Hi Everyone. I have a dilemma. I have a small home-based business. I frame mostly my own art for sale and to order, plus I do some custom framing jobs. I used to work in a large professional art gallery, where we had the capability to do anything, no matter what the size, difficulty, whatever.
Here's my dilemma:
I purchased a Walter Anderson print for myself. The final dimensions will be 24 x 54 inches. Okay, I am not set up to do anything larger than 32 x 40. I want a nice big expensive frame, which I CAN do myself ($80 at cost, hundreds with markup.) What is the nicest way I should go about approaching another framer for the mats & glass (or UV acrylic, since it's so big)? Should I suck it up and build the frame first, then take the whole thing in to him/her and have him/her do the mats, glass, and fitting ($$$)? Do you think most framers would shoot needles from their eyes if I just asked him to cut mats, foam core, and glass (acrylic), and let me take it home to do it myself? Money really is an issue for me, as I really am a starving artist. And it isn't like I'm an untrained yokel.. I actually am a framing professional.
What is the most delicate way to go about this? What do you suggest? I don't want to be deceptive about it at all. I guess a side question would be, what is your maximum size for using glass in a job?
Here's my dilemma:
I purchased a Walter Anderson print for myself. The final dimensions will be 24 x 54 inches. Okay, I am not set up to do anything larger than 32 x 40. I want a nice big expensive frame, which I CAN do myself ($80 at cost, hundreds with markup.) What is the nicest way I should go about approaching another framer for the mats & glass (or UV acrylic, since it's so big)? Should I suck it up and build the frame first, then take the whole thing in to him/her and have him/her do the mats, glass, and fitting ($$$)? Do you think most framers would shoot needles from their eyes if I just asked him to cut mats, foam core, and glass (acrylic), and let me take it home to do it myself? Money really is an issue for me, as I really am a starving artist. And it isn't like I'm an untrained yokel.. I actually am a framing professional.
What is the most delicate way to go about this? What do you suggest? I don't want to be deceptive about it at all. I guess a side question would be, what is your maximum size for using glass in a job?