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Originally Posted by Terri Ficenec
I've ordered the Dibond panels from NT, but I'm curious about your comment regarding putting masking tape on the edges -- is the canvas not wrapped around the support?
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I don't know about the Dibond panels, but the Gatorfoam panels are not wrapped around the support; the linen is cut at the edge of the Gatorfoam.
I've had a few clients recently who prefer a "contemporary" gallery wrap style, that is, they don't plan to use a frame. New Traditions built a wonderful custom panel for me, with linen-wrapped edges and with a grid cradle on the back. I think the size was around 38" x 40". I had a cradled gesso realgesso board (similar to Kim's but not as large) where the grid is on the back but doesn't run along the edges. The owners put screws and wire along the grid for hanging and I think it looks very "arty" floating on the wall.
I wish I had taken photos of the backs of these to show you.
The problem with uncradled panels generally for me is a marketing issue: do you want to hand a flat thing to your client and send them away with it? If it is a standard size then you can pop it into a standard sized frame, at least to unveil the painting to them, with the possiblility of selling them the frame. If it isn't a standard size, then it gets a little trickier. Maybe one answer is just not to offer non-standard sizes unless you already have a frame available for it.
I always seem to have a million things going on at the same time and I keep vowing to make some rules about things like sizes to make my life easier, but ..... I don't.