Welcome to Paschke Online!
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 Designs Process" monthly through 1994, and "The Elements of Design", bi-monthly during 2000 and 2001.
Articles are listed alphabetically and are dated for easier reference. Those written in the first half of the 1990s may not have photographs included, but diagrams should be there. Click the title for the link to the complete text.
This library is in its infancy and new articles will become available shortly. Check back often.
2001: A Mounting/Framing Odyssey, January 2001
2006 Year in Review, December 2006
A Photo Is a Photo (Analog or Digital), October 2003
A New Digital Generation, June 2007 PDF
Abridged History of Dry Mounting, October 2004
Acrylic Panels, October 2009 PDF
Adhesives & Common Names, updated 2014
Adhesive Saturation: Ghosting vs. Tinting, September 1999
Adhesives for Digital Canvases, October 2006
Adhesives Trends, January 1992
Archival Dry Mount Tissues, February 1998
Adhesives for Dry Mounting, July 1994
All That Glitters is Not Gold, August 1992
Artist And Framer Working Together, August 2017
Ask The Expert: Art and T-Hinges, TAM, January 2014
Ask The Expert: Art and T-Hinges, TAM, January 2014 PDF
B&W Photo Frame Designing, October 2015
Biting The Art That Feeds You, September 1992
Biting The Art That Feeds You, September 1992 PDF
Bo Leaf, Papyrus and Float Mounting, December 2006
Bone Burnishers Revisited, September 1995
Brass & Stone Rubbings, September 2019
Burnishers: The Sensuous Bone, December 2011
Burnishing Edges is the Finishing Touch, February 1992
Calligraphy for Framers: Tools, March 1993
Calligraphy for Framers: Design Applications, April 1993
CanvasMount-More Than A Canvas, December 2010
CanvasMount-More Than A Canvas, December 2010 PDF
Canvases…Then and Now - Part I, March 2004
Canvases…Then and Now - Part II, April 2004
Capped Stack Float Frames, IEA-July 2013
Chinese Papercut Options, July 2006 PDF
Chinese Approach To Scroll Mounting, P1, July 2005 PDF
Chinese Mounting, P2, August 2005
Chinese Silk Embroidery, July 2007
Chinese Silk Embroidery, July 2007 PDF
Chinese Silk Paintings, May 2005
Chinese Silk Paintings, May 2005 PDF
CMC-Designs That Sell Themselves, July 2001
CMC-Pricing That Pays, November 2001
CMC-When To Go Computer, March 2001
Cockled Handprints, March 2007
Color & Art Trends 2022, January 2022
Color & Art Trends 2023, January 2023
Color Copiers: Lightfastness, March 1997
Color Copiers: The Rest Of The Story, April 1997
Common Mistakes: Spray Mounting, November 2010 PDF
Common Mistakes: Vacuum Presses, July 2010 PDF
Condition Reports, January 2017 PDF
Contemporary Brocade Mats, June 2008
Contemporary Brocade Mats, June 2008 PDF
Contemporary Photo Design,November 2024
Defending Artist Copyright, GLAC November 2011
Creative Mat Design, March 1992
Damage and Camouflage, July 2008
Deckle-Edged Watercolors, January 2015 PDF
Deckle-Edged Watercolors, August 2015 PDF-version 2
Defending Artist Copyright, December 1992
Definitions And Adhesives, December 2009
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 Elements: Today's Gallery Walls, September 2024
Designs Critique-Birds, January 1997
Designs Critique-Calaga, April 1997
Designs Critique-Flies, March 1997
Designs Critique-Tile, February 1997
Digital Canvas Test: Abridged, August 2008
Digital Canvas Test Spreadsheets, July 2008 PDF
Digital, Digital, Digital, September 2005
Digital Directions: Common Digital Photo Problems, August 2002
Digital Directions: Heat Tolerances #1, February 2002
Digital Directions: Digital Photo Test #2, June 2002
Digital Discussions, June 2007
Digital Hoopla, September 2003
Digital Reproductions, June 2006
Digitals-Part 1: Identifying Digitals, May 2011
Digitals-Part 1: Identifying Digitals, May 2011 PDF
Digitals-Part 2: Handling Digitals, June 2011
Digitals-Part 2: Handling Digitals, June 2011 PDF
Diplomas and Certificates, July 2002
Donations and Recycled Profits, September 2008
Do You Know Hardware?, January 2014, FATG-UK
Dry Float Mounting, December 2006
Dry Mount Adhesives Revisited, September 1998
