Preparerator
Grumbler in Training
Hi all,
Long time forum watcher - first time poster. I am the lead framer and preparator at the Warhol museum. We are getting ready for an up-and-coming artist show and our curators have promised (without discussion *eyeroll*) to frame some artists' work here at the museum. Now, mind you, we do a ton of framing here - so my colleague and I are used to high volume. However, Andy's paper work usually doesn't go much larger than 60 x 60 - so my instock mat board is only 60 x 104. And I am really not equipped to frame paper work much larger than that at the high volume that is promised to these artists. But, somehow I am going to have to make it work. So before I start this project, I wanted to see if anyone out there may have a supplier or product that they would recommend that would be either matboard that is 90 x 90 or wider or some sort of archival paper-like substrate substitute in white/off white/cream/ivory. I am float mounting everything, so luckily I wont have to cut a ridiculous stack of giant windows by hand. But, I wanted to see if there may be something out there that would keep me from having to splice a bunch of mats (also by hand). Price doesn't matter - in fact, the pricier the better. We have already started pricing the glazing and it is already costing us many times more than my yearly salary. It may be an incentive for the curators to think twice before promising such a project in the future.
Long time forum watcher - first time poster. I am the lead framer and preparator at the Warhol museum. We are getting ready for an up-and-coming artist show and our curators have promised (without discussion *eyeroll*) to frame some artists' work here at the museum. Now, mind you, we do a ton of framing here - so my colleague and I are used to high volume. However, Andy's paper work usually doesn't go much larger than 60 x 60 - so my instock mat board is only 60 x 104. And I am really not equipped to frame paper work much larger than that at the high volume that is promised to these artists. But, somehow I am going to have to make it work. So before I start this project, I wanted to see if anyone out there may have a supplier or product that they would recommend that would be either matboard that is 90 x 90 or wider or some sort of archival paper-like substrate substitute in white/off white/cream/ivory. I am float mounting everything, so luckily I wont have to cut a ridiculous stack of giant windows by hand. But, I wanted to see if there may be something out there that would keep me from having to splice a bunch of mats (also by hand). Price doesn't matter - in fact, the pricier the better. We have already started pricing the glazing and it is already costing us many times more than my yearly salary. It may be an incentive for the curators to think twice before promising such a project in the future.