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Designs Ink is proud to offer you the opportunity for extended research and a stroll through framing history with Designs Ink Publishing's Reference Library. Chris A Paschke, CPF GCF CMG has been an educator, author, and columnist for over twenty years. She has written numerous editorial series for Picture Framing Magazine including the special CMC 3-part "Teaching An Old Framer New Tricks" 2001, and two 12-part design series "The Design Process" monthly through 1994, and "The Elements of Design", bi-monthly during 2000 and 2001. Then in 2018-2019 she has a new 7-part color series "Design Elements" featuring DE: Shades of Gray and DE: Pop of Color which are classes offered each year at West Coast Art & Frame Expo at Las Vegas.
Articles are listed alphabetically and under the specific topics of Adhesives, Business, Canvas, Design Principles, Digitals, Laminating, Mat Design, Mounting, Photographs, Repair, Technique, and Equipment. Some articles are also listed under more than one topic for ease of location. Articles dated prior to the on-set of digital photography in the 1990s may not have photographs included but diagrams should be there. Click the title which is linked to the complete text.
New articles and newsletter columns are routinely added. Check back often.
Adhesive Coated Substrates, May 2014 PDF
Adhesives for Digital Canvases, October 2006
Adhesives for Dry Mounting, July 1994
Adhesive Saturation: Ghosting vs. Tinting, September 1999
Adhesives Trends, January 1992
Archival Dry Mount Tissues, February 1998
Dry Mount Adhesives Revisited, September 1998
Dry Mount Adhesives Revisited, September 1998 PDF
Float Mounting with Pressure-Sensitives, October 1996
Ghosts of Pressure-Sensitives Present, September, 1996
Heat Activated (HA) Board Comparisons, August 2009
Heat Activated Comparison Spreadsheet 2013
Heat Activated and Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive Substrates, May 2014
Informed Adhesive Selection, April 2020
No Bad Adhesives...Only Bad Judgements, March 2003 PDF
Preadhesive Heat Activated and Pressure-Sensitive Boards, May 2002
Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive Comparisons, November 2008
Pressure-Sensitive Mounting, April 2000 PDF
Pressure-Sensitives and Ghosting, September, 1996
P-S and HA Adhesive Board Mounting Chart, June 2006
Pressure-Sensitive and Heat Activated Comparison Spreadsheet 2013
Pressure-Sensitive and Heat Activated Comparison Spreadsheet - Digitals 2013
PSAs and Burnishers, February 2012
PSAs and Burnishers, February 2012 PDF
PVA vs. EVA Wet Glue, October 2012
PVA vs. EVA Wet Glue, October 2012 PDF
Removable Does Not Mean Reversible, February 1993
Reversible, Removable and Solvents in Preservation Framing, December 2022
Silicone and Residue, December 2009
Solvents and Removal Techniques, April 2003
Solvents and Removal Techniques, April 2003 PDF
Spray Adhesives, August 1997 PDF
Spray Mount for the Health Conscious, March 2000 PDF
Tapes & Adhesives, October 2017
Tapes And Their Adhesives, March 2014
Tapes and Updates, February 2003
Tapes and Updates, February 2003 PDF
The Mystery of Adhesives, September 1998
All That Glitters Is Not Gold, August 1992
Coatings, Mounting, and Unglazed Art, February 2010 PDF
Creative Mat Design, March 1992
Defending Artist Copyright, December 1999
Donations and Recycled Profits, September 2008
Foamboard and ISO 18902, April 2008
Framing Around the World, March 2001 PDF
Golden Profits, August 2001 PDF
Gold in the Mounting Business, August 1998 PDF
Greening The Desert, April 2011
Hinge Failure and Shipping, October 2010 PDF
More Than A Canvas, December 2010 PDF
Mounting the Millennium, January 2000 PDF
Mounting Sells Itself, July 2000 PDF
New Products, New Trends, January 2004 PDF
New Products, New Trends, January 2005 PDF
Recycled Wood Framing, April 2011 PDF
Sales, Pricing, Payoff, November 1993 PDF
Selling the Mount, November 1995 PDF
