PICTURE FRAME TRAINING 2008/9

A full range of framing techniques from basic "start-up" information to advanced training, covering every aspect of framing needed to run a successful workshop.

Training courses to include the following items to be taken as required in a schedule designed to meet individual and corporate requirements:

  • Workshop and machinery safety
  • Calibration & maintenance

  • Colour, proportion and style
  • Design to suit subject matter

  • Moulding - Cutting and joining
  • Mount cutting - basic through to advanced
  • Mount decoration / washlines etc.
  • Conservation, why and the benefits
  • Fabrics and their preservation
  • Glass & backboard cutting
  • Frame assembly

  • Aspects of commercial business
  • Keeping the customer happy
  • Choosing your market place and customer
  • How to price work
  • Expenses and profit