'Re-useable' display frames for A3+ - your solutions??

[SimonPJ]

I have portfolio cases full of A3+ prints that I've made over the years since owning my first EPSON 1270 printer. My plans for framing and displaying prints have never kept up with the number of prints that I've made.

Over the years I've had prints professionally mounted and framed - but I've got lots of prints that I would like to have displayed in my home but which languish in drawers and cases.

Every now and then I search around online looking for nice looking A3+ frames that I could use to display a print for a while and then take the print out and replace it with another one. But I haven't found a good solution.

So I'd be grateful for any advice for a source for simple, good looking A3+ mount/frame combinations that make it easy to swap prints around (preferably available in the UK.)

Many thanks,

Simon

 

[Steve M.]

I have the same problem. There's a big box under our bed of 12x18 prints I made when I was using an Epson 1280 for BO printing that need framing. In the past I've used: gallery frames, plexiglass, and hand cut mats, but I don't like it. The reflections in the glass or plexi drive me nutty, and it also makes all the beautiful papers I used look like everything else once you lay the plexi on top of it.

Once we get moved I'm going to use that spray adhesive and glue them to something (maybe foam board w/ a small wood border to avoid buckling over time) and display them w/o frames or glass. Maybe a light spray of some clear to protect the fragile inkjet surface.

Over the years I came up w/ several schemes to do what you're trying to do, and I'm sure there's a solution out there somewhere. But any hinged frame couldn't touch the paper itself, and if you don't glue down or mat your print, it isn't going to lay flat. For me, just eliminating the whole frame/plexi business seems to eliminate the problem itself, although I'm no help for having a set up that's easy to take prints in and out of. That involves covering the print w/ a piece of glass/plexi, just by it's very nature.

 

[Sparrow]

Ikea do a pretty classic frame called Ribba that has a pre-cut a3 mount (290x200mm) and is very reasonably priced

 

[Roger Hicks]

We use simple plastic frames from Gifi, a French chain. They're about $15 each, glazed, in the 40x50 and 50x70 sizes (call it 16x20 and 20x24) but we just remove the glass and cut our own mats. Or, if you're dealing with a constant size, have a few mats cut professionally.

Tried dry-mounting; didn't like it.

Cheers,

R.

 

[SimonPJ]

Thanks for the suggestions for IKEA and Gifi.

I'll give them a try - and hopefully make sure that more of my prints see the light of day!

Cheers,

Simon