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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 are dated for easier reference. Those written in the first half of the 1990s may not have photographs included,
but diagrams should be there. Click the title for the link to the complete text.
This library is in its infancy and new articles will become available shortly. Check back often.
DIP Online
Designs Ink Publishing Article Archive and Reference Library
Original text, diagrams and photographs by Chris A. Paschke, CPF GCF CMG.
TITLE INDEX
2001: A Mounting/Framing Odyssey, January 2001
2006 Year in Review, December 2006
A Photo Is a Photo (Analog or Digital), October 2003
Abridged History of Dry Mounting, October 2004
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
Archival Dry Mount Tissues, February 1998
Adhesives for Dry Mounting, July 1994
All That Glitters Is Not Gold, November 1992
Anticipating the Trends: 2006, January 2006
Basics, May 2006
Bevel Banding, October 1993
Biting The Art That Feeds You, September 1992
Bo Leaf, Papyrus and Float Mounting, December 2006
Bone Burnishers Revisited, September 1995
Burnishing Edges is the Finishing Touch, February 1992
Calligraphy For Framers: Creative Applications, April 1993
Calligraphy For Framers: The Hows And Whys, March 1993
Canvas Transfers Alive And Well, July 2007
Canvas Transfers Alive And Well, September 2007
Canvases Then And Now: Digital canvas, April 2004
Canvases Then And Now: Types of Canvas, March 2004
Canvassing paper prints, December 1994
Canvassing RC Photos-Projects, November 1994
Chinese Papercuts, July 2001
Chinese Scrolls: Background, July 2005
Chinese Scrolls: Mounting, August 2005
Chinese Scrolls: Repair, September 2005
CMC-Designs That Sell Themselves, July 2001
CMC-Pricing That Pays, November 2001
CMC-When To Go Computer, March 2001
Cockled Handprints, March 2007
Color Copiers: Lightfastness, March 1997
Color Copiers: The Rest Of The Story, April 1997
Color Tinting w/Pressure-Sensitive, 1992
Color Tinting, September 1992
Conservation/Laminating, January 1994
Contempo Panels And Faux Glass Etching, August 1991
Contempo Panels for Certificate Design, October 1995
Contemporary Brocade Mats, June 2008
C-Prints, December 2008
Creative Mat Design, March 1992
Critique #1, January 1995
Critique #2, February 1995
Critique #3, March 1995
Damage and Camouflage, July 2008
Damage and Restoration, June 2006
Dampness and Moisture, April 1992
Deep Bevel Wrapping, February 1991
Deep Bevel Wraps II, February 1991
Defending Artist Copyright, December 1992
Definitions And Adhesives, December 2009
Designer Laminates, July 1999
Designs Critique-Birds, January 1997
Designs Critique-Calaga, April 1997
Designs Critique-Flies, March 1997
Designs Critique-Tile, February 1997
Digital Canvas Test: Abridged, August 2008
Digital Canvas Test: Spreadsheets, August 2008 PDF
Digital Canvas Test: Stretching, August 2008
Digital Canvases, October 2006
Digital, Digital, Digital, September 2005
Digital Directions: Common Digital Photo Problems, August 2002
Digital Directions: Digital Photo Test #2, June 2002
Digital Directions: Heat Tolerances #1, February 2002
Digital Discussions, June 2007
Digital Fireman, August 2003
Digital Hoopla, September 2003
Digital Reproductions, July 2006
Digital Trends and Framing, January 2002
Diplomas and Certificates, July 2002
Disasters And Mounting Mistakes, March 2003
Donation-Recycled Profits, September 2008
Dry Float Mounting, December 2006
Dry Mount...Restored, October 2004
Dry Mount Work Station, July 1992
Embossed Magnolias: Foam Board Mats Part I, March 1998
Embossed Magnolias: Foam Board Mats Part II, April 1998
Embossing Fabrics, June 1994
Embossing Papers, August 1994
Embossing with Laminating Films, March 1994
Encapsulating Polyesters, June 1996
Encapsulating Vinyls, June 1996
Encaustic Alternates, June 2009
Encaustic In Framing, April 2010
Endura Metallic Photos, December 2003
Essence of Design: Balance, August 2001
Essence of Design: Color, June 2000
Essence of Design: Emphasis, October 2001
Essence of Design: Intensity, December 2000
Essence of Design: Introduction, February 2000
