Stretching the canvas. The technology of stretching canvas on a stretcher

ART-RAMA specialists will stretch the canvas on a stretcher in a short time. Our company has extensive experience in providing such services. We guarantee timely execution of the order.

The stretcher is the base on which the canvas is stretched. The quality of the whole work, the durability of the picture directly depends on its quality. There are two types of subframes: modular and solid. The former are sold unassembled and consist of rails with grooves for connecting at the corners, the latter are produced immediately in one piece.

Stretching canvas onto a modular stretcher is a fairly simple process. But such products can diverge and deform over time, so they are not so reliable. Installing the canvas on a solid stretcher is associated with a number of difficulties, such work can only be entrusted to a professional, but its quality and durability, if done correctly, is much higher.

The price of stretching depends on the type of stretcher chosen. We have a wide range of these products at the best prices. Also, the cost of the service depends on the size of the picture.

When choosing a subframe on your own, it is important to pay attention to the absence of defects. There are many different problems to face:

• blind connection of corners, the inability to adjust the tension force of the canvas;
• the absence of a crossbar or cross for large-area canvases;
• no bevels on the inner sides of the product;
• low strength, poor materials of manufacture;
• low quality of production;
• the presence of grinder beetles or mold.

The specialists of our company will stretch the canvas on a stretcher of any quality, but the consequences of purchasing a product with the above defects lies with the customer. We can offer quality products from our range or inspect the product brought by the client for problems.

Where to stretch the canvas on a stretcher in Moscow?

Our company offers convenient terms of cooperation for each client:

• optimal prices for all services;
• specialists are able to stretch the canvas on a stretcher in a short time;
• a wide range of subframes;
• convenient location of workshops in Moscow;
• high quality of work;
• individual approach to each client, consulting on all issues of interest.

Master class by Natalia Derevianko with NM

Recently, with the development of technology, new materials and the speed of life, I took a fresh look at printing, and especially printing on canvas, because my originals are all made in oil on canvas. I really like the texture of the canvas, the volume of the stretcher, and a new plus, the picture on the stretcher can be hung on the wall without a frame. Today it is very popular. At one time she lived in Italy, as you know, their frames are excellent, but the prices are not small, so all modern works are hung in houses without frames - the so-called gallery stretch.

I want to tell and show the print on canvas and its design.

First of all, preparing a digital file for printing. I scan my work for the highest quality, sometimes even at 800 dpi. If it is a large work, I scan it in parts and assemble it into a single whole. After that, it is imperative to add, namely to finish (not stretch) the fields of 3 cm on each side, which will be an organic continuation of the picture. For what? These fields will go to the ends of the stretcher and at the same time, the picture itself will not be distorted - the cat's tail or the girl's hat will not be bent to the ends. Yes, it's tedious, but necessary. The best way to do this is in Photoshop with the Clone tool.

In my store at YM, I sell digital images already with margins and the size you need. Since they weigh a lot, I send them through a file sharing service. This is very convenient for sending to Russia, because delivery services have restrictions on the size of paintings, and they will insure themselves by requiring permission to send it, and once you receive the digital file, you can safely go to the print studio.

With the finished digital file on a flash drive (resolution 300 dpi, RGB palette, natural size) I go to the print studio. In principle, if we have a good wide-format inkjet printer, we can print it at home :) But there was none, so I go to the studio and not to the nearest one, but the one that specializes in printing on canvas. Why? Because the price of those who do not specialize in this is five times higher, and secondly, they take the cheapest artificial canvas, well, they just don’t have enough experience ... I order a print on German cotton canvas, this is the same canvas that is used for painting oil and acrylic. Such a canvas comes in different widths: 61 cm, 91 cm, 107 cm, 127 cm, 152 cm. Therefore, of course, it is more profitable to order printing of several works at once. Here is the result after printing

After that, we cut, but do not cut off the extra fields, they will be needed to grab the canvas with your fingers and bend to the ends and the back side. We buy stretchers or order in a framing workshop. Today, in any hobby or art store, you can buy a ready-made stretcher or blanks for it, the range of sizes is huge.

