Handmade canvasses by The Giant Canvas Company
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Art store canvases cost too much, are limited in selection, and are generally of a mediocre quality at best. Giant Canvas Company – owned and operated by arts advocate John Lidot – will build you custom museum quality canvases and panels at a fraction of the cost. 100 percent handmade and never mass-produced, Giant Canvas is the only one I trust with my artist supports.
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NM Thursday 30 August 2012
Those look like ok frames and are definitely reasonably priced, but museum quality they ain’t. They appear to be lacking in a couple key places: the stretchers aren’t keyed and they don’t appear to have any sort of profile or lip that would raise the canvas off the front of the frame, although I could be wrong on both counts. Usually, you’ve either got to make them yourself or pay through the nose for a really good quality stretcher.
While probably twice as expensive (or more), Upper Canada Stretchers is my go-to company for stretchers. They’ve made custom 8′x8′, 10′ x 10′ and 9′ x 20′ stretchers for an exhibition company I worked for. Nothing but Canadian quality from those guys.
Michael Carini Friday 31 August 2012
They do custom work and can fit just about any budget. For me, they do put a bevel on the inside of the frame to prevent the pressure points you mentioned. I also have him use a 2.5″ museum profile and use a a heave double weave canvas so I can take it off and stretch it again if necessary. Although he does offer a student grade canvas that is already primed, I choose to go with a raw canvas so I can prime it as I like. Even with all of the customizations, it’s quite a bit cheaper than anything I have ever seen at the local art stores. Basically, you tell him what you want and he can do it-