Framing
Having purchased your movie poster, you will no doubt want to ensure its longevity and thereby protect your investment. Suitable framing will preserve the integrity of the poster, preventing it from fading and incurring other damage.
Picture House Posters, in collaboration with Handmade Frames of Teddington are pleased to be able to offer a professional framing service, using only the highest quality conservation materials. Traditional framing methods are used, in combination with ‘state of the art’ machinery, with the added reassurance that all techniques and procedures used are fully reversible.
As the Gallery and framing workshop are under the same roof, Daniel and his team are seamlessly able to take care of all your framing needs on site. We can confidently say that we are able to frame any poster we sell, whether it be a diminutive Spanish Herald, or at the other end of the scale, an imposing Italian 4 Foglio. If we stock it, we can frame it!
Choose from one of our fully costed core range through or a custom bespoke frame.
If you are unable to visit the gallery, we can arrange a Video Call with Daniel, either via Google or WhatsApp +44 (0)7830 475 218 – Monday to Friday between 9.00 – 10.00 am, where via a live feed Daniel can discuss, advise and show all options that would be suitable for your chosen poster.
For any other framing enquiries please feel free to call us on +44 (0)7830 475 218 or +44 (0)208 943 2967 or email us at handmade.frames@yahoo.com
For further information please visit: https://www.hand-made-frames.co.uk/
Framing Materials
Frames
Having chosen your poster, we can offer you the choice of one of our carefully selected standard wooden frames from our core range or alternatively offer you a completely bespoke custom frame.
The range of standard wooden frames consists of classic Carbon Black, Pure White and Graphite Gray in a variety of both smooth and grain finish, all of which are 22mm square.
If choosing a bespoke frame, the possibilities are endless - hardwoods, veneer facings, rub-throughs, open or closed grain, metallic through to metal; all of which can be enhanced with the use of fillets and slips which along with the frames can be oiled, waxed, colour matched and even hand painted.
No matter which route you choose all framing is carried out to conservation standards, with all materials used being acid free (ph neutral) and the majority of our frames use FSC certified timbers all of which are grown in Europe.
Our average lead time for bespoke framing is 10-14 days, but if you need something sooner then please let us know when ordering and we will do our best to meet your deadline.
The finished frame will not only enhance the overall look but will also protect the poster for years to come.
Glazing
Making clear decisions about your glazing is essential to preserve the integrity of your poster. We hold variants of market leading specialist glass. Artglass, as well as stocks of float glass.
Standard Washed Float Glass
Float Glass is popular choice of glass due to being incredibly cost-effective, durable and highly resistant against scratches.
Often also called clear float glass, it has a slightly greenish appearance that is particularly visible when looking at the edges of the glass. This slightly greenish tint is due to the presence of iron in the raw materials.
Artglass UV99 Glass
Providing the maximum protection from UV light and therefore preventing fading.
Artglass UV99 absorbs 99% of all harmful UV light, helping prevent the poster from fading while maintaining a crisp image resolution with zero ‘orange peel’ effect surface distortion.
Artglass AR70 Anti Reflection Glass
Designed to remove glare and reflections while also blocking the majority of harmful ultraviolet rays.
Guaranteeing true colour representation, enhancing colour accuracy while also protecting the poster from fading.
Artglass AR99 Water White
Supreme quality anti-reflective glass, with maximum UV protection.
Offering unprecedented clarity of conservation-grade picture framing glass. It eliminates the unwanted tinting and shading while also protecting your poster from UV light damage.
Mountboard
A mountboard is the card that frames the poster, using a frame mount presents artwork professionally, creating a clean and crisp finish.
Mountboards are available in a wide selection of colours, textures and styles.
A well thought out mount design and colour combination can turn the simplest movie poster into a truly stunning impactful piece of art.
We hold a full range of market leading mountboard brands, ensuring there is a product to suit every poster framing opportunity.
The range includes White Core, Solid Core, Carbon Black & Pure White Core, Suedette, Cotton Core, Linen, Artique, Lustre … to name but a few.
Most importantly all of our mountboards are 100% acid and lignin free, ph neutral and calcium carbonate buffered, crafted from either virgin wood pulp or recycled fibres, with a minimum 1400 Microns, while adhering to the Fine Art Trade Guild requirements.
Barrier Board
Similar to the above we use 100% acid and lignin free white pulp board.
Backing Board
We use a variety of Corri-Cor and Corri-Cor Plus products all of which are ph neutral and FSC certified.
… finally, the now framed movie poster is sealed with traditional gummed tape, fitted with D-Rings fixed with bifurcated rivets and strung with exceptionally strong, low stretch picture cord … ready to hang.
Completely Reversible
Using conservation materials and practices, means that the process can be fully reversed and your poster unframed without harm, obviously a key benefit if you ever want to sell or reframe the poster in the future.
Core Range Table
*Black Core Mount N/A