We take a stapler and begin to pull. If a regular canvas is wetted before stretching, a printed canvas cannot be wetted. damage the image. We always pull starting from the middle, driving in the staples opposite each other

We reach the corners and carefully wrap the corners. This is how it is wrong to "overlap" the corners. So they look messy and resemble a candy box.

That's right. "Overlap" hides in the middle and clear corners are obtained

After that, with a soft brush, open with damar varnish for finishing work. There are other varnishes, the main thing is that they are for finishing, and not for painting.

Several works look very good, and it is not necessary to hang them in one line, you can experiment yourself :)

Making a baguette frame with your own hands is not as difficult as it might seem at first glance.

However, be prepared to work a little and be patient, as well as find answers to all your questions in advance,

For example,what material is better to choose or how tostretch canvasetc. Otherwise, the result of the work is unlikely to please you.

If you decide to design a baguette frame, then it is better to prepare all the necessary materials and tools in advance.

Pre-measure and calculate the required diameter of the frame, since you can stretch the canvas only on

subframe of a certain size.

Tools and materials

Most often, a baguette frame is made from carved or painted planks.

As the main material can be selected: plastic, aluminum or wood. You will also need:

• stretcher;
• canvas of the required size;
• ruler;
• stapler;
• hammer;
• pencils or chalk for marking;
• stationery knives or scissors.

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The frame is made in several stages, including preparatory work.

You can purchase a frame for a picture in a specialized store or make it yourself.

You also need to buy a canvas of the required size in advance, or a little more than it.

It is important that the canvas exceeds the stretcher by 15-20 cm in size (depending on the width of the frame).

Otherwise, you will not be able to pull it correctly.

Many beginners who do not have experience in the manufacture of such decorative products are interested in the question of how to stretch the canvas on a stretcher.

The best option would be to purchase raw canvas and then apply gesso to it, after it has been stretched onto a stretcher.

This will simplify the work and help to do everything as quickly and efficiently as possible. Your work will include the following steps:

Work completed.

To stretch the canvas on our stretcher, you will need a flat, clean surface, a pencil, a tape measure, a mallet, a hammer and a furniture stapler.

Before ordering a set of frame and stretcher for your canvas, it must be properly measured.

Canvas measurement

Lay the canvas on the table and measure the width and height of the image. This measurement should correspond to the front of the picture.

The rest of the canvas will go to the ends of the picture and to the inversion. This residue should be 3-4 cm on each side.
If the remainder is less than 3 cm, then the canvas will have to be stretched with the staples fixed to the end of the stretcher, which will negatively affect the quality of the tension. As an alternative, it is worth considering reducing the size of the front of the picture with a partial entry of the image on the ends.

The resulting size of the front of the picture must be used as the internal size of the frame when ordering a set of a frame with a stretcher.

Subframe Assembly

The modular subframe kit includes perimeter bars, cross bars (for larger sizes) and wedges. For assembly, you will also need a tape measure and a mallet.

Connect the rails of the subframe by inserting the tenon into the groove. Make sure that the side of the subframe is on one side of all the slats.

If there are transverse or longitudinal strips in the kit, install them until the last perimeter strip is fixed.

Press all joints as much as possible with a mallet, make sure that the planks are joined strictly perpendicular.

To check the correct assembly, measure the diagonal of the subframe with a tape measure. When properly assembled, they should be equal. If the diagonals are different, align them with a mallet.

When assembling and leveling the subframe, avoid strong impacts and do not use a hard hammer to avoid breaking the perimeter planks.

Canvas stretch

Lay the canvas face down on a clean, flat surface.

Using a simple pencil, mark on the back of the canvas the places where the corners of the front of the picture are.

Lay the stretcher on the canvas side down. In this case, the corners of the subframe must coincide with the pencil marks.