Shipping and Bond Failure, June 2010
Shipping and Hinge Failure, June 2010 PDF
Shipping Boxes-Flat, December 1995
Shipping Boxes-Drop Spine, November 1995
The Value of Mounting, June 2000 PDF
Tips for Success, November 1996 PDF
Trends: Canvas Transfers, January 2003 PDF
Trends: Everything Old Is New Again, January 2002 PDF
Trends: The Issue IS Mounting, January 1993
Trends: End of Millennium, January 1999 PDF
Trends: Four C's, January 1997 PDF
Trends: Get in Touch, January 1998 PDF
Trends: Roller Laminators, January 2006 PDF
Trends and Fallacies, January 2007 PDF
Trends: Digitals, January 2008 PDF
Trendspotting, January 2009 PDF
Adhesives for Digital Canvases, October 2006
Canvassing Paper Prints, December 1994 PDF
Canvassing RC Photos, October 1994 PDF
Canvases…Then and Now-Part I, March 2004
Canvases…Then and Now-Part II, April 2004
Canvases Then And Now-Part III, Illusionary Boxes, May 2004 PDF
Evolution of Canvas Chart, March 2004 PDF
Float Spaces and Face Depths, October 2010
From Photos To Canvas To Cash, May 1991
From Photos To Canvas To Cash, May 1991 PDF
HAPSA Canvas Comparisons, May 2014 PDF
Heat Activated Comparison Spreadsheet 2013
Heat Activated and Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive Substrates, May 2014
More Than A Canvas, December 2010 PDF
Mounting Canvas Prints, September 2014
Preadhesive Heat Activated and Pressure-Sensitive Boards, May 2002
P-S and HA Adhesive Board Mounting Chart, June 2006
The Textures And Colors of Canvas Transferring, May 1998
Adhesives: Pressure-Sensitive and Heat Activated Mounting Chart, June 2006
Adhesives & Common Names, updated 2014 PDF
Condition Reports, January 2017 PDF
Digital Canvas Chart, August 2006
Digital Canvas Test Spreadsheets, July 2008
Digital Heat Test, February 2002
Digital Identification, May 2004
Digital Photo Test, March 2002
Evolution of Canvas Chart, March 2004 PDF
HAPSA Canvas Comparisons, May 2014
HA-PS Comparisons, February 2014
HA-PS Mounting Boards for Printed Canvases, May 2014
Heat Activated Comparison Spreadsheet 2013
Heat Activated and Pressure-Sensitive Comparison Spreadsheet February 2014
Heat Activated, Pressure-Sensitive, Film Comparison Spreadsheet-Digital Canvas 2013
Heat Activated, Pressure-Sensitive, Film Comparison Spreadsheet-Encapsulated Charts 2013
HA, P-S, Film Application Comparisons, October 2013
Mounting Heat Activated, Pressure-Sensitive and Film Comparisons, April 2011
Mounting Instructions for Acrylic Artwork from Wild Apple Open Studio™
Pressure-Sensitive Comparisons, June 2006
Pressure-Sensitive and Heat Activated Comparison Spreadsheet 2013
Pressure-Sensitive and Heat Activated Comparison Spreadsheet - Digitals 2013
Suggested Mounting Chart, April 2011
B&W Photo Frame Designing, October 2015
Color & Art Trends 2022, January 2022
Color & Art Trends 2023, January 2023
Design Concepts: Float Mounting, August 2002 PDF
Design Concepts: Global Design, December 2002 PDF
Design Critique #1, January 1995 PDF
Design Critique #2, February 1995 PDF
Design Critique #3, March 1995 PDF
Design Elements: Color & Theory, January 2018
Design Elements: Factors Explained, September 2020
Design Elements: Framing Design 101, July 2019
Design Elements: Pop of Color, July 2018
Design Elements: Rhythm & Color, April 2019
Design Elements: Texture, Color, Technique, November 2018
Design Critique-Birds, January 1997
Design Critique-Tile, February 1997
Design Critique-Flies, March 1997
Design Critique-Calaga, April 1997
Essence of Design: Introduction, February 2000
Essence of Design: Line, April 2000
Essence of Design: Color, June 2000
Essence of Design: Texture, August 2000
Essence of Design: Shape, October 2000
Essence of Design: Intensity, December 2000
Essence of Design: Space, February 2001
Essence of Design: Rhythm, April 2001
Essence of Design: Proportion, June 2001
Essence of Design: Balance, August 2001
Essence of Design: Emphasis, October 2001
Essence of Design: Unity, December 2001
