SteveB
Grumbler in Training
A customer brought in two old convex photos (no frame or glass - only the photos). The items are in poor condition but apparently have some value in preserving family history. The customer was looking for options to 'flatten them and re-frame' (thinking they had curved from age)
I suggested a shadow box approach with oval window matting, but wasn't connecting. So I began looking at cost of convex glass at InLine Ovals (after reviewing some grumble posts searching on convex photos)
Now, to expose my ignorance, never having seen a framed version of this situation, i'm trying to figure out how these convex photos go together behind convex glass in an oval frame? i'm imagining that the edges of the photo contact the glass but then follow the contour of the glass without touching. I can then imagine the glass fitting into an oval rabbit. Would the oval frame be as deep as 2 to 3 inches (which seems to be the depth of the convex from front to back. I guess i need a mental image of what i'd be trying to put together.
Thanks for any help offered.
Steve
I suggested a shadow box approach with oval window matting, but wasn't connecting. So I began looking at cost of convex glass at InLine Ovals (after reviewing some grumble posts searching on convex photos)
Now, to expose my ignorance, never having seen a framed version of this situation, i'm trying to figure out how these convex photos go together behind convex glass in an oval frame? i'm imagining that the edges of the photo contact the glass but then follow the contour of the glass without touching. I can then imagine the glass fitting into an oval rabbit. Would the oval frame be as deep as 2 to 3 inches (which seems to be the depth of the convex from front to back. I guess i need a mental image of what i'd be trying to put together.
Thanks for any help offered.
Steve