Lightly stretching the canvas, wrap it in the center of the side rail of the stretcher and nail it with a furniture stapler. First on one side, then on the opposite.

Check that the canvas has not moved out, if necessary, slightly tighten and fix the other 2 sides - with a cross.

Staple the canvas to the stretcher from the center to the corners around the entire perimeter of the stretcher. Finally, carefully wrap and fix the corners.

Insert the wedges into the slots in the corners on the inside of the stretcher and adjust the canvas to an acceptable tension by hammering the wedges in a circle. If the subframe has longitudinal strips, wedges must also be inserted and driven in under them.

Measure the middle on the upper bar of the subframe and screw the gear suspension with self-tapping screws.

The picture is ready, you can put on the frame.

How to stretch canvas on a stretcher

Stretching the canvas on a stretcher - from 1 hour no rush fee. The stretching of paintings or canvas on a stretcher of any non-standard size takes place during the day. From 20x30 cm to 150 x 200 cm and more. If there are many canvases, the production time is negotiable.

We stretch large canvases on a pine stretcher with lintels inside the stretcher, or even with a lattice of lintels, so that the stretcher does not tighten over time from a strong stretch.

We can frame the stretched canvas with you in a baguette frame in 1 hour. There are 250 variants of wooden and plastic baguette for urgent production of frames. And 3000 baguette samples on order.

For canvases with a gallery stretch from 80 x 120 cm and more, we recommend stretching on a stretcher 3.5 cm deep (Euro subframe).

Benefits of using a thick 35mm stretcher for stretching large canvases:

Firstly, the likelihood that the subframe will “lead” is reduced. Even the highest quality wooden stretcher can change its geometry due to strong humidity changes, which is not uncommon in St. Petersburg. Canvas stretched on a 35 mm thick stretcher is guaranteed to adhere tightly to the wall, without buckling with a strong change in humidity.

Secondly, large-sized canvases with a gallery stretch from 80x120 cm look more harmonious with a thick stretcher.

Padding of old canvases and paintings on a new stretcher.

Reupholstery of old paintings and canvases on a new stretcher is a very complex process that can only be entrusted to a very experienced framer. As a rule, the need for reupholstering occurs when the canvas is completely sagging, or the old stretcher is warped, or the stretcher has become dilapidated.

Our master framer carefully removes fasteners of the old canvas to the stretcher, as a rule, these are nails. Further, after the canvas is removed from the old stretcher, the master makes a new stretcher, on which the old canvas will be stretched. And here, when stretching a canvas, especially a dilapidated one, more than ever, the experience of the master is important. It is necessary to stretch the canvas as tightly as possible, while being able to feel the limit, and not damage the canvas. Especially difficult cases are when the canvas is dilapidated, and there are practically no fields for stretching. But our experienced specialists, having experience of 8-15 years of stretching canvases, cope with any tasks.

Gallery stretching of canvas on a stretcher.

Gallery stretching is a method of decorating an unframed canvas in which the canvas is stretched over a stretcher so that the image on the canvas continues onto the sides of the stretcher itself. With gallery stretching, the canvas is neatly wrapped in the corners and fixed on the back of the stretcher.

The advantage of a gallery-stretched canvas is that you don't have to think about which baguette frame to frame the canvas in. In addition, if you are decorating a canvas for a gift, then the person to whom you give the canvas can subsequently choose a suitable baguette frame for the already stretched canvas, in accordance with his taste.

Stretching modular paintings on a stretcher.

If you ordered canvases for a modular painting from China over the Internet, and you are holding a bundle of canvases in your hands, not knowing what to do with it, please contact us. Within one day, we will stretch your modular picture on a stretcher with a gallery stretch. Or order from your photo with us.

Feature of our wooden stretcher:

– solid pine
– humidity 8+-2%
– knotless, spliced ​​on a minithorn, does not deform over time
– grade Extra
- sustained geometry.