it ourselves. We came across a huge trove of information at Bark Frameworks,<\/a> an archival picture framing company who not only offers its services, but seems happy to tell you how to frame-it-yourself and will sell you supplies (as well as ready made archival frames) through its online store<\/a>.<\/p>\n You can see images of the process (and read the reasoning) on Bark’s website, starting with this cross section of a typical preservation frame showing the basic formula:UV shielding acrylic, spacer\/fillet made of ragboard, backmat of ragboard, archival Coroplast backing board., and poplar strainer for support…<\/p>\n