CAframer
SGF, Supreme Grumble Framer
Hoping someone has a creative idea...
I am framing several brass rubbings, most are straightforward framing applications, however the customer wants to handle the longest one (about 55" long by 15" wide) in a "unique" manner ... she wants to hang it as a banner rather than frame it normally ... she has talked about making dowels for the top and botttom to respectively provide a means for suspending it, and sufficient weight to make it hang straight. As I have pointed out to her this will still leave the thin paper brass rubbing exposed to light, dirt, damage, etc. I have obviously recommended framing to protect the artifact, which happens to be particularly important to her as it was made by her (now deceased) mother many years ago. I have also suggested that if she wants to dress it up with some dowels, cords, etc. we could put it in a shadowbox ... BUT she still wants ideas on how to hang it as a banner but without the risk of damage! Encapsulating it in Mylar would look awful, and beyond that I am out of ideas! Sooooo .... does anyone out there have a few bright ideas?????
Thanks in anticipation.
I am framing several brass rubbings, most are straightforward framing applications, however the customer wants to handle the longest one (about 55" long by 15" wide) in a "unique" manner ... she wants to hang it as a banner rather than frame it normally ... she has talked about making dowels for the top and botttom to respectively provide a means for suspending it, and sufficient weight to make it hang straight. As I have pointed out to her this will still leave the thin paper brass rubbing exposed to light, dirt, damage, etc. I have obviously recommended framing to protect the artifact, which happens to be particularly important to her as it was made by her (now deceased) mother many years ago. I have also suggested that if she wants to dress it up with some dowels, cords, etc. we could put it in a shadowbox ... BUT she still wants ideas on how to hang it as a banner but without the risk of damage! Encapsulating it in Mylar would look awful, and beyond that I am out of ideas! Sooooo .... does anyone out there have a few bright ideas?????
Thanks in anticipation.