Fine Art or Decorative Tile, April 2002 PDF
Float Frame Trends, January 2014 PDF
Framing Watercolors, WAM February 2010
Matted Mount Designs, August 2010
Multiple Ply Mat Cutting, May 1993
Refurbishing Framed Art, May 2007 PDF
The Design Process: Balance, October 1994
The Design Process: Color, March 1994
The Design Process: Emphasis, September 1994
The Design Process: Essence of Design, January 1994
The Design Process: Intensity, June 1994
The Design Process: Line, February 1994
The Design Process: Proportion, August 1994
The Design Process: Rhythm, November 1994
The Design Process: Shape, May 1994
The Design Process: Space, July 1994
The Design Process: Texture, April 1994
The Design Process: Unity, December 1994
Wedding Dioramas, November 2003 PDF
A New Digital Generation, June 2007 PDF
Adhesives for Digital Canvases, October 2006
All Giclée Are Inkjet, Not All Inkjet Are Giclée, March, 2015
All Giclée Are Inkjet, Not All Inkjet Are Giclée, March, 2015 PDF
An Eye on Digital Technologies, June 2003 PDF
Color Copiers: Lightfastness, March 1997
Color Copiers: The Rest Of The Story, April 1997
Digital Canvases, October 2006
Digital Canvas Chart, August 2006
Digital Canvas Test: Abridged, August 2008
Digital Canvas Test Spreadsheets, July 2008
Digital Canvas Stretching, January 2008
Digital Canvas Stretching #1, January 2008
Digital, Digital, Digital, September 2005
Digital, Digital, Digital, September 2005
Digital Directions P1: Heat Tolerances, February 2002
Digital Directions P3: Digital Photo Test, June 2002
Digital Directions P4: Digital Dilemmas, August 2002
Digital Directions P5: Keeping Pace with Digitals, October 2002 PDF
Digital Discussions, June 2007 Digital Heat Sensitivity, February 2012 PDF
Digital Heat Test, February 2002 Digital Inks: Staying Up To Date, January 2015 PDF Digital Hoopla, September 2003 Digital Identification, May 2004 Digital Photo Test, March 2002 Everything Old is New Again: Trends for 2002 Keeping Up with Technology, January 2017 PDF Mounting Digitals-Part 1: Identification, May 2011 Mounting Digitals-Part 2: Handling, June 2011 Mounting Digital Papers, February 2006 Mounting Digital Reproductions, June 2006 Mounting Printed Canvases, September 2014 Pressure-Sensitive and Heat Activated Comparison Spreadsheet - Digitals 2013 P-S and HA Adhesive Board Mounting Chart, June 2006 Float Frame Variations for Encaustic Art, June 2009 Float Frames for Encaustic Panels, February 2008 PDF Float Spaces and Face Depths, October 2010 Bone Burnishers Revisited, September 1995 Burnishing Edges is the Finishing Touch, February 1992 Burnishing Makes It Shine, August 2003 PDF CMC-Designs That Sell Themselves, July 2001 CMC-Pricing That Pays, November 2001 CMC-Teaching Old Framers Pricing, February 2002 PDF CMC-When To Go Computer, March 2001 Do You Know Hardware?, December 2012, PDF Do You Know Hardware?, January 2014, FATG-UK Dry Mount Work Stations, July 1992 PDF Gouache: An Untapped Resource, March 1992 Hanging Systems for Home & Gallery, May 2015 Hanging Systems for Home & Gallery, May 2015 PDF Hardware: Versatile Offset Clips, August 2012 PDF Hardware: Screws, Screweyes and Sawtooth Hangers, December 2012 Hardware: Wall Hangers and Cleats, April 2013 Hardware: Wall Hangers and Cleats, April 2013 PDF Hardware: Wire, Steel Hangers and Spring Clips, February 2013 Hot Spots and Temperature, August 2000 PDF Humidifiers, September 2002 PDF Lightfastness and Color Permanence, June 1995 Mat Cutting Basics, August 1993 Mechanical vs. Vacuum Presses, September 1993 Mechanical vs. Vacuum Presses: Pros and Cons, May 1998 More Than A Mat Cutter To Me, July 1991 Mounting Maintanence Tips, September 1995 PDF Mounting Work Stations, July 1992 PDF Mounting Work Station, June 1995 PDF Mechanical & Vacuum Presses, August 2013 Press Maintenance, February 2001 PDF Pressure Points Of Mounting, March 1992 Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives and