Bainbridge Bevelaccents

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Katie: We use them all the time at our shop, often ordering a box or more a month. They often add just the right touch of design and/or add depth to an image. They are also easy to use after you get the hang of it. We've designed some pretty interesting multi-layer bevel accent packages and are finding ourselves thinking up more and different ways of using them. Our customers don't mind the price either which is quite a plus.

Nikki
 
Awesome, theres new ones on the way???
We use them several times a week and they are the bees knees for so many jobs that need a little more space quickly and easily with very satisfying asthetic appeal. Only problem is that in NZ the supply is horrible from the people who can actually supply our board orders well, the other supplier is good on the Bevelaccents but not the boards.
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As Nikki notes, the upsell is good with consumers happy having spent more money in your shop and recieving a product they can't just "buy off the shelf" (consumer perception).

I just visited the Bainbridge website, does anyone know if this site is still being updated??? The "What's New Gallery" seems to be a few years out of touch.
 
Katie,

BevelAccents are a piece of cake to sell. Two pieces of art I framed earlier just got brought back after the customer saw what the BA's did for some other pieces of his. They are getting new mats and the BA's.

If you like to get some three-dimensionality to pieces, the BA's do it easily and well. The 3-D effect keeps everything from looking steamrollered flat. You may also want to try to make the bevel of the mat become part of the design, otherwise it can look mickie-moused, IMHO. An example is the OSU college degree I just finished that used a black BA, and a black Brite Core mat with an orange core. The effect is stunning and not at all as bad as a black and orange mat would be (school colors).

Two tips: Be sure to turn your mat cutter blade backwards, and pull the mat guide far enough out so that the BA lies absolutely flat when you cut it. This avoids slight but visible differences in the bevel you cut and the one it butts up against on the BA....learned this the hard way.

Anyway, I highly recommend them.
 
The BevelAccent line is licensed to Bainbridge by The Vicki Schober Company in Milwaukee*. Vicki has been marketing these for ten years or more as Faux Fillets. You can have a lot of fun with these and they are not hard to work with unless, like me, you are exceedingly lazy.

*I found this out when Vicki was in my shop and I said something like, "Oh Vicki, I'm so sorry. Bainbridge stole your wonderful idea!" She said something like, "Thanks for your concern, but don't give it another thought," and she went on to explain the facts of life to me.

Ron
 
For those who like the BevelAccents, I found out today that they are introducing some new colors in the fall. I don't know if that means they will get rid of some they have now or not, but new ones are coming.

Nona Powers, CPF, GCF
www.nonapowers.com
 
For those who like the BevelAccents, I found out today that they are introducing some new colors in the fall. I don't know if that means they will get rid of some they have now or not, but new ones are coming.

Nona Powers, CPF, GCF
www.nonapowers.com
 
..The BevelAccent line is licensed to Bainbridge by The Vicki Schober Company in Milwaukee*.
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Thanks Ron! I knew of Vicki Schober's products and was worried about the rip-off factor, or would that be the "best form of flattery" factor? Anyway, that was the intent of my post, to find out if I could feel good about something that I thought was groovy, or perhaps I mean "bevel-ly" or "bev-e-lishious", anyway, THANKS!

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L7 Frame Shop, where quality is just my slogan.
 
Katie,

"Thanks for your concern, but don't give it another thought."

For those of you who don't know Vicki Schober and her company, she is, IMHO, one of the GREAT people in our industry. In addition to the Faux Fillet line, her company developed the Art Saver Strips that some of you use and was, I believe, involved in the develpment of the Crescent product, SuperSmooth. This last item, with Perfect Mount pre-applied, is still the best board I've found for cold-mounting photos and other glossy papers.

Oh, what the heck! Here's a link. (No, I'm not on Vicki's payroll. I'm not even a very good customer.)

<U>The Vicki Schober Company, Inc.</U>

Ron
 
Ijust sold some and I don't even have the samples! I used Vicki Schober's whole line in a previous job and knew that this was the right spot for a dark blue deep bevel - now, since I've never ordered the Bainbridge ones can someone help me with their vital statistics? I understand that a full box contains four strips. How long are the strips?

Thanks
 
Each strip is 40 inches long and is just about 4 inches wide, the coloured strip of paper wrapped around the bevel part is about 1 1/4 wide. Other than that, it's also made out of 3/16th inch artcare foamboard.

Hope that helps

Nikki
 
Just an aside...
You can fashion your own bevel accents, too. I have had much success with wrapping them with fabric and also with handmade papers- the Indonesian types. A dirty buff colored paper with dull gold metallic pinstripes is hothothot on old family photos.
Maybe I will take some photos...
Edie the fg

...and, you can use more than one layer at a time...
 
Edie, what substrate are you using and what kind of adhesion to it? I've done some of this but would like to know your methods and thoughts.

Just back from a trip where we saw lots of really great sculpture and some of the godawfullest framing workmanship ever employed. How do these people make it?
 
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