Folding or cutting are both death to the print if you ever plan on reselling it. However it is yours and if you are okay with losing the monetary value of it, get those scissors out.jseidle wrote:Any thoughts on folding or cutting the bottom of the Woodie Guthrie print? I have this framed without any trimming and I think it looks a little awkward. I love the image, but I think it looks like and old polaroid photo.
My current frame does not have a mat, so the whole bottom shows. Is it sacrilege to modify a piece like this? Folding preferred over cutting?
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misterwhisper
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^this. Bottom-weighted margins are actually a traditional but very old-fashioned way to display art, so it's actually fine the way it is, but if the bottom margin bugs you, just buy an oversize frame (they're not expensive) and center and mat the image so that each mat margin is equal.Gundam wrote:Best bet would be to cover it up with a matte, if you dont wanna damage the print
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Theres someone on this board that had the same question when it first came out. If i recall right, they folded it.
May i suggest doing a double mat. Have both mats cut for the image area but then have a second cutout underneath the image area in the top mat and float a nameplate in there. Making it look like a memoriabilia piece.
Or maybe not a nameplate but maybe put the quote of 'This machine kills fascists' on it.
May i suggest doing a double mat. Have both mats cut for the image area but then have a second cutout underneath the image area in the top mat and float a nameplate in there. Making it look like a memoriabilia piece.
Or maybe not a nameplate but maybe put the quote of 'This machine kills fascists' on it.
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Finally made it up on the wall and out of the portfolio.
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Woody Guthrie in our reclaimed wood with black milk paint and wax finish
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Those look great! NIce jobTheOrigin wrote:
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From what I've seen they come framed and then there are some that are un framed. But to yourgonzo303 wrote:I'm pretty sure all holiday editions are framed like this straight from Fairey & Co. still very excited to have the 1st editions sister!!
point, a majority of them do come framed.
^^awesome...congrats!