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Designs Ink is proud to offer you the opportunity for extended research and a stroll through framing history with Designs Ink Publishing's Reference Library. Chris A Paschke, CPF GCF CMG has been an educator, author, and columnist for over twenty years. She has written numerous editorial series for Picture Framing Magazine including the special CMC 3-part "Teaching An Old Framer New Tricks" 2001, and two 12-part design series "The Designs Process" monthly through 1994, and "The Elements of Design", bi-monthly during 2000 and 2001.
Articles are listed alphabetically and under the specific topics of Adhesives, Business, Canvas, Design Principles, Digitals, Laminating, Mat Design, Mounting, Photographs, Repair, Technique, and Equipment. Some articles are also listed under more than one topic for ease of location. Articles dated prior to the on-set of digital photography in the 1990s may not have photographs included but diagrams should be there. Click the title which is linked to the complete text.
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Designs Ink Publishing Article Archive and Reference Library
Original text, diagrams and photographs by Chris A. Paschke, CPF GCF CMG.
Adhesives
Adhesive Saturation: Ghosting vs. Tinting, September 1999
Adhesives for Digital Canvases, June 2006
Adhesive Trends for 1992 Part I, January 1992
Adhesive Trends for 1992 Part II, February 1992
Adhesives for Dry Mounting, July 1994
Archival Dry Mount Tissues, February 1998
Color Tinting w/Pressure-Sensitive,
Conservation/Laminating, January 1994
Dry Mount...Restored, October 2004
Float Photos w/Pressure-Sensitive, October 1996
Heat Activated Comparisons, August 2009
Part I...Elements TTPM, January 1995
Preadhesive Heat Activated and Pressure-Sensitive Boards, May 2002
Pressure-Sensitive Bonding Tests, November 2008
Pressure-Sensitive Ghosting, September 1996
P-S and HA Adhesive Board Mounting Chart, June 2006
Removable Is Not Reversible, February 1993
Removal Techniques, April 2003
Residue and Release, December 2009
The Mystery of Adhesives, September 1998
Thermographics, May 1997
Trends for 1993, January 1993
Business
All That Glitters Is Not Gold, November 1992
Creative Mat Design, March 1992
Defending Artist Copyright, December 1992
Donation-Recycled Profits, September 2008
Foam Board Freedom, March 1992
Foam Board 101, April 1999
Foam Board...18902, April 2008
Gold in Mounting, August 1998
Golden Profits, August 2001
Greening The Desert, April 2011
Highest Form of Flattery, January 2003
Light at End of Tunnel, June 1995
Lightfastness, April 1995
Lightfastness/Color Permanence, June 1995
Living Room to Patio, January 2008
More Than a Mat Cutter to Me, August 1991
Mounting and Framing in China, March 2001
New Technologies (Vegas Report), June 2003
Sales, Price, Pay-off, November 1993
Selling Mounting, July 2000
Selling the Mount, November 1995
Selling Up Into Shadow Boxes, November 1993
Shipping and Bond Failure, June 2010
Shipping Boxes-Flat, December 1995
Shipping Boxes-Drop Spine, November 1995
Canvas
Adhesives for Digital Canvases, June 2006
Canvas Transfers Alive And Well, July 2007
Canvassing paper prints, December 1994
Canvassing RC Photos-Projects, November 1994
Canvassing RC Photos-Technique, October 1994
Canvases Then And Now: Types of Canvas, March 2004
Canvases Then And Now: Digital canvas, April 2004
Canvases Then And Now: Illusionary boxes, May 2004
Evolution of Canvas Chart, March 2004
Float Spaces and Face Depths, October 2010
From Photos To Canvas To Cash, May 1991
P-S and HA Adhesive Board Mounting Chart, June 2006
The Textures And Colors of Canvas Transferring, May 1998
Charts
Adhesives: Pressure-Sensitive and Heat Activated Mounting Chart, June 2006
Digital Canvas Chart, August 2006
Digital Canvas Stretching, January 2008
Digital Canvas Test Spreadsheets, July 2008
Digital Canvas Stretching #1, January 2008
Digital Heat Test, February 2002
Digital Identification, May 2004
Digital Condition Report
Digital Photo Test, March 2002
Mounting Heat Activated, Pressure-Sensitive and Film Comparisons, April 2011
Suggested Mounting Chart, April 2011
Pressure-Sensitive Comparisons, June 2006
Design Principles
Chinese Papercuts, July 2006
Critique #1, January 1995
Critique #2, February 1995
Critique #3, March 1995
Deep Bevel Wraps II, February 1991