Dry Mount Adhesives Revisited, September 1998 PDF
Dry Mount Work Station, July 1992
Dust Covers-IEA, September 2012
Dust Covers: Kraft To Tyvek-GLAC, October 2012
Encaustic In Framing, April 2010
Encaustic Paintings, FATG-October 2016
Endura Metallic Photos, December 2003
Essence of Design: Balance, August 2001
Essence of Design: Color, June 2000
Essence of Design: Emphasis, October 2001
Essence of Design: Intensity, December 2000
Essence of Design: Introduction, February 2000
Essence of Design: Line, April 2000
Essence of Design: Proportion, June 2001
Essence of Design: Rhythm, April 2001
Essence of Design: Shape, October 2000
Essence of Design: Space, February 2001
Essence of Design: Texture, August 2000
Essence of Design: Unity, December 2001
Everything Old is New Again: Trends for 2002
Face Mounts, Endura Metallic and C-Prints, December 2008
Facemount Pros And Cons, May 2017
Facemount Pros And Cons, May 2017 PDF
FATG-Framing Pastels, October 2012
FATG-The Evolution of Float Frames for Canvas, August 2010
Favorite Tool-IEA, February 11
Favorite Tool-GLAC, March 2011
Flat Mounting Sanded Paper-GLAC, October 2011
Flat Stack Float Frames, IEA-August 2013 PDF
Floating Deckle-Edged Watercolors, January 2015 PDF
Float Frame Variations for Encaustic Art, June 2009
Float Frames for Encaustic-PPFA FMO, December 2009
Float Frames for Encaustic-PPFA FMO, December 2009 PDF
Float Frames for Encaustic Panels, February 2008
Float Frames for Encaustic Panels, February 2008 PDF
Float Frame Trends, January 2014 PDF
Floating Deckle Edged Watercolors, October 2013
Float Platforms, Lifters and Spacers, November 2010
Float Mounting with Pressure-Sensitives, October 1996
Floats, Lifters and Spacers, February 2011
Float Lifters-GLAC, April 2011
Flush, Flat and Float Mounting, February 2005
Flush, Flat and Float Mounting, February 2005 PDF
Flush, Flat and Float Mounting, March 2016
Foamboard and ISO 18902, April 2008
Framing Cradled Boxes-IEA, April 2013
Framing Design, PacSo-November 2013
Framing Design, PacSo-November 2013 PDF
Framing Hardware Basics, TAM, March 2014
Framing Pastels, ABT August 2011
Framing Tools & Dust Covers, TPJ August 2014
Framing Watercolors, WAM February 2010
Frameless Framing: Acrylic Panels, October 2009
Frameless Framing: Acrylic Panels, October 2009 PDF
French Cleat Hangers, April 2012
From Photos To Canvas To Cash, May 1991
From Photos To Canvas To Cash, May 1991 PDF
Ghosting and Pressure-Sensitives, September, 1996
(All) Giclée Are Inkjet, Not All Inkjet Are Giclée, March, 2015 PDF
Gold in the Mounting Business, August 1998 PDF
Golden Profits, August 2001 PDF
Goodbye To Ghosting, May 2017 PDF
Gouache: An Untapped Resource, March 1992
Greening The Desert, April 2011
Recycled Wood Framing, April 2011 PDF
Guide to Basic Mounting, PFM Supplement 2011 PDF
Handling And Mounting Pastels, June 2010
Handling And Mounting Pastels, June 2010 PDF (with diagrams)
Handling Chinese Papercuts, July 2001
Hanging Systems for Home and Gallery, May 2015
Hanging Systems for Home and Gallery, May 2015 PDF
Hardboard, 8-ply and Honeycomb Panels-IEA, June 2012
Hardware: Screws, GLAC-September 2011
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
Heat Activated Comparison Spreadsheet 2013
Heat Activated and Pressure-Sensitive Comparison Spreadsheet February 2014
Heat Activated (HA) Board Comparisons, August 2009
Heat Activated, Pressure-Sensitive, Film Comparison Spreadsheet-Digitals 2013
Heat Activated, Pressure-Sensitive, Film Comparison Spreadsheet-Encapsulated Charts 2013
Heat Activated and Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive Substrates, May 2014
High Gloss Digital vs. Cibachrome, June 2018
Hinge Basics, November 2004 PDF
Hinges and Floated Art, December 2004
Hinges and Floated Art, December 2004 PDF
Hooks and Wires: What Not To Do, February 2012
Honeycomb Panels: Tycore and Hexamount, November 2012
Hot Facts About Encaustic Paintings, October 2016
How To Speak Framer-TPJ, May 2010, PDF
How To Speak Framer-TPJ, May 2010, magazine spread PDF
Ilfochrome RC Photographs, February 1994
IEA Member Profile: Chris Paschke, April 2013
