My Customer Stretches the Canvas Himself

My Customer Stretches the Canvas Himself

Customer photo showing the timber he bought from the d.i.y. shop in order to make his wooden stretcher frame
A customer of mine has done a brilliant job of stretching my very wide painting himself. In the process he saved himself a lot of money on the stretching costs!
Customer photo showing the construction of his wooden stretcher frame
He bought rounded-edge timber from the d.i.y. shop Wickes and then screwed the frame together with 7cm screws. He was pleased that the resulting frame was nice and strong, square and straight.
Customer photo showing his wooden stretcher frame positioned on his wall
The customer also purchased corner brackets from a local hardware shop. The holes in the corner brackets mean that the stretched picture is able to hang on the wall by simply balancing on screws, with the screw heads keeping the canvas in place.
Customer photo showing the finished painting on his wall after stretching it

It was also handy that the customer already owned a staple gun. He told me that he liked the type of canvas material I used when it came to him stretching the canvas over his wooden frame.

Overall the customer took his time and did a careful job and the result is absolutely fantastic!

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