Digital BW, The Print

Richard,

Another route is to print on canvas and stretch over wood stretchers
bars, which are very inexpensive, especially compared to mats, glazing
and frames.  Coating is a good idea since you have no protection.  I
have many of these in my home without frames, mats or glass and they
look great.  Very cost effective too.

I can't say I care for the clips used to hold the print to the backing
in the link you provided.  I prefer the cleaner look that Carl
suggested in his post.  

You can also use a product like Breathing Color Glamour II as a glue
to fix a print to a backing board (gator, beaver board, whatever) then
hang the board.  Looks pretty good.  If desired, you can glue wood
strips to the back for you hanging wire to screw into.  

The UV coatings on the market are supposed to be as good as glass, but
I cannot confirm that (yet) from my personal experience.  

Lou

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Richard
Smallfield <r.smallfield@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> just in case anyone was wondering how a print could be hung
unframed, this is how it can be done - this was at a recent exhibition
I attended.
> 
> The print was on PhotoRag and sprayed with Hahnemuhle Protective Spray.
> 
> According to Wilhelm, longevity doing it this way is almost as good
as under plain glass.
> 
> thanks,
> Richard
> 
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