In-House Canvas Transfers, March 2002
In-House Release Boards, March 2008
Informed Adhesive Selection, April 2020
Innovative Sink Mounts, April 2010
Innovative Sink Mounts, April 2010 PDF
Japanese Scroll Mounting, Part 1, April 2001
Japanese Scroll Mounting, Part 1, April 2001 PDF
Japanese Scroll Mounting, Part 2, May 2001
Keeping Up with Technology, January 2017 PDF
Knowing When To Countermount, August 1999
Knowing When To Countermount, August 1999 PDF
Laminate First, Then Mount, November 2014
Laminate First, Then Mount, November 2014 PDF
Light at the End of the Tunnel, June 1995
Lightfastness and Color Permanence, June 1995
Lightfastness, Color Permanence & Gold, March 2024
L-Shape Float Frames-IEA, July 2010
L-Shape Float Frames-GLAC, May 2011
Float Spaces and Face Depths, October 2010
Long Base Profiles and Mounting, August 2010
Mat Cutting Basics, August 1993
Matted Mount Designs, August 2010
Mechanical vs. Vacuum Presses, September 1993
Mechanical vs. Vacuum Presses: Pros and Cons, May 1998
Mechanical & Vacuum Presses, August 2013
Metal Frame Finishing-GLAC, August 2012
Metallic Photos: Endura vs. Pearl, August 2011
Metallic Photos & More, October 2011
Metallic Photos & More, October 2011 PDF
Mistakes-No Bad Adhesives, Only Bad Judgments, March 2003
Mola: A Reverse Applique, November 2017
More On Honeycomb Panels-GLAC, February 2013
More Than A Mat Cutter To Me, July 1991
Mounted Mat Accents: Torn Paper, April 2012
Mounting Basics TTPM, May 2006
Mounting Cibachromes, October 1992
Mounting Decorative Tiles, April 2002
Mounting Digital Canvases, September 2014
Mounting Digital Canvases-PDF chart, May 2014
Mounting Digital Canvas-PPFA FMO, September 2009
Mounting Digital Papers, February 2006
Mounting Digital Reproductions, June 2006
Mounting Heavy Textiles-FATG, October 2012
Mounting Polyester Encapsulated Items, May 2008
Mounting Encapsulates, November 2000
Mounting Encapsulates, November 2000 PDF
Mounting Heat Activated, Pressure-Sensitive and Film Comparisons, April 2011
Mounting Ilfochrome RC Photos, February 1994
Mounting Instructions for Acrylic Artwork from Wild Apple Open Studio™
Mounting Printed Canvases, September 2014
Mounting Silks & Chinese Paintings, February 1993 PDF
Mounting Trends for 1994-Conservation and Lamination, January 1994
Mounting Turkish Tiles, April 2013
Mounting Work Stations, July 1992 PDF
Multiple Ply Mat Cutting, May 1993
Off With Their Heads!, May 2011
Papercut Mounting Options, July 2006
Parchment, Vellum and Papers, October 2020
Oversized Pastels, May 2015 PDF
Paula Roland Monoprints-IEA, February 2013 PDF
Photos Revisited, PPFAnews January 2015
Photographs: Taming the Substrate, October 1997
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
Please Release Me (Release Materials), May 1995
Point Drivers, PacSo-October 2013
Preadhesive Heat Activated and Pressure-Sensitive Boards, May 2002
Preservation Mounting for Rugs and Weaving with Velcro, June 2012
Preservation Mounting of Parchment and Vellum, June 1992
Press Adjustments, PacSo-February 2014
Press Adjustments, PacSo-February 2014 PDF
Press Maintenance, PacSo-January 2014
Problem Solving with TTPM, March 2019
Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives, January 2012
Providing Support-FATG, October 2012
Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives and Burnishing, February 2012
Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive Comparisons, November 2008
Pressure-Sensitive Comparisons, June 2006
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
Principles of Frame Design: Identification, November 2022
Principles of Frame Design: Introduction, September 2022
PSAs and Burnishers, February 2012
PSAs and Burnishers, February 2012 PDF
PVA vs. EVA for Mounting Arrowheads, GLAC July 2012
PVA vs. EVA Wet Glue, October 2012
PVA vs. EVA Wet Glue, October 2012 PDF
Recto-Verso Monoprints, January 2013
Recto-Verso Monoprints-GLAC, January 2013 PDF
Recto-Verso for Wax Saturated Monoprints-IEA, January 2013
Recto-Verso for Wax Saturated Monoprints-IEA, February 2013 PDF
Reframed & Preserved, August 2024