Essence of Design: Line, April 2000
Essence of Design: Proportion, June 2001
Essence of Design: Rhythm, April 2001
Essence of Design: Shape, October 2000
Essence of Design: Space, February 2001
Essence of Design: Texture, August 2000
Essence of Design: Unity, December 2001
Evolution of Canvas Chart, March 2004
Face Mounting, October 2008
Face Mounts, Endura Metallic and C-Prints, December 2008
Faux Glass Etching & Design, November 1998
Float Frame Variations for Encaustic Art, June 2009
Float Frames for Encaustic Panels, February 2008
Float Mounting (Carousel), August 2002
Float Photos w/Pressure-Sensitive, October 1996
Flush Mounted Autos, February, 2005
Foam Board 101, April 1999
Foam Board Freedom, March 1992
Foam Board...18902, April 2008
Four C's, January 1997
Framing Tiles, April 2002
Framing Watercolors, WAM February 2010
Frameless Framing, October 2009
From Photos To Canvas To Cash, May 1991
Ghosting Newspaper, November 1991
Global Design, December 2002
Gold in Mounting, August 1998
Golden Profits, August 2001
Gouache: An Untapped Resource, March 1992
Handling Chinese Papercuts, July 2001
Heat Activated Comparisons, August 2009
Highest Form of Flattery, January 2003
Hinge Basics, November 2004
Hinges and Floated Art, December 2004
Hot Spots for Temperature, August 2000
Hot Tips for Cold Days, September 1995
How Long Is Long Enough, April 1992
Ilfochrome RC Photographs, February 1994
Illusionary Boxes, May 1993
In-House Canvas Transfers, March 2002
In-house Release Boards, March 2008
Innovative Sink Mounts, April 2010
International Mounting Equipment, March 2006
Japanese Scroll Mounting: History, April 2001
Japanese Scroll Mounting: How to, May 2001
Keeping It Clean, May 1995
Knowing When To Countermount, August 1999
Lam Non-Breathables, October 2001
Lam Over Photos, October 1994
Lam...Poly vs. Vinyl, September 2000
Laminate as Glass Substitute, June 1997
Laminate Plaquing, April 2006
Laminate Transfers to Watercolor Paper, June 1998
Laminating: Oversized Art, April 1993
Laminating: Oversized Images, November 2001
Large Format vs. Wide Format Photos, October 2005
Leather-look (Using Laminates for Mat Creation), June 1991
Let's Call it a Wrap w/LL, May 1994
Let's Talk Turkey, November 1996
Light at End of Tunnel, June 1995
Lightfastness, April 1995
Lightfastness/Color Permanence, June 1995
Living Room to Patio, January 2008
L-Shape Float Frames, July 2010
Long Base Profiles and Mounting, August 2010
Making of Mulberry Paper, May 2005
Marble Panels, October 1991
Mat Cutting Basics, August 1993
Mechanical vs. Vacuum Presses, September 1993
Mechanical vs. Vacuum, July 1998
Millennium Recap...Decade of Questions, December 1999
Millennium, January 1999
Mirror Images..., December 1992
Moisture, April 1995
More Questions, December 1997
More Than A Mat Cutter To Me, July 1997
Mosaic Laminating, November 2000
Most Asked Questions of 2005, December 2005
Most Asked Questions, December 1995
Most Asked Questions, December 2003
Mounted and Laminated, August 2004
Mounting and Framing in China, March 2001
Mounting and Yellowing, April 2009
Mounting Basics TTPM, May 2006
Mounting Cibachromes, October 1992
Mounting Decorative Tiles, April 2002
Mounting Digital Canvases, October 2006
Mounting Digital Papers, February 2006
Mounting Digital Reproductions, July 2006
Mounting Encapsulated Items, May 2008
Mounting Encapsulated Polyester, October 2000
Mounting for Matting, March 1993
Mounting Ilfochrome RC Photos, February 1994
Mounting in the Millennium, January 2000
Mounting Painted Art
Mounting Problem Photos, September 2002
Mounting Silks and Chinese Paintings, February 1993
Multiple Job Mounting: Part I, July 1995
Multiple Job Mounting: Part II, August 1995
Multiple Laminations, August 1993
Multiple Photo Mounts, October 1992
Multiple Ply Cutting, May 1993
New Trends, December 1998
New Products, New Trends, January 2005
New Products, New Trends, January 2004
New Technologies (Vegas Report), June 2003
One Step Mounting and Laminating: Sumi Horse, September 2004
One Step/Two Step..., May 1996
Oversized Photos, October 1993
Papercut Mounting Options, July 2006
