Some medals

**John Turner** · 11-09-2011, 01:18

Framed these today - a simple but effective design/layout. It's sometimes hard to talk customers in to a decent amount of space around things so that the frame does not 'interfere' with things.

Each aperture has a tiny silver 'fillet' - the one around the title was quite tricky. The medals are fastened with tiny strips of clear archival polyester - no adhesive anywhere and everything is spaced back from the glass with strips of black foam board in the frame rebate.

The glass is a bit special 'water-white' which means all the iron has been removed for zero colour-shift, then it's optically coated so it's invisible in normal lighting conditions and then a UV filter is added that blocks 92% of UV light to help prevent fading....... and not a lot of people know that :-) It retails for £30 per sq ft and usually doubles the price of a complete frame.

RM medals and cap badge.jpg

**ap1** · 23-09-2011, 06:16

Interesting story John, especially with the human angle. Looks like a nice piece of work you've done there. I note the inclusion of the calculator in the pic, no doubt that had a bashing as well.

**John Turner** · 23-09-2011, 17:29

Hi Al,

Well, unless you just slap glue on everything, which we never do, mounting stuff like this takes time, all the cloth badges and titles were stitched in place, the rest had pins so were quite easy and the medals were fastened as described in the OP. I teach this stuff to the trade ...."The aim of this period .........."

The glass used was the same as in the OP - it looks like there's no glass in it, this frame was 22x16" - so £73.33 just for the glass!

We spotted, just in time too, that we'd mounted the rank (private class 1) pins upside-down!

**jungle1810** · 24-09-2011, 16:40

Hello John,
I am in trouble re the price of glass on mounted medals etc. I am picking up a rather large oil painting I had done of me next week. looks like I will need to open my piggy bank Aaaaaahhhh,
But what a nice hobby pastime you have picked for your self.
Regards Brian aka jungle1810

**Thom15** · 26-09-2011, 22:08

Hi Brian,

My brothers an artist and works mainly oil on canvas, it is rare that he uses glass when framing the artwork. However, he has on occasions but tends to use the expensive glass John talks about.

To be honest, I don't think you'll need to worry about restoring your painting (if you get my drift) when framing without glass but your grand children may.

As John said, please post a photo of the oil painting when it's all finished.

Cheers

Dilwyn

**John Turner** · 27-09-2011, 00:13

Originally Posted by Thom15

To be honest, I don't think you'll need to worry about restoring your painting (if you get my drift) when framing without glass but your grand children may.

True, but only because it had never been cleaned properly/regularly.

Hang an un-glazed oil next to a mirror and clean neither for a year or two, bar dusting maybe. Then clean the mirror properly, with windolene/whatever and see how much muck comes off on the cloth. The same muck's on the oil, but you can't set about that with Pledge!

**jungle1810** · 27-09-2011, 13:17

Hello John & Tom 15,
I am picking the painting up on Thursday. I have had an e mail showing the painting but it does not do justice to the real painting.if you have a look on my web site there is a picture of Bill Roache ( Ken in Coronation street) painted By Brian Meade who done my portrait. I am told Brian has not varnished my painting. I will sort out what that means when I see him on Thursday. As I see it I may well have to keep it well out of the sun light or put it with the stolen portrait of the"Iron Duke" that went missing. All helpful suggestions most welcome. My web site address is bridgendrwf,. I have a drop down menu and you can see the portrait of Bill who was a Captain in the 1st battalion in Jamaica.The portrait was presented to Bill on the Coronation Street set.
Regards RBD

**Thom15** · 28-09-2011, 06:28

Brian,
My brother nearly always varnishes his artwork with a spray can of varnish meant for this purpose. It just gives the painting a final layer to help protect it from dirt and dust, it can also makes the colours "pop" a little. It's a personal choice for artists, some do, some don't. If they know the painting is going to be under glass they may not bother to varnish it.
I'll check out your website tomorrow.
Dil

**jungle1810** · 29-09-2011, 19:49

Hello Tom15 &John,
I met Brian Mead in Porthcawl this morning. The painting is smaller than I thought it is 24 inches by 18 inches. Brian gave me some notes on spacers and frames, I can then have the picture framed In Bridgend.My next job is to get a good photo taken and then I can scan it and send to interested people.
Regards Brian