Release Papers for Encaustics, September 2009
Removable Does Not Mean Reversible, February 1993
Removal Techniques, April 2003
Removal Techniques, April 2003 PDF
Removing Linen Hinges, April 2005
Resurfacing Laminated Mats, February 2009
Retexturing Laminate Surfaces, August 2006 PDF
Retiring Your Release Papers, November 1992
Reversible, Removable and Solvents in Preservation Framing, December 2022
Rigid Scroll Mount, October 2018
Roller Laminator Review, May 2009
Roller Laminators, December 2013
Rugs, Weaving and Velcro, June 2012
Screw Eyes and D-Rings, May 2011
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
Self-Adhesive Hangers-IEA, November 2012
Shadowboxing Made Easy: One-piece/Cove, May 1999 PDF
Shipping and Bond Failure, June 2010
Shipping and Hinge Failure, June 2010 PDF
Shipping Boxes-Drop Spine, November 1995
Shipping Boxes-Flat, December 1995
Shipping Boxes-GLAC, February 2012
Shipping Boxes: Hinged, Clam Shell and Drop Spine-FATG, January 2013
Short Base Mounting-IEA, September 2010
Silicone Adhesive-IEA, October 2009
Silicone Adhesives, December 2009
Silk Embroidery, July 2007 PDF
Silk Paintings: Design & Mount, February 2018
Sink Mounting Hardboards-IEA, January 2010
Sink Mounting Hardboards-GLAC, January 2011
Sink Mounting Vintage Photos, November 2006
Sink Mounting Wax Soaked Paper, February 2010
Solvents and Removal Techniques, April 2003
Spring Clips and Pressure Points-GLAC, September 2012
Spring Clips for Metal Frames-IEA, August 2012
Stacked Float Frames, IEA-June 2013 PDF
Static Mounting Ilfochrome Classics, February 1997
Static Mounting Photos and Silk, September 2006
Steel Plate Hangers, October 2011
Steel and Strap Hangers, August 2011
Subject Is Sawtooth, April 2011
Substrate Alternatives: Hardboard, 8-ply and Honeycomb Panels, November 2012
Substrate Alternative: Honeycomb Panels-GLAC, November 2012
Substrates: Hardboard, 8-ply and Honeycomb Panels-IEA, June 2012
Suggested Mounting Chart, April 2011
Synthetic Materials: Part 1 - Introduction, February 2021
Synthetic Materials - Part 2: Mounting & Preservation, April 2021
Tapes & Adhesives, October 2017
Tapes And Their Adhesives, March 2014
Tapes and Updates, February 2003
Tapes and Updates, February 2003 PDF
Textile Mounting, May 2003 PDF
The Care And Framing Of Watercolors-WAM, February 2010
The Care And Framing Of Watercolors-WAM, February 2010 PDF
The Care And Framing Of Watercolors-WAM, February 2010, magazine spread 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
The Digital Umbrella, April 2011
The Evolution of Float Frames for Canvas, ABT-August 2010
The Four Elements of Mounting, April 1992
The Hardware Facts, ATM-March 2014 PDF
The Mystery of Adhesives, September 1998
The Playful Nature of Kid's Art, April 2018
The Pressure Point of Mounting, March 1992
The Subject Is Sawtooth, Aprill 2011
The Textures And Colors of Canvas Transferring, May 1998
Tiered Matting: Surface Tiered Kitten, February 2005
Torn Paper Mounted Mat Accents, April 2012
Transporting Pastels: Handle With Care, October 2012
Transporting Pastels: Handle With Care, October 2012 magazinee spread PDF
Trends: The Issue IS Mounting, January 1993
Two Bite Or Not To Bite, March 1996
TTPM: Back to the Basics, May 2006
TTPM: Dampness and Moisture, April 1992
TTPM: How Long Is Long Enough, April 1992
TTPM: Taking Your Temperature Seriously, April 1992
TTPM: The Pressure Point Of Mounting, May 1992
TTPM-Temperature, February 1995
Tycore, Hexamount & Hexacomb Panels-IEA, March 2013
Understanding Frames, May 2010
Vellum and Parchment, February 1999
Versatile Offset Clips, March 2012
Wall Grouping Common Line-GLAC, May 2012
Wall Grouping Unity-GLAC, April 2012
Wall Hooks: Standard vs. Floreat, November 2011
Wax Hangers-GLAC, February 2011
Wax Hinges-GLAC, December 2012
Wet Glue: PVA vs. EVA, October 2012
What A Framer Can Do For You, December 2015
What's Wrong With this Picture?, February 2015
Wire, Steel Hangers and Spring Clips, February 2013
Working With A Framer, TAM, December 2015
Yupo Part 1: What To Do With Yupo, November 2015
Yupo Part 1, November 2015 PDF