Designs Critique-Birds, January 1997
Designs Critique-Tile, February 1997
Designs Critique-Flies, March 1997
Designs Critique-Calaga, April 1997
Essence of Design: Introduction, February 2000
Essence of Design: Line, April 2000
Essence of Design: Color, June 2000
Essence of Design: Texture, August 2000
Essence of Design: Shape, October 2000
Essence of Design: Intensity, December 2000
Essence of Design: Space, February 2001
Essence of Design: Rhythm, April 2001
Essence of Design: Proportion, June 2001
Essence of Design: Balance, August 2001
Essence of Design: Emphasis, October 2001
Essence of Design: Unity, December 2001
Framing Tiles, April 2002
Float Mounting (Carousel), August 2002
Global Design, December 2002
Greening the Desert, April 2011
Framing Watercolors, WAM February 2010
Marble Panels, October 1991
Multiple Ply Cutting, May 1993
The Design Process: Balance, September 1995
The Design Process: Color, March 1995
The Design Process: Emphasis, October 1995
The Design Process: Essence of Design, January 1995
The Design Process: Intensity, June 1995
The Design Process: Line, February 1995
The Design Process: Proportion, August 1995
The Design Process: Rhythm, November 1995
The Design Process: Shape, May 1995
The Design Process: Space, July 1995
The Design Process: Texture, April 1995
The Design Process: Unity, December 1995
Unity in Wall Groupings, October 1995
Wedding Dioramas, November 2003
Wrapped Bevels, February 1991
Digitals
Adhesives for Digital Canvases, October 2006
Color Copiers: Lightfastness, March 1997
Color Copiers: The Rest Of The Story, April 1997
Damage and Restoration, June 2006
Digital Canvases, October 2006
Digital Canvas Chart, August 2006
Digital Canvas Test: Stretching, August 2008
Digital Canvas Test: Abridged, August 2008
Digital Canvas Test Spreadsheets, July 2008
Digital Canvas Stretching, January 2008
Digital Canvas Stretching #1, January 2008
Digital Condition Report
Digital, Digital, Digital, September 2005
Digital Directions: Common Digital Photo Problems, August 2002
Digital Directions: Digital Photo Test #2, June 2002
Digital Photo Test, March 2002
Digital Directions: Heat Tolerances #1, February 2002
Digital Heat Test, February 2002
Digital Discussions, June 2007
Digital Fireman, August 2003
Digital Hoopla, September 2003
Digital Identification, May 2004
Digitals-Part 1: Identifying Digitals, May 2011
Digitals-Part 2: Handling Digitals, June 2011
Digital Trends and Framing, January 2002
Four C's, January 1997
Large Format vs. Wide Format Photos, October 2005
Mounting Digital Papers, February 2006
Mounting Digital Reproductions, July 2006
P-S and HA Adhesive Board Mounting Chart, June 2006
Encaustic Art
Float Frame Variations for Encaustic Art, June 2009
Float Frames for Encaustic Panels, February 2008
Float Spaces and Face Depths, October 2010
International Encaustic Artist (IEA) Newsletter
Definitions And Adhesives, December 2009
Encaustic In Framing, April 2010
Float Platforms, Lifters and Spacers, November 2010
Float Spaces and Face Depths, October 2010
L-Shape Float Frames, July 2010
Long Base Profiles and Mounting, August 2010
My Favorite Tool, February 11
Release Papers, September 2009
Screws, September 2011
Screw Eyes and D-Rings, May 2011
Short Base Mounting, September 2010
Silicone Adhesive, October 2009
Sink Mounting Hardboards, January 2010
Sink Mounting Wax Soaked Paper, February 2010
Speaking Framer, June 2010
Steel Plate Hangers, October 2011
Strip Hangers, August 2011
The Subject Is Sawtooth, April 2011
Understanding Frames, May 2010
Wall Hooks: Standard vs. Floreat, November 2011
Wax Hangers, March 2011
Which Wire?, June 2011
Wire Installation, July 2011
Wire Placement, January 2012
Equipment and Tools
Bone Burnishers Revisited, September 1995
Burnishing Edges is the Finishing Touch, February 1992
Care and Feeding of Presses, February 2001
CMC-Designs That Sell Themselves, July 2001
CMC-Pricing That Pays, November 2001
CMC-When To Go Computer, March 2001
Dry Mount Work Station, July 1992
Gouache: An Untapped Resource, March 1992
Hot Spots for Temperature, August 2000
International Mounting Equipment, March 2006
Keeping It Clean, May 1995
Mat Cutting Basics, August 1993
More Than A Mat Cutter To Me, July 1997
Pressure Points, May 1992
Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives and Burnishing, February 2012
Tools of the Trade, July 1997
