(They hold the art, cover, and backing inside the frame itself so nothing falls out.) These tabs come already installed on our wood frames, so you won’t have to find or assemble them. You simply bend them down to secure the contents of your frame. Flexipoint Tabs go on the back of our wood frames.The following items are what keep your art snug in its frame: Our Wood frames have room for artwork up to 1/8″ thick if they have no mats or one mat, and up to 1/16″ if they have two mats. (The spring clips that hold your art into the frame will adjust perfectly as long as your art doesn’t exceed this thickness.) This includes cover, backing, and matting, so if your frame has a single mat the artwork shouldn’t exceed 3/16″ thick and if it is double-matted the artwork shouldn’t exceed 1/8″ thick. This is why our Metal frames have room for artwork up to 1/4″ thick. It’s important to remember, however, that this depth must also include your backing, cover, and any matting. Here at Frame It Easy, most of our frames have around ½″ rabbet depths, though some are 7/16″ ( Granby), 9/16″ ( Ashford & Hammond), and 19/31″ ( Hanover). Frames for thinner pieces, however, have smaller rabbets. Shadow box frames usually have massive rabbets, as they allow for 3D objects and other thicker art. The thicker a frame’s rabbet, the more space it can accommodate. Call it your artwork’s own little burrow. No, we didn’t misspell the name of everyone’s favorite woodland critter a rabbet is the channel on the internal portion of the frame that everything (your art, backing, and cover) fits into. While shape and color of your frame style shouldn’t make much of a difference from an assembly standpoint, the material it’s made from (as well as its construction) will - for example, wood frames and metal frames are made a little differently, thus each have different assembly requirements. The frame itself is what showcases your work. It’s always a good idea to start with the basics, and that’s understanding the various components you’ll be working with before adding art to frames.
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