Photography
From Solid Wood Frames to Giclée prints: Quality that you’ll love for years.
Jun
It’s every photographer’s dream to have their photos become finished works of art. To know that something you’ve made is up on someone’s wall, in a book, or in a gallery – it’s an extraordinary feeling of accomplishment. When you create art, the art becomes an extension of yourself. It speaks for you, tells your story, and reflects your professionalism. For this reason, I work with one of the best photo labs in the world to produce truly amazing museum-quality framed and mounted art pieces. These are works of art that I can stand behind and feel proud of, wherever they end up around the world. The frames I work with are not only the best quality, but they are also ready to hang right out of the box. If you have seen my shop already, you’ll know that I sell my prints in two types of frames. Floater frames and frames with passe-partout. Continue reading to see more details about the materials I use for all of the art I sell.
Floater Frames
What’s unique about floater frames is the gap between the image and the solid wood frame, which creates the illusion of a floating picture. Take it from me, and any of my customers that have purchased these- they are beautiful, sleek and minimalistic. I currently offer floater frames in White, Black Oak, Natural Oak, Brown Alder, and Walnut.
For floater frames, I currently offer one type of paper called Fuji Crystal Archive, glossy, which is mounted under 0.08-inch acrylic glass.
My floater frames also come with robust hanging hardware so your art can be mounted on the wall as soon as you receive it.
Frames With Passe-Partout
Frames with passe-partout are the traditional, sophisticated, and classic solid wood frames that you would see in an art gallery, or museum. I currently offer these in in ebony (black), and white with several different passe-partout combinations available.
Taking a look at my art for sale, you’ll find I use a Natural White passe-partout with white and ebony frames, as an example, and for darker images I use Anthracite or Bright White for black and white pictures. In this frame style, I currently offer prints mounted under matte float glass. Soon I’ll also be offering both matte float glass and glossy acrylic glass. If you would like glossy glass instead of matte, for the time being please feel free to send me a custom request.
The paper I use for color images in these frames is a highly specialized paper called Hahnemühle FineArt Pearl. Printing on this type of paper is also known as Giclée printing. The paper is museum-quality, and the higher paper weight is also great for prints being displayed in more humid environments. For black and white prints, I use a specialized glossy black and white paper called Ilford B&W Paper. It gives black and white photos a classic and elegant touch, with bright whites and darks that are rich and deep with contrast.
High quality metal hanging hardware also comes pre-mounted with each framed piece of art, so you can hang it up as soon as it arrives.
Interested in knowing more about my creative process? In my previous blog Start to Finish – Post Production Behind the Scenes, I share with you a behind-the-scenes look into how I prep my art for print, how I decide which frame and/or passe-partout combinations to offer for each of my prints, and why I select each frame according to what I want to express with the photo. To see some of my work in a gallery view, check out my inspiration page that contains some beautiful examples of my art in a variety of settings, which can inspire you based on your interior design preferences.
As you can see, turning my photography into finished works of art has a huge process behind it. I hope this blog was useful if you ever want to buy one of my prints – now you can see the quality behind them and every element that composes them. If you liked this content and it was helpful for you, please let me know in the comment section, or feel free to share it with someone that may like it as well. If you would like to support me as an artist below you will find an affiliate link that you can use to buy through if you ever buy from Amazon. Using it won’t have any extra charge on your purchase, and if you buy through it, I will get a small commission. Copy it, bookmark it – share it with your friends. Thank you for taking the time to read this. I hope you’re having a wonderful day!
<3 Scott
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