Troubleshooting Mechanical Presses, June 1997
Working in Tight Places, March 1999
GLAC eNewsletter (LA Framer)
Burnishers: The Sensuous Bone, December 2011
Copyright Issues in Frame Design, November 2011
Favorite Tool, March 2011
Flat Mounting Sanded Paper, October 2011
Float Platforms, Lifters and Spacers, April 2011
Hardware: Screws, September 2011
L-Shape Float Frames, May 2011
Metallic Photos: Endura vs. Pearl, August 2011
Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives, January 2012
Silicone, June 2011
Sink Mounting Hardboards, January 2011
Wax Hangers, February 2011
Which Wire?, July 2011
Laminating
Canvases Then And Now: Illusionary boxes, May 2004
Canvassing paper prints, December 1994
Canvassing RC Photos-Projects, November 1994
Canvassing RC Photos-Technique, October 1994
Canvas Transfers Alive And Well, September 2007
Contempo Panels for Certificate Design, October 1995
Contempo Panels and Faux Glass Etching, August 1991
Damage and Camouflage, July 2008
Designer Laminates, July 1999
Faux Glass Etching & Design, November 1998
From Photos To Canvas To Cash, May 1991
Illusionary Boxes, May 1993
In-House Canvas Transfers, March 2002
Innovative Sink Mounts, April 2010
Lam Non-Breathables, October 2001
Lam Over Photos, October 1994
Laminate as Glass Substitute, June 1997
Laminate Plaquing, April 2006
Laminating: Oversized Art, April 1993
Laminating: Oversized Images, November 2001
Leather-look (Using Laminates for Mat Creation), June 1991
Let's Call it a Wrap w/LL, May 1994
Mirror Images..., December 1992
Mosaic Laminating, November 2000
Mounting and Yellowing, April 2009
Multiple Laminations, August 1993
One Step Mounting and Laminating: Sumi Horse, September 2004
Perforated Bites, April 1996
Plaquing: Where It All Began, June 2001
Pressure Points, May 1992
Resurfacing/Retexturing Films, April 1994
Resurfacing Laminated Mats, February 2009
Retexturing Surface Laminates, August 2006
The Textures And Colors of Canvas Transferring, May 1998
What and How to Sell Laminating, September 2001
Mat Design
Bevel Banding, October 1993
Calligraphy For Framers: The Hows And Whys, March 1993
Calligraphy For Framers: Creative Applications, April 1993
Contempo Panels for Certificate Design, October 1995
Contempo Panels And Faux Glass Etching, August 1991
Contemporary Brocade Mats, June 2008
Creative Mat Design, March 1992
Designer Laminates, July 1999
Multiple Job Mounting: Part I, July 1995
Multiple Job Mounting: Part II, August 1995
Pin Striped Bevels, September 1993
Resurfacing Laminated Mats, February 2009
Sandstone Panels, December 1991
Surface Tiering, July 1993
Tiered Matting, February 1991
Tiered Matting: Surface Tiered, February 2005
Under Tiering, August 1993
Wrapped Mats Basic, June 2004
Mounting
2001: A Mounting/Framing Odyssey, January 2001
Abridged History of Dry Mounting, October 2004
Anticipating the Trends: 2006, January 2006
Basics, May 2006
Biting The Art That Feeds You, September 1992
Blueprints, August 2011
Bo Leaf, Papyrus and Dry Float Mounting, December 2006
Chinese Scrolls: Background, July 2005
Chinese Scrolls: Mounting, August 2005
Chinese Scrolls: Repair, September 2005
Cockled Handprints, March 2007
Color Tinting, September 1992
Contemporary Brocade Mats, June 2008
Dampness and Moisture, April 1992
Deep Bevel Wrapping, February 1991
Diplomas and Certificates, July 2002
Disasters And Mounting Mistakes, March 2003
Dry Float Mounting, December 2006
Embossing Fabrics, June 1994
Embossing with Laminating Films, March 1994
Embossing Papers, August 1994
Encapsulating Polyesters, June 1996
Encapsulating Vinyls, June 1996
Embossed Magnolias: Foam Board Mats Part II, April 1998
Embossed Magnolias: Foam Board Mats Part I, March 1998
Encaustic Alternates, June 2009
Face Mounting, October 2008
Flat Mounting Sanded Paper, GLAC October 2011
Float Frame Variations for Encaustic Art, June 2009
Float Frames for Encaustic Panels, February 2008
Float Spaces and Face Depths, October 2010
Floats, Lifters and Spacers, February 2011
Flush Mounted Autos, February, 2005
Frameless Framing, October 2009
Ghosting Newspaper, November 1991
Greening the Desert, April 2011
Handling Chinese Papercuts, July 2001
Hinge Basics, November 2004
Hinges and Floated Art, December 2004
Hot Tips for Cold Days, September 1995
How Long Is Long Enough, April 1992
In-house Release Boards, March 2008
