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Re: [Digital BW] Re: Mounting without glass?

2006-01-09 by hogarth@snappydsl.net

James Parker wrote:

> Some folks I know laminate the prints and then have 'em mounted to DiBond.
> Charrette sells Dibond and another aluminum substrate, I recently learned,
> if you have the tools to cut it.
>
> For really large prints, this seems like a viable option. A couple of the
> photographers from Michigan that I know use this method for really large
> work, 20x30 and larger. I've been looking at it as a way to mount large
> panoramas 15 x 72, as they are tough to glaze.
>
> Jim

There's always canvas. My favorite way to show a really large print is 
to print to canvas, varnish it, stretch it over stretcher bars like you 
would an oil painting, and frame it in a floater frame. A simple elegant 
appearance. Simple and easy to hang too.
--
Bruce Watson

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