Burnishing, February 2012 Roller Laminators, December 2013 Roller Laminator Review, May 2009 Tools of the Trade, July 1997 PDF Troubleshooting Your Mechanical Press, June 1993 PDF Wire, Steel Hangers and Spring Clips, February 2013 Working Through Tight Places, March 1999 PDF Artist And Framer Working Together, August 2017 Deckle-Edged Watercolors, January 2015 PDF Deckle-Edged Watercolors, August 2015 PDF-version 2 Do You Know Hardware?, January 2014 Float Frames for Canvases, August 2010 Float Frames for Canvas, August 2010 PDF Framing Pastels: Handle With Care, August 2011 Framing Pastels: Handle With Care, August 2011 PDF Hot Facts About Encaustic Paintingss, October 2016 Shipping: Box Clever, January 2013 Textiles: Providing Support, October 2012 Ask The Expert: Art and T-Hinges, January 2014 Floating Deckle Edged Watercolors, October 2013 Framing Hardware Basics, March 2014 How To Speak Framer, May 2010, magazine spread PDF How To Speak Framer, May 2010, PDF The Care And Framing Of Watercolors, February 2010, magazine spread PDF The Care And Framing Of Watercolors, February 2010 The Care And Framing Of Watercolors, February 2010 PDF The Hardware Facts, March 2014 PDF Transporting Pastels: Handle With Care, October 2012 Transporting Pastels: Handle With Care, October 2012 magazine spread PDF Burnishers: The Sensuous Bone, December 2011 Defending Artist Copyright, November 2011 Dust Covers: Kraft To Tyvek, October 2012 Flat Mounting Sanded Paper, October 2011 Flat Stack Float Frames, August 2013 PDF Float Platforms, Lifters and Spacers, April 2011 Hardware: Screws, September 2011 L-Shape Float Frames, May 2011 Metal Frame Finishing, August 2012 Metallic Photos: Endura vs. Pearl, August 2011 More On Honeycomb, February 2013 Mounting Turkish Tiles, April 2013 Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives, January 2012 PVA vs. EVA for Mounting Arrowheads, July 2012 Recto-Verso Monoprints, January 2013 Recto-Verso Monoprints, January 2013 PDF Sink Mounting Hardboards, January 2011 Spring Clips and Pressure Points, September 2012 Substrate Alternative: Honeycomb Panels, November 2012 Wall Grouping Common Line, May 2012 Wall Grouping Unity, April 2012 Capped Stack Float Frames, July 2013 Definitions And Adhesives, December 2009 Encaustic In Framing, April 2010 Flat Stack Float Frames, August 2013 PDF Float Platforms, Lifters and Spacers, November 2010 Float Spaces and Face Depths, October 2010 Framing Cradled Boxes, April 2013 French Cleat Hangers, April 2012 Hooks and Wires: What Not To Do, February 2012 L-Shape Float Frames, July 2010 Long Base Profiles and Mounting, August 2010 Member Profile: Chris Paschke, April 2013 My Favorite Tool, February 2011 Paula Roland Monoprints-IEA, February 2013 PDF Recto-Verso for Wax Saturated Monoprints-IEA, January 2013 Recto-Verso for Wax Saturated Monoprints-IEA, January 2013 PDF Release Papers, September 2009 Screw Eyes and D-Rings, May 2011 Self-Adhesive Hangers, November 2012 Short Base Mounting, September 2010 Silicone Adhesive, October 2009 Sink Mounting Hardboards, January 2010 Sink Mounting Wax Soaked Paper, February 2010 Spring Clips for Metal Frames, August 2012 Stacked Float Frames, part 1, June 2013 PDF Steel Plate Hangers, October 2011 Steel and Strap Hangers, August 2011 The Subject Is Sawtooth, April 2011 Substrates: Hardboard, 8-ply and Honeycomb Panels, June 2012 Tycore, Hexamount & Hexacomb Panels, March 2013 Understanding Frames, May 2010 Wall Hooks: Standard vs. Floreat, November 2011 Canvas Transfers Alive and Well, July 2007 PDF Canvassing Paper Prints, December 1994 PDF Canvassing RC Photos, October 1994 PDF Contempo Panels Faux Glass Etching, August 1991 PDF Contempo Panels for Certificates, October 1995 PDF Crinkled Laminates, September 1997 PDF Damage and Camouflage, July 2008 Embossing Mats with Laminates, March 1994 PDF Faux Glass Etching vs. Engraving, November 1998 PDF From Photos To Canvas To Cash, May 1991 From