Rockabilly's Poster Framing Exploits
Since I seem to generate a lot of this drivel, I thought it prudent to create a thread separate from the "recent hangings" one, as it'll take a while for most of this to get up on a wall, and I also don't want to hog the other thread. That said, let's christen this thing with something decent.
Sorry about the glare. Seems pretty *&$#% unavoidable.
Sorry about the glare. Seems pretty *&$#% unavoidable.
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Now that's sweet! Love it Rock!
Great idea creating a new thread. Now you can post away and the poster world can marvel at your thrifty & creative framing ideas!
Thanks, Matt. I thought about the possibility of using some kind of green, but I thought it would end up TOO green. I also thought about orange, but that seemed too bright. Hopefully this brown goes okay. As is typical with pictures of poster-ish things, it probably looks better in person.
No matting involved here. I happened across an 11x14 frame that looked like it would go well with the Juke Joint lobby:
Here's another one that hasn't made it to the recent acquisitions thread yet, but as long as I'm posting stuff I've framed, I might as well include it. A title card is as close as I've come to a decent poster for this title, so a touch of red matting and it's ready to go:
Next up, another framed pressbook. While I'd love to have the 1 sheet for this, the pressbook almost has more going on interest-wise (except color):
And lastly, I haven't made space on the wall for this yet, so here it sits in framed-up limbo. *sigh* Still, I'm darned glad to have it:
That's it for now, but I'm sure there'll be more to post soon.
This one I yammered on about in a recent acquisitions thread (probably this month's), and I wasn't sure how I was going to be able to frame it. The problem was that the image was mounted on to thick cardboard, which was the same thickness of the foamcore backing for the frame. What I ended up doing was tracing the outline of the poster thingy on the foamcore and cutting it out so the poster would fit inside the foamcore. To give it the illusion of matting, I used spray adhesive to glue sheets of red posterboard on to the foamcore and then cut out the opening and get rid of the excess posterboard. Usually the backing gets held on by those metal inserts that push into the frame, but I couldn't do that with this one, because the poster thing wasn't attached to the foamcore - just set inside of it. To remedy that, I had to cut some thin pressboard/plywood-like wood to the size of the frame and screw it to the back. It probably won't ever make it into the Museum of Modern Art in NYC, but it turned out passable:
I think that's all the framed stuff I've got for now. I'm sure you'll all have to go and take a sedative from all the excitement. I'll be back as soon as I can crank out some more.
(might be a bit of a hard sell. i’ll just say that you said it was okay. that should do it )
Next (and last) up, I also pulled the trigger on ordering a custom size frame for my backed Hot Rod 1 sheet, and got it from Spotlight Displays. As there is an existing Spotlight Displays thread, I'll write more about it there. If anyone is annoyed by cross posting, my apologies in advance.
While out thrift shopping yesterday, I did manage to snag another 30"x40" frame, so at some point in the near future I may have something more to add to this thread. Also, recently I posted an acquisition of a Hot Rod Girls Save The World poster. It was advertised on Cafe Press as being 23"x35", but since the default size of 99% of commercial prints, at least in the US is 24"x36", I thought they were referring to the image area of the poster. They weren't. The poster is actually the smaller dimensions. 24x36 frames are inexpensive and readily available, but are 23x35? Nooooooooo. Bastids. So, I guess sometime soon I'll be matting this &%*#$ poster to go into a 24x36 frame. Dammit. Watch here for further exciting updates.
The poster you've seen, but here it is matted in a thrift store sourced frame:
This is a recent acquisition, and I had a pair of blonde wood frames that I intended to put this and another poster in, but both frames were warped such that they wouldn't hang flat on the wall. Arrrggghh. I tried straightening the frames with weight for a month or two, but no go. I ended up using the glass from them and just ordered custom cut metal frame sections to replace 'em.
This is the other of the two aforementioned posters, and another recent acquisition:
This one was a recent auction won on ebay as-is and already framed. The packaging, which I should've taken a picture of, was likely the single worst I've ever received in all the transactions I've had. It was a miracle it made it here intact.
These are just the frames I have hanging over the stairwell, which I've posted before. The Choppers is a recent acquisition, but I may have posted the We Go Fast 1 sheet on the forum before. It's just a quick snap of what's hanging there currently.
And lastly for now, this corner of posters you've seen before, but with the addition of a new 3 sheet I'm quite happy to have. Not the best pic, but it was just a quick snap late in the day with low-ish light.
Hot Car Girl is fantastic! And Ves is right, those inserts, all hanging in a row will look great! Framed and matted nicely! Well done.
My fav is The Young Racers!
Again, sorry for the poor quality of the pic. These frames are awful for glare, so I had to go with natural evening light and sitting on the floor to try and eliminate the glare that was still present. Ugh.