Information about Prints and paintings on artist's paper
Your artworks on paper may be shipped in a sturdy tube to best protect them in transit. Carefully and gently remove your artwork with clean hands, and allow it to 'relax' for around 24 hours before you attempt framing. You can help the flattening process by placing clean paper over the artwork and gently weighing it down with a book or two. Please be gentle and do not rush this process.
Once the artwork is flat, it is ready for framing.
Framing Artwork on Paper
Prints will have a white border to assist with framing without 'losing' any of the image.
Originals will mostly have a white border but, being an original, not a print, bits of the underlayers of the painting may appear beyond the white border and some edges may be very slightly scuffed where the tape was removed. This is part of the unique history of the painting, but can be easily covered up with a mat board in the framing process if you prefer a clean edge.
Originals without a white border can be framed by 'floating' them on top of the mat board, under glass, or secured under a mat-board cutout if you are happy to hide a tiny amount of the edge of the image. You can discuss this with your framer, or contact me for any further advice.