Gemma Tipton offers a beginner’s guide to taking up a new cultural pursuit
, David Kirwan and the team have looked after art for everyone from the National Gallery of Ireland to the OPW and from Stoney Road Press to the Green on Red gallery. So where do you start?Frames can change a work of art, for better or worse. Worse still, the wrong framing can cause enormous damage. Kirwan starts by looking at the medium and asking where the work is going to go. “We treat photographic prints differently to fine-art prints.
‘I live in a little converted cow shed while I restore my new home’: A property writer’s renovation project As you get fancier, museum perspex, gilding, spraying, lacquering and painting come into play. Photograph: Artisan FramesThere are – it’s a skilled business. Get into it and you’ll soon know all about mitre joints, splines, float mounts and box frames. As you get fancier, museum perspex, gilding, spraying, lacquering and painting come into play. “Mounting,” Kirwan says, “is an area all on its own.” Artisan’s own mounter cost €20,000.Actually, it is.
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