Explore options for framing and hanging your artwork in an exhibition on a budget! This video provides many cheap options for installing artwork other than custom framing.
- 33 second short (thrift store frames, Prof Lieu)
- 1 min. short (thrift store frames, Mia)
- 40 second short (custom framing a monotype)
- 45 second short (frames at Michaels)
- 1 min (custom framing a painting)
- 46 min. version
Formats like plexiglass + L pins, push pins and clips can all be used for a clean, professional presentation.
Discussion led by Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artists Lauryn Welch.
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Video Walkthrough
- Using standard size frames
- DIY custom frames?
- DIY custom mats?
- Should I learn framing?
- Custom framing
- Small scale framed artwork
- Paintings on stretchers
- Panels
- Oversized, framed artwork
- Brackets
- Hanging works on paper without a frame
- Pushpins, map tacks, binder clips
- Magnets
- Velcro
- Gator board + Command strips
- Mat + plexiglass
Prof Lieu’s Tips
![Clara cartoon](https://artprofmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/20230124222022/IMG_4091-2.png)
Basically, clients only know what they don’t want. If they claim to “know” what they want, they have no clue how to communicate that with you.
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No artist can get a slam dunk with any client, that’s impossible! I got to the point where the client not having a nuclear meltdown was a win…