How to Frame a Picture

For information about creating a nice photo see the OC Photography Program, or tips on Digital Photography/Taking Digital Photos.

Creating a frame for a picture can be an expensive and confusing task. This Wikibook attempts to address this by providing instructions to allow you to do it yourself!

The book is currently broken into pages, which attempt to address the various stages required to produce a basic, though gallery quality, picture frame. There are additional pages which address special techniques and outline methods to handle complex items (such as boxing gloves).

This book began life as a summary of experience from someone new to the area, and will hopefully be built upon to become a useful reference and guide.

A printable version of How to Frame a Picture is available. (edit it)

• Equipment required  (August 6, 2005)
• Material required  (August 6, 2005)
  • Choosing colours and styles  (July 16, 2005)
• Calculate the sizes  (August 6, 2005)
• Creating a frame  (July 16, 2005)
• Fitting glass  (July 16, 2005)
• Adding matt-board  (July 16, 2005)
• Final assembly (and keeping out bugs)  (July 16, 2005)

• Tips for pastel drawings  (July 16, 2005)
• Tips for thick objects  (July 16, 2005)
• Tips for cloth  (July 16, 2005)
• Machine cut matting  (July 16, 2005)
• Tips for setting up a workshop  (July 16, 2005)
• Fixing common problems  (July 16, 2005)

Wikibook Development Stages
Sparse text	Developing text	Maturing text	Developed text	Comprehensive text

(Following text derived from: Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro)

If you would like to contribute to this book, you are strongly encouraged (read "begged") to do so! There are a couple of things you may wish to do:

(Note to Firefox users: There is a useful toolbar just for editing wiki pages.)

Simply click on the "edit this page" link at the top of whichever page you would like to edit! Your contribution will be immediately made live, but will also be quickly reviewed, so using these pages to link to your favourite pornographic site is a waste of time and energy, as offending additions will be quickly removed. You can also ask questions and make comments about each page by clicking the "discussion" link at the top of the page.

If you would like to add a page to the book, such as a new tutorial page or a reference page, create a link to it under Contents section on this very page. Then with that link live, click it to be taken to the new page where you will be able to create content for the page.

Quiettype - Initial idea and outline

Google for links to lots of commercial sites with reference guides.

1. "The complete guide to Picture Framing" by Jenny Rodwell and George Short (Black Cat)
2. "Picture framing made easy" by Penelope Stokes (Blandford Press) ISBN 0-7137-1851-X
3. "Picture Framing. A practical guide to all aspects of the art and the craft" by Pete Bingham (Merehurst) ISBN 185-391-1615