Photos To Canvas To Cash, May 1991 PDF Hot and Cold Laminating, December 2001 PDF Illusionary Boxes, May 1993 PDF In-House Canvas Transfers, March 2002 Innovative Sink Mounts, April 2010 Laminate First, Then Mount, November 2014 Laminate First, Then Mount, November 2014 PDF Laminating Porous Breathables, September 2001 PDF Laminating Non-Breathables, October 2001 PDF Laminating Photos and Non-Breathables, October 1994 PDF Laminate as a Glass Substitute, June 1997 PDF Laminate Plaquing, April 2006 PDF Laminate Transfers to Watercolor Paper, June 1998 PDF Laminating Oversized Art, April 1993 PDF Laminating Oversized Art, November 2001 PDF Laminating Polyester vs. Vinyl, July 1993 PDF Laminates Polyester vs. Vinyl, September 2000 PDF Leather-Look Wrapped Mats, May 1994 PDF Faux Glass Etching and Mirrors, December 1992 PDF Mosaic Laminating, November 1999 PDF Mounting and Laminating Gilded Prints, August 2004 PDF Mounting Trends-Conservation and Lamination, January 1994 One-Step Mounting and Laminating a Sumi Horse, September 2004 PDF Oversized Laminating in Bites, April 1996 PDF Plaquing Today: A Creative Option, April 2006 Plaquing Today: A Creative Option, April 2006 PDF Plaquing: Where It All Began, June 2001 Plaquing: Where It All Began, June 2001 PDF Resurfacing and Retexturing Laminates, April 1994 PDF Resurfacing Laminated Mats, February 2009 Retexturing Laminate Surfaces, August 2006 PDF Roller Laminators, December 2013 Roller Laminator Review, May 2009 The Textures And Colors of Canvas Transferring, May 1998 Trim, Mount and Protect, February 2007 PDF Yellowed Prints, April 2009 PDF Calligraphy for Framers: Tools, March 1993 Calligraphy for Framers: Design Applications, April 1993 Contempo Panels for Certificate Design, October 1995 PDF Contempo Panels And Faux Glass Etching, August 1991 PDF Contemporary Brocade Mats, June 2008 Contemporary Brocade Mats, June 2008 PDF Foamboard Freedom, March 1992 PDF Gouache: An Untapped Resource, March 1992 Greening the Desert, April 2011 Lightfastness and Color Permanence, June 1995 Marble Panels, October 1991 PDF Mounted Mat Accents, April 2012 Multiple Tiered Mountings: Part I, July 1995 PDF Multiple Tiered Mountings: Part II, August 1995 PDF Multiple Ply Mat Cutting, May 1993 Resurfacing Laminated Mats, February 2009 Sandstone Panels, December 1991 PDF Selling Mat Design, March 1992 PDF Tiered Mat: Surface Tiering, July 1993 PDF Tiered Mat: Under Tiering, August 1993 PDF Tiered Mat: Pin Striping, September 1993 PDF Tiered Mat: Bevel Banding, October 1993 PDF Tiered Matting, February 1991 PDF Tiered Matting: Surface Tiered, February 2005 Torn Paper Mounted Mat Accents, April 2012 Wrapped Bevels, February 1991 PDF 2001: A Mounting/Framing Odyssey, January 2001 Abridged History of Dry Mounting, October 2004 Acrylic Panels, October 2009 PDF All That Glitters is Not Gold, August 1992 Biting The Art That Feeds You, September 1992 Biting The Art That Feeds You, September 1992 PDF Bo Leaf, Papyrus and Dry Float Mounting, December 2006 Brass & Stone Rubbings, September 2019 CanvasMount-More Than A Canvas, December 2010 CanvasMount-More Than A Canvas, December 2010 PDF Chinese Papercut Options, July 2006 PDF Chinese Scrolls: Approach, July 2005 PDF Chinese Scrolls: Mounting, August 2005 PDF Chinese Silk Embroidery, July 2007 Chinese Silk Embroidery, July 2007 PDF Chinese Silk Paintings, May 2005 Chinese Silk Paintings, May 2005 PDF Cockled Handprints, March 2007 Cold Mounting Heat Sensitives, May 1997 PDF Common Mistakes: Spray Mounting, November 2010 PDF Common Mistakes: Vacuum Presses, July 2010 PDF Contemporary Brocade Mats, June 2008 Contemporary Brocade Mats, June 2008 PDF Copiers, Computer Art, Canvas and Certificates, January 1997 PDF Diplomas and Certificates, July 2002 Dry Float Mounting, December 2006 Dry Mounting Revisited, October 2004 PDF Dry Mounting: Some Like it Hot, May 2000 PDF Embossed Fabric Wrapped Mats, June 1994 PDF Embossed