In addition to selling my original oil paintings I offer Giclee reproductions, printed on high quality paper and/or fine-weave canvas. I personally mount and frame all of the reproductions that I sell. When I first began offering reproductions I was unsure how to go about stretching a printed canvas onto stretcher bars, but after researching the subject (and trying various techniques used by other artists) I was able to perfect a technique that worked great for my reproductions. I have documented my process in this tutorial.
(Step 1 - Setup!)
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(Step 35 - Finished!)
Follow the link to see the complete tutorial:
Canvas Stretching Tutorial (8x10)
I have a similar tutorial for a 16x20 canvas print, which demonstrates how to use canvas stretching pliers. That will be the subject of my next post.
I hope that this information is helpful to you.
John O'Keefe
