CAframer
SGF, Supreme Grumble Framer
Received an amazing call this morning .....
This fellow calls up ... has a 16 FEET x 8 FEET original oil on canvas (not stretched) that he wants to hang OUTSIDE his office (permanently)!!!!! He says it's valuable!!!!!
He says they have thought about some of the problems such as temperature changes (say 40s - 90s), wind, etc. (no kidding!!!) so they figured they wouldn't stretch the canvas but instead sandwich the oil between a plexi front and aluminum back gluing the sides with silicone to seal out moisture then pop a frame around it and screw the whole thing to the building to prevent theft!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hmmmmm! "Has he thought about making a photographic billboard style copy so that he can keep his canvas safe?" says I quick as a flash. "No he hadn't thought of that but would prefer to hang the original outside!"
It's HIGHLY unlikely that I would ever want to tackle such a project! Obviously the issues are immense. Stretching something this big, avoiding condensation / ventilating, insuring adequate airspace versus tendency of plexi to bow, UV considerations, etc. etc.. But I figured I would ask if anyone has run across anything similar, or has any thoughts on how theoretically you might handle something like this.
This fellow calls up ... has a 16 FEET x 8 FEET original oil on canvas (not stretched) that he wants to hang OUTSIDE his office (permanently)!!!!! He says it's valuable!!!!!
He says they have thought about some of the problems such as temperature changes (say 40s - 90s), wind, etc. (no kidding!!!) so they figured they wouldn't stretch the canvas but instead sandwich the oil between a plexi front and aluminum back gluing the sides with silicone to seal out moisture then pop a frame around it and screw the whole thing to the building to prevent theft!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hmmmmm! "Has he thought about making a photographic billboard style copy so that he can keep his canvas safe?" says I quick as a flash. "No he hadn't thought of that but would prefer to hang the original outside!"
It's HIGHLY unlikely that I would ever want to tackle such a project! Obviously the issues are immense. Stretching something this big, avoiding condensation / ventilating, insuring adequate airspace versus tendency of plexi to bow, UV considerations, etc. etc.. But I figured I would ask if anyone has run across anything similar, or has any thoughts on how theoretically you might handle something like this.