Magnolias: Freeform Wrapped Foamboard, March 1998 PDF Encapsulating Polyester Films, July 1996 PDF Encapsulating Vinyl Films, June 1996 PDF Face Mounting Photos, October 2008 Facemount Pros And Cons, May 2017 Facemount Pros And Cons, May 2017 PDF Flat Mounting Sanded Paper, GLAC October 2011 Float Frames for Encaustic Panels, February 2008 PDF Float Frames for Encaustic, December 2009 PDF Float Frame Trends, January 2014 PDF Float Frame Variations for Encaustic Art, June 2009 Floating Deckle-Edged Watercolors, January 2015 PDF Float Mounting with Pressure Sensitives, October 1996 PDF Float Spaces and Face Depths, October 2010 Floats, Lifters and Spacers, February 2011 Flush, Flat and Float Mounting, February 2005 Flush, Flat and Float Mounting, February 2005 PDF Flush, Flat and Float Mounting, March 2016 Foamboard Breakthrough ISO18902, April 2008 PDF Frameless Framing, October 2009 Ghosting Newsprint, November 1991 Ghosting and Pressure-Sensitives, September, 1996 Goodbye To Ghosting, May 2017 PDF Greening the Desert, April 2011 Guide to Basic Mounting, PFM Supplement 2011 PDF Handling Chinese Papercuts, July 2001 Heat Activated (HA) Board Comparisons, August 2009 Hinge Basics, November 2004 PDF Hinge Failure and Shipping, June 2010 PDF Hinges and Floated Art, December 2004 Hinges and Floated Art, December 2004 PDF Honeycomb Panels: Tycore and Hexamount, November 2012 How Long Is Long Enough, April 1992 In-House Release Boards, March 2008 Innovative Sink Mounts, April 2010 Innovative Sink Mounts, April 2010 PDF Japanese Scroll Mounting: History, April 2001 PDF Japanese Scroll Mounting: How-to, May 2001 PDF Keeping Up with Technology, January 2017 PDF Knowing When To Countermount, August 1999 Knowing When To Countermount, August 1999 PDF Laminate Transfers to Watercolor Paper, June 1998 PDF Light at the End of the Tunnel, June 1995 Making Mulberry Paper, May 2005 PDF Mechanical vs. Vacuum Presses, September 1993 Mechanical vs. Vacuum Presses: Pros and Cons, May 1998 Metallic Photos & More, October 2011 Metallic Photos & More, October 2011 PDF Mistakes-No Bad Adhesives, Only Bad Judgements, March 2003 Mola: A Reverse Applique, November 2017 More On Honeycomb-GLAC, February 2013 Mounting Decorative Tiles, April 2002 Mounting Digital Reproductions, June 2006 Mounting Embossed Papers, August 1994 Mounting Encapsulates, November 2000 PDF Mounting Encapsulates, November 2000 Mounting for Wall Groupings, September 2008 PDF Mounting in China, March 2006 PDF Mounting Painted Art, April 2007 Mounting Paintings on Exotic Materials, April 2007 PDF Mounting Polyester Encapsulates, May 2008 Mounting Printed Canvases, September 2014 Mounting for Matting, March 1993 PDF Mounting Ilfochrome RC, February 1994 Mounting Trends 1993: Sales & Pricing, January 1993 PDF Mounting Trends 1994: Conservation and Lamination, January 1994 Mounting Silks & Chinese Paintings, February 1993 PDF Noninvasive Mounting Techniques, July 2014 PDF Object Box Design, November 1993 PDF Oversized Laminating in Bites, April 1996 PDF One-Step Mounting and Laminating, August 1993 PDF Oversized Photos Two-Step Method, May 1996 PDF Oversized Pastels, May 2015 PDF Oversized Photo Two-Step Mount, October 1993 PDF Papercut Mounting Options, July 2006 Platforms, Lifters, and Soacers, February 2011 PDF Please Release Me (Release Materials), May 1995 Photographs: Taming the Substrate, October 1997 Polyester Encapsulate Mounting, May 2008 Polyester Encapsulates, November 2000 PDF PreMounting for a Float Mount, August 1996 PDF PreMounting Multiple Photos, October 1992 PDF Preservation Mounting of Parchment and Vellum, June, 1992 Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive Comparisons, November 2008 Pressure-Sensitives and Ghosting, September, 1996 Pressure-Sensitive Mounting, April 2000 PDF Problem Solving with TTPM, March 2019 PVA vs. EVA Wet Glue, October 2012 Recto-Verso Monoprints, January 2013 Recto-Verso