Artistic Framer
CGF II, Certified Grumble Framer Level 2
Anyone know of a supplier/manufacturer who carries 8-ply white larger than 48" X 72"? I know I could make my own, but what a PITA...Thanks!
Oversize 8-Ply
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Joe B
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Crescent - Their super size is 48 X 96 and 60 X 104. They do carry 8 ply in white, cream, black, antique grey, and a few other colors. It doesn't really state that they carry the 60 X 104 in 8 ply but I assume they do since they don't say that they don't carry it.
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Artistic Framer
CGF II, Certified Grumble Framer Level 2
Joe B - do you have any stock numbers or suppliers on those? I only see that new oversize line in 4-ply.
Joe B
PFG, Picture Framing God
Suppliers no but if you contacted Crescent Cardboard they would be able to tell you of a distributor near you. Number for white is 2268, sand dollar 21126, for soft white 21112 & 821112, antique white 2239 & 82239 and there are some other colors that aren't white.
If you can find the top color you want in the size you need but it only comes in 4-ply, another way to make it into an 8-ply is to bevel strips of 4-ply and "windmill" them in under the bevel of the top mat, as you would install BevelAccents. This is not at all difficult to do, and yields good-looking results. I have also used this technique for creating multiple-colored-bevel effects.
Rick
Rick
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I use this technique also to make 12-ply or 16-ply bevels. You can maneuver the extra bevel and make it perfectly smooth without any "steps" byIf you can find the top color you want in the size you need but it only comes in 4-ply, another way to make it into an 8-ply is to bevel strips of 4-ply and "windmill" them in under the bevel of the top mat, as you would install BevelAccents. This is not at all difficult to do, and yields good-looking results. I have also used this technique for creating multiple-colored-bevel effects.
using a light source from a certain direction that shows you when you got it exact, and then you can make it permanent with hand pressure.
Artistic Framer
CGF II, Certified Grumble Framer Level 2
Thanks for the responses. The client went for a 4-ply. It's for one of those gallery directors who thought it would be "wonderful" to put six pieces of art in one frame instead of framing them individually. So a 6 piece quote I started over a month ago has been "reimagined" to be a 3' X 6 1/2' piece with 6 openings...due by Monday. "It's how much??!"...well, this IS the GRUMBLE!
Yes, that's a cool effect. If you want a black-core "racing stripe" down the middle of your deep bevel, no problem, right? The main thing to watch out for is when you are cutting the top mat opening, you must enlarge it a bit from your nominal size to account for the width of the stack of extra bevels you are creating. This is one of those projects where the adage "Measure twice- Cut once" comes in handy.
Rick
Grey Owl
SGF, Supreme Grumble Framer
Yes, that's a cool effect. If you want a black-core "racing stripe" down the middle of your deep bevel, no problem, right? The main thing to watch out for is when you are cutting the top mat opening, you must enlarge it a bit from your nominal size to account for the width of the stack of extra bevels you are creating. This is one of those projects where the adage "Measure twice- Cut once" comes in handy.
Right on! I don't like to hand-cut anything thicker than 8-ply, so I normally pin-wheel anything thicker. The attached image has a bottom mat of 4 ply black - 140# red paper - 4 ply black (which is hand cut approx 9 ply thick) and a top mat of 4-ply black, 140 # red, 140# black, 140# red, 4-ply black (appox 11 ply - pin wheel). I will probably have this as a sample in Las Vegas.
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