Comments on: Handmade canvasses by The Giant Canvas Company http://www.lostateminor.com/2012/08/30/handmade-canvasses-by-the-giant-canvas-company/ Lost At E Minor: For creative people Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Michael Carini http://www.lostateminor.com/2012/08/30/handmade-canvasses-by-the-giant-canvas-company/#comment-1262350 Michael Carini Thu, 30 Aug 2012 16:53:21 +0000 http://www.lostateminor.com/?p=114318#comment-1262350 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-

]]> By: NM http://www.lostateminor.com/2012/08/30/handmade-canvasses-by-the-giant-canvas-company/#comment-1262042 NM Thu, 30 Aug 2012 05:46:22 +0000 http://www.lostateminor.com/?p=114318#comment-1262042 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.

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