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Does anybody have a contact for Perspex Frames

Is there such a thing ?

Basically 2 pieces of Perspex with a Photograph between them

I am looking at basically producing a A3 Photoghraph with a White Border around the Pic with takes the place of the Matte.

How would you keep the 2 pieces together and hang it ?

Any thoughts,

Cheers,

Mic

the setup u'r talking about reminds me of perspex basketball card holders... with screw mounts on all four corners.

the mount for the wall would need to be behind the photo, so it isn't visible.

Hi Mic,

I've actually been looking for some of these. They are perspex on the front with a hard sheet of "pressed" board on the back. Four silver clips place in the middle of each side hold everything together. The clips barely show on the front and they also act as the place to hang them, so you can then hang them portrait or landscape.

Here in NSW, I have found some from 4x6 to 30x40 at Go-Lo, a discount shop. The small one starts at $0.99 and work its way up to $3.99 for the large one. I didn't see an A3 size.

I had asked in a few framing shops and finally someone knew that Go-Lo carried some.

HTH and let me know if you find A3 sizes.

thanks,

André

Thanks Andre,

Thats a good lead, I'll let you know if I find anything.

Cheers,

Mic

Well at the risk of showing my age - back in the 80's I did this to frame my Star Wars one sheeters (A1 size). I had the perspex cut to size at an art supplies shop and bought swiss clips (what André described). The only problem I have is it creaks during the night as it warms and cools. 20 years later it still holds together

stubbsy wrote:Well at the risk of showing my age - back in the 80's I did this to frame my Star Wars one sheeters (A1 size). I had the perspex cut to size at an art supplies shop and bought swiss clips (what André described). The only problem I have is it creaks during the night as it warms and cools. 20 years later it still holds together

Was that during your mid-life crisis? Sorry Peter - just kidding!

P

I saw something similar at the Art Gallery last week in the ArtExpress 2007 exhibition. It had a perspex front sheet with a photo sandwiched between the sheet and a backing sheet (not perspex), BUT - there were no clips holding the whole thing together. And no glue from what I could see. Any thoughts?

As an aside, there's a lot of talent out there in our high schools and I'd recommend a trip to the gallery to see this exhibition (it's free but finishes in 2 days).

I wouldn't think this sort of thing would be hard to make as a DIY project.

You might also want to try lexan ( or polycarbonate ) as I beleive it can flex more. Perspex has a tendency to shatter if stressed.

A quick Google search found these places:
Sydney:
http://www.anyshapeplastics.com.au/
http://www.absoluteplastics.com.au/
http://www.ausplasfab.com.au/

Melbourne:
http://www.burnsideplastics.com.au/index.html
http://www.ausplastics.com.au/home.asp
http://www.profileplastics.com.au/

Stainless steel mini bolts would do the job and look great

I did something similar a while back. Mine was two sheets of glass sandwiching the print and suspended on wire. The glass was only bolted together (with custom bolts) at the two hang points and gravity (plus the design of the bolts and hang points) took care of the rest.

Cheers

Thanks Guys for all the leads,

Cheers Wocka, thanks for searching

Stubbsy, I can just imagine you in your Y Fronts hanging up your Star Wars Pics Hope you had the curtins closed

Cheers,

Mic

Way back in my school days I made some of these for various things (comic book covers, basket ball cards etc) just used Perspex and small stainless bolts. they came up rather well.