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What is a Float Frame?

A float is a minimalist frame option sometimes used when framing art on canvas. The painting drops into the front of the frame so none of its front surface is covered. This is especially beneficial when the painting continues from the front down the sides of the canvas or when an important part of the subject comes so close to the edge of the art that it would be covered with the lip of a standard frame. As most float frames are very simple profiles, another, more decorative, frame can be added around it to being out the personality of your art.

At FrameWorks we are fortunate to have our photo lab in the same building with us!  One of our most popular printing options is images printed on canvas. But what a lot of people forget about is the frame. Right now at FrameWorks we are running a special. Now thru September.

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(1/2) Curves ahead: A detail of another circular frame we made recently. See the next post for the full artwork. #customframingnyc #barkframeworks #circularframes #roundframes #KAWS #americanart #floatframes #artoncanvas #nycartists

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Stunning figure on a walnut frame awaiting its artwork in our Art Preservation area. The frame is finished with an oil and dark wax, applied by hand. #customframes #walnut #woodfigure #woodworking #woodstain #oilandwax #barkframeworks #madeinNYC #NYCmakers #customframesnyc #floatframes #artistsframes (at Bark Frameworks)

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"Allan D'Arcangelo: Without Sound 1974 - 1982" is now on view at @garthgreenangallery in Chelsea. The artist's first exhibition in nearly a decade, "Without Sound" features nine bold canvases, displaying visually the D'Arcangelo's search for "icons that mattered" in the American industrial landscape. Bark framed these abstract paintings in maple float frames, sprayed black. The exhibition is up through May 26th. Images courtesy Garth Greenan Gallery; Photography: @shootart_nyc #allandarcangelo #withoutsound #garthgreenangallery #paintings #abstractart #abstract #customframes #floatframes #barkframeworks #framedbyBark #galleryframes #stemframes (at Garth Greenan Gallery)

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A detail about sanding, continued from yesterday: before the process begins, LP checks the inner frame corners for any excess dried glue -- if found, he uses a blade or chisel (shown here) to remove it. A heavier grit sandpaper is also used to sand the corners/splines of the frame. #sanding #woodworking #customframes #floatframes #maple #barkframeworks #sandpaper #orbitalsander #grit #madeinnewyork #fineartframes #lic