Part I...Elements TTPM, January 1995
Perforated Bites, April 1996
Photo Issues: Bond Failure, October 2007
Photo Substrates, November 2000
Photos, October 1997
Pin Striped Bevels, September 1993
Pitfalls for Photos, October 1998
Plaquing: Where It All Began, June 2001
Polyester and RC Photographs, February 1994
Polyester vs. Vinyl, July 1993
Pre-Mount for Float Mount, August 1996
Preadhesive Heat Activated and Pressure-Sensitive Boards, May 2002
Preservation Mounting of Parchment and Vellum, June, 1992
Pressure Points, May 1992
Pressure, March 1995
Pressure-Sensitive Bonding Tests, November 2008
Pressure-Sensitive Ghosting, September 1996
P-S and HA Adhesive Board Mounting Chart, June 2006
Questions 2000: Air Bubbles, December 2000
Questions and Problems 2007, December 2007
Really See...Really Feel, January 1998
Release for Photos, October 1998
Release Materials, June 1995
Release Papers for Encaustics, September 2009
Release Papers, November 1992
ReMat-Van Stone, February 2004
Removable Is Not Reversible, February 1993
Removal Techniques, April 2003
Remove...Remount...Refit, December 1993
Removing Linen Hinges, April 2005
Residue and Release, December 2009
Resurfacing/Retexturing Films, April 1994
Resurfacing Laminated Mats, February 2009
Retexturing Surface Laminates, August 2006
Roller Laminator Review, May 2009
Rooster Redo...Visit to 1970, May 2007
Running Hot and Cold, December 2001
Sales, Price, Pay-off, November 1993
Sandstone Panels, December 1991
Selling Mounting, July 2000
Selling the Mount, November 1995
Selling Up Into Shadow Boxes, November 1993
Shadowbox Collectables, November 2005
Shadowboxing Made Easy: One-piece/Cove, May 1999
Shadowboxing Made Easy: Window/Platform, June 1999
Sink Mounting Hardboards, January 2010
Sink Mounting Wax Soaked Paper, February 2010
Shipping and Bond Failure, June 2010
Shipping Boxes-Drop Spine, November 1995
Shipping Boxes-Flat, December 1995
Short Base Mounting, September 2010
Silicone Adhesive, October 2009
Sink Mounting Photo Folders, November 2006
Silk Embroidery, July 2003
Silk Paintings, May 2005
Sink Mounting Hardboards, January 2010
Sink Mounting Wax Soaked Paper, February 2010
Some Like it Hot, May 2000
Speaking Framer, June 2010
Silicone Adhesive, October 2009
Sponge Mounting, August 2007
Spray for Health Conscious, March 2000
Static Mounting Ilfochrome Classics, February 1997
Static Mounting Photos and Silk, September 2006
Still More Photos, November 1997
Substrates, February 1996
Surface Tiering, July 1993
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 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
The Four Elements of Mounting, April 1992
The Mystery of Adhesives, September 1998
The Textures And Colors of Canvas Transferring, May 1998
The Value of Mounting, June 2000
Thermographics, May 1997
Thinking Outside the Box, November 2005
Those Embossed Gold Seals, August 1992
Tiered Matting: Surface Tiered Kitten, February 2005
Tiered Matting, February 1991
Time, Temperature, Pressure-Sensitive, Moisture, April 2000
Tips 'n Tricks for 1996, December 1996
Tools of the Trade, July 1997
Trend Fallacies 2007, January 2007
Trends for 1993, January 1993
Trendspotting, January 2009
Trim, Control and Protect, February 2007
Troubleshooting Mechanical Presses, June 1997
Two Bite Or Not To Bite, March 1996
TTPM-Time, January 1995
TTPM-Temperature, February 1995
TTPM-Pressure, March 1995
TTPM-Moisture, April 1995
Two Halves Make A Whole, May 2007
Under Tiering, August 1993
Understanding Frames, May 2010
Unity in Wall Groupings, October 1995
Vellum and Parchment, February 1999
Wall Mounting/Hanging Variations, October 2009
Wedding Dioramas, November 2003
Wet to Last the Test of Time, February 2000
What and How to Sell Laminating, September 2001
What to Do With Ilfochromes, October 1992
What's Wrong With This Picture?, January 1996
Working in Tight Places, March 1999
Wrapped Bevels, February 1991
Wrapped Mats Basic, June 2004
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The Mounting And Laminating Handbook
Chris A Paschke, CPF GCF
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