Monoprints, January 2013 PDF Recto-Verso Monoprints-IEA, February 2013 Removable Does Not Mean Reversible, February 1993 Remove, Remount, Refit, December 1993 PDF Removal Techniques, April 2003 PDF Removing Linen Hinges, April 2005 Retiring Your Release Papers, November 1992 Rigid Scroll Mount, October 2018 Roller Laminator Review, May 2009 Rugs, Weaving and Velcro, June 2012 Sealed Frames In The Real World, February 2014 Shadowboxing Made Easy P1, May 1999 PDF Shadowboxing Made Easy P2, June 1999 PDF Silicone Adhesives, December 2009 Sink Mounting Vintage Photos, November 2006 Solvents and Removal Techniques, April 2003 Solvents, Silicone and Residue, December 2009 Sponge Mounting Embossed Seals, August 1992 PDF Spray Adhesives, August 1997 PDF Spray Mount for the Health Conscious, March 2000 PDF Static Mounting Photos and Silk, September 2006 Static Mounting Ilfochrome Classics, February 1997 Substrate Alternatives: Hardboard, 8-ply and Honeycomb Panels, November 2012 Synthetic Materials: Part 1 - Introduction, February 2021 Synthetic Materials - Part 2: Mounting & Preservation, April 2021 Tackling Tack Strips, November 2002 PDF Tacking Photographs, October 1999 PDF Textile Mounting, May 2003 PDF The Elements of Mounting: TTPM, May 2006 The Playful Nature of Kid's Art, April 2018 The Pressure Point of Mounting, March 1992 Thinking Outside the Box, November 2005 PDF TTPM: Back to the Basics, May 2006 TTPM: Dampness and Moisture, April 1992 TTPM: Taking Your Temperature Seriously, April 1992 TTPM: The Four Elements of Mounting, April 1992 TTPM: The Pressure Point of Mounting, May 1992 TTPM-Temperature, February 1995 Two Bite or Not to Bite, March 1996 Two Halves Make a Whole, November 2007 PDF Tycore, Hexamount & Hexacomb Panels-IEA, March 2013 Vellum and Parchment, February 1999 Wall Groupings, September 2008 PDF Wet Mounting the Test of Time, February 2000 PDF What's Wrong With This Picture?, January 1996 PDF Wrapping a Sacred Fig Leaf, September 2007 PDF Yupo Part 1: What To Do With Yupo, November 2015 Yupo Part 1, November 2015 PDF Yupo Part 2: Mounting Synthetic Papers, January 2016 Press Maintenance, January 2014 Press Adjustments, February 2014 Press Adjustments, February 2014 PDF A Photo Is a Photo (Analog or Digital), October 2003 B&W Photo Frame Designing, October 2015 Endura Metallic Photos, December 2003 Face Mounts, Endura Metallic and C-Prints, December 2008 Face Mounting Photos, October 2008 Fingerprints, Orange Peel, and Scuffing, November 1997 PDF High Glass Photo Pitfalls, October 1998 PDF Ilfochrome RC Photographs, February 1994 Metallic Photos: Endura Metallic and Fuji Pearl, October 2011 Mounting Cibachromes, October 1992 Mounting Ilfochromes, October 1992 Mounting Problem Photos, September 2002 PDF Oversized Photo Mounting, October 2005 PDF Oversized RC Photos and Two Step Mounting, May 1996 PDF Peel Proof Photos, October 2010 PDF Photo Bond Failure, October 2007 PDF Photographs: Taming the Substrate, October 1997 Photo Substrates, October 2000 PDF Pressure-Sensitives and Ghosting, September, 1996 Sink Mounting Vintage Photos, November 2006 Static Mounting Photos and Silk, September 2006 Static Mounting Ilfochrome Classics, February 1997 Tacking Photographs, October 1999 PDF Photos Revisited, January 2015 Pros and Cons of Mounting Digital Canvas, September 2009 Float Frames for Encaustic, December 2009 Float Frames for Encaustic, December 2009 PDF Artists...How To Speak Framer, May 2010 PDF Chinese Papercut Options, July 2006 PDF Condition Reports, January 2017 PDF Custom Stands for Ancient Jade Bi Disks, Julu 2015 PDF Deckle-Edged Watercolors, January 2015 PDF Frameless Framing: Acrylic Panels, October 2009 Frameless Framing: Acrylic Panels, October 2009 PDF Handling And Mounting Pastels, June 2010 Handling And Mounting Pastels, June 2010 PDF (with diagrams) High Gloss Digital vs. Cibachrome, June 2018 Hinge Basics, November 2004 PDF Hinges and Floated Art, December 