Innovative Sink Mounts, April 2010
Japanese Scroll Mounting: History, April 2001
Japanese Scroll Mounting: How to, May 2001
Knowing When To Countermount, August 1999
Laminate Transfers to Watercolor Paper, June 1998
Let's Talk Turkey, November 1996
Making of Mulberry Paper, May 2005
Mechanical vs. Vacuum, July 1998
Mechanical vs. Vacuum Presses, September 1993
Metallic Photos & More, October 2011
Millennium, January 1999
Mounted and Laminated, August 2004
Mounting Basics TTPM, May 2006
Mounting Decorative Tiles, April 2002
Mounting Digital Canvases, October 2006
Mounting Digital Reproductions, July 2006
Mounting Encapsulated Items, May 2008
Mounting for Matting, March 1993
Mounting Ilfochrome RC, February 1994
Mounting in the Millennium, January 2000
Mounting Painted Art,
Mounting Silks/Chinese Paint, February 1993
Multiple Photo Mounts, October 1992
New Products, New Trends, January 2004
New Products, New Trends 2005, January 2005
One Step/Two Step..., May 1996
One Step Mounting and Laminating: Sumi Horse, September 2004
Oversized Photos, October 1993
Mounting Painted Art, April 2007
Papercut Mounting Options, July 2006
Pre-Mount for Float Mount, August 1996
Preservation Mounting of Parchment and Vellum, June, 1992
Pressure, March 1995
Really See...Really Feel, January 1998
Release for Photos, October 1998
Release Papers, November 1992
Release Materials, June 1995
ReMat-Van Stone, February 2004
Remove...Remount...Refit, December 1993
Removing Linen Hinges, April 2005
Roller Laminator Review, May 2009
Rooster Redo...Visit to 1970, May 2007
Shadowbox Collectables, November 2005
Shadowboxing Made Easy: One-piece/Cove, May 1999
Shadowboxing Made Easy: Window/Platform, June 1999
Silk Embroidery, July 2003
Silk Paintings, May 2005
Sink Mounting Photo Folders, November 2006
Some Like it Hot, May 2000
Spray for Health Conscious, March 2000
Sponge Mounting, August 2007
Static Mounting Photos and Silk, September 2006
Static Mounting Ilfochrome Classics, February 1997
Substrates, February 1996
Tacking Tack Strips, November 2002
Tackling Tacking Photos, October 1999
Tapes and Redos, February 2003
Taking Your Temperature Seriously, February 1992
Textile Mounting (Hanging Tapestries), May 2003
The Value of Mounting, June 2000
The Four Elements of Mounting, April 1992
Thinking Outside the Box, November 2005
Those Embossed Gold Seals, August 1992
TTPM-Time, January 1995
TTPM-Temperature, February 1995
TTPM-Pressure, March 1995
TTPM-Moisture, April 1995
Time, Temperature, Pressure-Sensitive, Moisture, April 2000
Trend Fallacies 2007, January 2007
Trendspotting, January 2009
Trim, Control and Protect, February 2007
Two Bite Or Not To Bite, March 1996
Two Halves Make A Whole, May 2007
Vellum and Parchment, February 1999
Wall Mounting/Hanging Variations, October 2009
Wet to Last the Test of Time, February 2000
What's Wrong With This Picture?, January 1996
Photographs
A Photo Is a Photo (Analog or Digital), October 2003
Endura Metallic Photos, December 2003
Face Mounts, Endura Metallic and C-Prints, December 2008
Ilfochrome RC Photographs, February 1994
Lam...Poly vs. Vinyl, September 2000
Metallic Photos: Endura Metallic and Fuji Pearl, October 2011
Mounting Cibachromes, October 1992
Mounting Encapsulated Polyester, October 2000
Mounting Problem Photos, September 2002
Photos, October 1997
Photo Issues: Bond Failure, October 2007
Photo Substrates, November 2000
Pitfalls for Photos, October 1998
Polyester and RC Photographs, February 1994
Polyester vs. Vinyl, July 1993
Static Mounting Photos and Silk, September 2006
Static Mounting Ilfochrome Classics, February 1997
Still More Photos, November 1997
Mounting Ilfochromes, October 1992
Preservation
Preservation Mounting of Parchment and Vellum, June, 1992
Vellum and Parchment, February 1999
Questions Answered
2006 Year in Review, December 2006
C-Prints, December 2008
Global Design, December 2002
Hinges and Floated Art, December 2004
Millennium Recap...Decade of Questions, December 1999
More Questions, December 1997
Most Asked Questions, December 1995
Most Asked Questions, December 2003
Most Asked Questions of 2005, December 2005
New ?, December 1998
Questions 2000: Air Bubbles, December 2000
Questions and Problems 2007, December 2007
Running Hot and Cold, December 2001
Tips 'n Tricks for 1996, December 1996
Chris A Paschke, CPF GCF
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