Opinions Wanted Framing 3 football jerseys in one shadowbox

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Looking for suggestions on how to make something like this look really nice. My client has an autographed Bart Starr, Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers jersey he would like framed together. I've done plenty of single jerseys over the years, but nothing like this. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
 
Off the top of my head, how about overlapping 1/2 over each. 1st is halfway over second. 2nd is halfway over third. Just off top of my head while on cell.
 
What about a shadow box background that replicates a series of lockers, and then let the jerseys hang from hooks? If your shadow box had a door that opened in front, them the jerseys could be removed for closer inspection.
3 jerseys spread out in one frame seems rather cumbersome. Good luck!
I HATE framing jerseys.... maybe because I'm not a sports fan, or because most jersey orders come in 3 days before Christmas!
 
more than likely I doubt that there will be a way that you can layer all 3 in a nice way and show all 3 autographs unless somehow the framing god was looking over all 3 of them when they were signing the jersies. Can you lay them all out the same way and show all 3 autographs? In theory the hanging them on hooks would look very cool but can you do that and see all 3 signatures?
 
It's going to be ridiculously unwieldy, for you and the client. I doubt the client realizes how big and heavy this will be, and he'll need a special van just to get it home. You need to ask yourself if you understand that, too. It's going to take more time and effort than you expect, and count on it being a two-person job. Add surcharges for oversized pieces and extra labor. Then price it out as 3 separate frames. And sell the customer on 3 separate frames. You'll be able to do it profitably, and without headaches.
 
We got three ex football linemen squeezed into an exit row once..... it wasn't
pretty then... and there is no way short of a 72"x 40" frame for this to look
anything but worse.

But then considering who they want to frame.... just wear the dumb things
around the house cleaning, changing the oil on the car, grubbing out the old
black berry patch...

Just have the customer cut the signatures out of the shirts and throw
them into a small IKEA frame..... they signed the things with a Sharpie
and in 5 years the ink will have gone to just a memory... just like....
 
Baer Charlton said:
We got three ex football linemen squeezed into an exit row once..... it wasn't
pretty then... and there is no way short of a 72"x 40" frame for this to look
anything but worse.

But then considering who they want to frame.... just wear the dumb things
around the house cleaning, changing the oil on the car, grubbing out the old
black berry patch...

Just have the customer cut the signatures out of the shirts and throw
them into a small IKEA frame..... they signed the things with a Sharpie
and in 5 years the ink will have gone to just a memory... just like....
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Baer is right, it won't be pretty and will be a nightmare to handle. Have you thought about doing all three in separate frames and then hinging them together to make a tri-fold type look. You wouldn't have to use too deep of a frame as long as you don't get carried away with lots of extra mats and inserts in the shirts. You could also fold them to make each package smaller. Which would also keep the cost of the moulding down. By the time you spend the hours it will take to do one as large as you are suggesting, you would probably not have to charge much more for the tri fold and it would look a whole lot better.
 
Its not hard.. layout and positioning are your keys. We did one last year that had four with spacing in the middle for a card and it ended up around 32" x 55".
 
Baer Charlton said:
We got three ex football linemen squeezed into an exit row once..... it wasn't
pretty then... and there is no way short of a 72"x 40" frame for this to look
anything but worse.

But then considering who they want to frame.... just wear the dumb things
around the house cleaning, changing the oil on the car, grubbing out the old
black berry patch...

Just have the customer cut the signatures out of the shirts and throw
them into a small IKEA frame..... they signed the things with a Sharpie
and in 5 years the ink will have gone to just a memory... just like....
Click to expand...

I take it it's not the team you support:smiley: Baer
 
OP - any chance of a pic so we can view where the signatures are? There might be a good way to layer them in the box if the sigs line up right.
 
Wow...Really?

DenKym said:
Its not hard.. layout and positioning are your keys. We did one last year that had four with spacing in the middle for a card and it ended up around 32" x 55".
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Hi Den,

Not that I don't believe you.... but I find 32x55 inches a bit tight for that many Jerseys, without it looking crowed. I would love to see a picture of the finished frame if you have it.

Thanks,

John
 
Thanks everyone for your thoughts! I will be getting the jerseys within the next couple days...hopefully the signatures will line up for me!

I'm sure glad that we all have this forum to turn to in order to get help and suggestions from the many experienced Framers who take the time to see if they can be of any assistance.

Thank you!
 
John Ranes II said:
Hi Den,

Not that I don't believe you.... but I find 32x55 inches a bit tight for that many Jerseys, without it looking crowed. I would love to see a picture of the finished frame if you have it.

Thanks,

John
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Gee John; you're such a skeptic..... I can actually picture it just fine...... T-ball jerseys are about the size a a hanky.
 
not

dumb idea - frame separately - call it a tryptic

you could wash. dry and try to shrink them :O
 
DenKym, can you post a photo.? I for one am very interested how you did this. I have a few guys I frame jerseys for (they are collectors) who are running out of wall space (or so the wives say...:party: )

I would like to give them different ideas to think about, so if you do have a photo, or more specifics, please post it (or pm if you like that better)
 
Ylva said:
DenKym, can you post a photo.? I for one am very interested how you did this. I have a few guys I frame jerseys for (they are collectors) who are running out of wall space (or so the wives say...:party: )

I would like to give them different ideas to think about, so if you do have a photo, or more specifics, please post it (or pm if you like that better)
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PM'd as well :)
 
Good Morning

geez - Less feels left out of all this PMing

if you do it in the morning is it called AMing?
 
If your customer can handle and take delivery of a really wide frame, you can do this. As you will not find matting large enough, your customer will have to pay for a fabric covered mat and a big frame with a strainer support and cross bracing. It will be big and it will be heavy. I would fold the jerseys as much as I could while still showing the signatures. Then I would cut three windows that would outline the shape of each jersey. You could line them up or put them at slight angles. If you look at our Joe Montana and Jerry Rice jerseys on our Sports Page, you will see the kind of mat window shape I am talking about. I think all three in one frame would be a challenge and a feather in your cap if you could get a photo on your web site, but it would be very expensive. My guess is that your customer will decide to do them separately, but I would at least present an option that offers him what he wants. If you end up doing the monster frame, hire a professional installer to deliver and hang it. And charge accordingly. This project will cost a fortune -- Without pricing it out, I am guessing about $2500 - $3000 as opposed to about $1000 for three jersey frames.

I think if we were doing this job, we might also just angle the jerseys and pull the bottoms under the mat window. We would still need fabric matting or a preferably a mat liner because of size, but if they overlapped a bit, we could save some space. Sounds like kind of a fun challenge.

I would lay them out with the customer, but have your various prices ready before he arrives.

DenKym, please post a photo of the 3 jersey frame!
 
Kirstie said:
If your customer can handle and take delivery of a really wide frame, you can do this. ....but it would be very expensive. My guess is that your customer will decide to do them separately, but I would at least present an option that offers him what he wants. If you end up doing the monster frame, hire a professional installer to deliver and hang it. And charge accordingly. This project will cost a fortune -- Without pricing it out, I am guessing about $2500 - $3000 as opposed to about $1000 for three jersey frames...
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Kirstie makes some valid observations here. Three Matching Complimentary frames really sounds like the best way to achieve flexibility in hanging and pricing.

Kirstie said:
...DenKym, please post a photo of the 3 jersey frame!
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Den.. Your 55 inch width was what I could not envision. Obviously these are smaller Jersery - Thanks for sending the PM image. BTW - it looks very nice and I would also recommend that you share the presentation with others here. It is well done.

John
 
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