Children's paintings

Lori M.

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Hi everybody,

I'm looking for some inspiration for some childrens paintings a customer has asked me to frame. They are very bright, 10 x 14, with two that are horizontal and one vertical. She wants matching frames, metal or wood it doesn't matter. Two of the pictures are very similar in coloring, bright yellows and oranges, but the third which is horizontal has completely different colors, blues and greens.

This project has really stumped me. Any suggestions???

Thanks,
Lori
 
White on white, for purity and simplicity.

or

Black on black for drama!

And how about what I only somewhat jokingly call "museum style:" Oversize, uniform presentation. That is, let's say, a 20 x 24 frame size, vertical orientation. To display the horizontal piece in a vertical frame is a cool look, imho.
The last kid's watercolor I framed was like this except with one variation: a big honkin' gold frame and 8 ply white mat. It was about a 9 x 12 artwork in a 20 x 24 frame. Yummy. The 8 year old artist loved it.

edie the ineedmoregoldframesinmylife goddess
 
What about Studios "Poem" line )page H-11 or H-8 in catalog). basically 3/4 flat cap moulding in crayola crayon colors. Or AMPF's 2700 line (pages 130-131) Both companies' product are fun for this kind is artwork.

My daughter's kindergarten diploma is framed in AMPF's 2732 and I made a Hexagonal Stop sign out of AMPF's 2732.
 
Here is what I did. The image was about the same size but I cropped alot of the image to make it about a 5X7. This gets alot of comments.

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LJ's "Kid's Stuff" has a white with splashes of all of those colors - might go with all. Crescent "Brite Core" mats might give them a little extra pizazz.

Pat :D
 
Pat,
Is the Kid's Stuff a moulding style? 'cause I went to their website and did not see a frame style by that name.

I like the idea of the Brite Cores, and the last PFM had an article about doubling up a white core and black core mat and v-grooving to show a peek of the black that I liked as a design idea (sorry, for the translation of the article, it makes sense to me!). The Brite cores might be fun for that technique as well.
 
I personally have used a double mat with the Crescent Brite Cores. They are such a fun way to mat the artwork. The Larson LeCirque line may look cool, too. The fillets would be nice with the coordinating frame for something like this, too. Good luck with the order!
 
BobD,

"Kid's Stuff" is a Larson Framerica product that comes with a little sample display board with that name on it. The "Paint Spatter" moulding is US46016.

Pat :D
 
Out of interest, how would you go about mounting kids paintings that are done on butchers paper and other cheep school papers.

Matt
 
Matt,

Amazing as it sounds. Carefully hinge (kudzu)them to rag board 4 or 8 ply. Use a rag mat and call it good.

Reason: The rag will actually suck up the acids given off from the other papers, thereby "tempering" the self destructiveness of the butcher. (and for a real shocker, ph test the butcher, it's not as acid as you may think)

My sister has her kindergarten picture of our then new dog (1954) that my mom did that way. I recently took it apart, replaced the glass with con-clear, the rusted nails and rebacked. ALL else was good. Mom loved ragboard. Our old worn clothes were shreded, sun bleached, and made into her watercolor papers or oil on paper.

baer
 
Use colorful wood mouldings or metal and make each side a different color. I've done this many times and you can get a really whimsical look to the piece.

I also take my discontinued Nielson samples and pair them up with the same profile and create little multicolored frames with a fabric board insert. I sell them for $ 5.00 to 15.00 each. They are excellent for displaying jewelry, medals, ect. I put my 12 year old son to work making them. If the Elements moudings get discontinues, I'll have to charge more!

Dave Makielski
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