2004 PDF Innovative Sink Mounts, April 2010 PDF Mola: A Reverse Applique, November 2017 Noninvasive Mounting Techniques, July 2014 PDF Preservation Mounting of Parchment and Vellum, June 1992 Parchment, Vellum and Papers, October 2020 Reframing an Illuminated Manuscript Page, February 2004 PDF Reversible, Removable and Solvents in Preservation Framing, December 2022 Rugs, Weaving and Velcro, June 2012 Scrolls - Chinese Mounting, P2, August 2005 Scrolls - The Chinese Approach, P1, July 2005 Scrolls - The Chinese Approach, P1, July 2005 PDF Scrolls - Japanese Scroll Mounting, Part 1, April 2001 Scrolls - Japanese Scroll Mounting, Part 1, April 2001 PDF Scrolls - Japanese Scroll Mounting, Part 2, May 2001 Sealed Frames In The Real World, February 2014 Silk Paintings: Design & Mount, February 2018 Sink Mounting Vintage Photos, November 2006 Textile Mounting, May 2003 PDF Vellum and Parchment, February 1999 Digital Questions, December 1998 Facemounting C-Prints, December 2008 Hinges and Floated Art, December 2004 Most Asked Questions, December 1995 PDF Most Asked Questions, December 1996 PDF Most Asked Questions, December 1997 PDF Most Asked Questions, December 1999 PDF Most Asked Questions, December 2000 PDF Most Asked Questions, December 2005 PDF Most Asked Photo Questions, December 2007 Ask The Expert: Art and T-Hinges, January 2014 Ask The Expert: Art and T-Hinges, January 2014 PDF Framing Hardware Basics, March 2014 The Hardware Facts, March 2014 PDF What's Wrong With this Picture?, February 2015 What's Wrong With this Picture?, February 2015 PDF Working With A Framer, December 2015 What A Framer Can Do For You, December 2015 PDF Framing Tools & Dust Covers, August 2014 How To Speak Framer, May 2010, magazine spread PDF How To Speak Framer, May 2010, PDF Transporting Pastels: Handle With Care, October 2012 Transporting Pastels: Handle With Care, October 2012 magazine spread PDF Floating Deckle Edged Watercolors, October 2013 The Care And Framing Of Watercolors, February 2010, magazine spread PDF The Care And Framing Of Watercolors, February 2010 The Care And Framing Of Watercolors, February 2010 PDF BVSCAA - Hardware, Fitting & Finishing 2024, PDF Art Identification 2018 outline, PDF Chart: Commercial Adhesives & Common Names 2024, PDF Chart: HA-PSA-Film-Wet Comparisons 2024, PDF Condition Reports, January 2017 PDF HA, P-S, Film Application Comparisons, October 2013 PDF Creative Mounting & Laminating 2017, PDF Creative Mounting & Laminating 2018, PDF Creative Mounting & Laminating 2018 Outline, PDF Creative Mounting & Laminating 2019, PDF Creative Mounting & Laminating 2020, PDF Digital Trends & Handling 2017, PDF Float Frame Trends 2024 Outline, PDF Handling Digitals 2024 Outline, PDF Mounting Basics Lecture 2018, PDF Mounting Basics Lecture 2018 Outline, PDF Mounting Basics 2024 Outline, PDF PPFA: Pastels & Friable Media 2018, PDF PPFA: Pastels & Friable Media 2018 Outline, PDF PPFA: Face Mounting & Acrylic Sandwiches, PDF Principles of Framing Design 2024, PDF Principles of Framing Design 2024 Outline, PDF Sensitive Items 2018 Outline, PDF Sensitive Items 2024 Outline, PDF Shades of Gray 2018 Outline, PDF Shades of Gray 2024 Outline, PDFEncaustic Art
Equipment, Tools and Hardware
Fine Art Trade Guild (FATG): Art Business Today/Art+Framing Today
F+W Media: The Pastel Journal (TPJ) and Watercolor Artist Magazine (WAM)
Greater Los Angeles Chapter (GLAC) PPFA eNewsletter, LA Framer, Mounting Matters
International Encaustic Artist (IEA) eNewsletter WAX-ON! Framing Matters
Laminating
Mat Design
Mounting
Pacific Southwest PPFA (PacSo) Chapter eNewsletter, PS Framer, Mounting Matters
Photographs
Professional Picture Framers Association (PPFA) For Members Only and PPFAnews,
Preservation
Questions Answered
The Artists Magazine (TAM)
The Pastel Journal (TPJ) and Watercolor Artist Magazine (WAM)
Watercolor Artist Magazine (WAM)
West Coast Art & Framing Expo & Other Lectures - PowerPoint PDFs