twobears Posted March 8, 2015 Posted March 8, 2015 I make a lot of embroidered pictures and, although I say it myself, they are really quite nice. I have sold a few and would like to sell more. At the moment I use a local picture framer who doesn't overcharge me but to improve my profit margin on the pictures I am wondering about learning to do the framing myself. So my question, if anyone knows the answer, is how difficult is it to learn and how much equipment will I need to invest in? I've got the space in which to do it so that's not a problem but I don't want to invest a lot of money in equipment at this point as I am only trialling this idea. Any info gratefully received as always. Thanks Quote
ChrisS Posted March 8, 2015 Posted March 8, 2015 It's not easy and you need some good quality kit to do quality mitres. Google and the 'University of youtube' are your answer. Quote
ioneabee Posted March 8, 2015 Posted March 8, 2015 my father taught himself when he was doing water colours .............. so it can't be that hard Quote
twobears Posted March 8, 2015 Author Posted March 8, 2015 Thank you both of you I have had a Google/YouTube and it looks do-able but I wondered if anyone did framing and could tell me if it was a lot harder than it looked! Quote
flyboy Posted March 8, 2015 Posted March 8, 2015 It is harder than it looks. Buy the best kit you can afford to cut the mitres. A cheap saw and guide will never produce a quality cut. Quote
twobears Posted March 8, 2015 Author Posted March 8, 2015 Thank you I guess it is the same as most things then i.e. you get what you pay for? Maybe it would be better if I could ask for a discount at the picture framer I use? I don't like to charge too much for my pictures and framing adds quite a lot to the cost but I can't offer them unframed like you can with prints as they wouldn't look right unframed. Quote
Kieran O'Quick Posted March 8, 2015 Posted March 8, 2015 (edited) I found it pretty hard. My missus paints. She's been on at me to frame her stuff for years so I had a go with some simple wood. The results were pretty poor - you can see the joins. It didn't help that the canvasses weren't perfectly square. I lost heart when the last lot of wood from B&Q was bent. Will try again though... Edited March 8, 2015 by Kieran O'Quick Quote
Kieran O'Quick Posted March 8, 2015 Posted March 8, 2015 Having said though, when you actually study frames in galleries and such up close there's a lot of scruffy stuff out there. Quote
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