Gallery wrap, the Glossary
Gallery wrap is a method of stretching an artist's canvas so that the canvas wraps around the sides of the stretcher bar or strainer bars and is secured to the back of the wooden frame.[1]
Table of Contents
12 relations: Artist, Canvas, Canvas print, Drawing pin, Photoshop plugin, Picture frame, Primer (paint), Raster graphics editor, Shaped canvas, Staple (fastener), Strainer bar, Stretcher bar.
- Picture framing
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating an art.
Canvas
Canvas is an extremely durable plain-woven fabric used for making sails, tents, marquees, backpacks, shelters, as a support for oil painting and for other items for which sturdiness is required, as well as in such fashion objects as handbags, electronic device cases, and shoes.
Canvas print
A canvas print is the result of an image printed onto canvas which is often stretched, or gallery-wrapped, onto a frame and displayed.
See Gallery wrap and Canvas print
Drawing pin
A drawing pin (in British English) or tack (in North American English), also called a push-pin, is a short, small pin or nail with a flat, broad head that can be pressed into place with pressure from the thumb, often used for hanging light articles on a wall or noticeboard.
See Gallery wrap and Drawing pin
Photoshop plugin
Photoshop plugins (or plug-ins) are add-on programs aimed at providing additional image effects or performing tasks that are impossible or hard to fulfill using Adobe Photoshop alone.
See Gallery wrap and Photoshop plugin
Picture frame
A picture frame is a protective and decorative edging for a picture, such as a painting or photograph. Gallery wrap and picture frame are picture framing.
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Primer (paint)
A primer or undercoat is a preparatory coating put on materials before painting.
See Gallery wrap and Primer (paint)
Raster graphics editor
A raster graphics editor (also called bitmap graphics editor) is a computer program that allows users to create and edit images interactively on the computer screen and save them in one of many raster graphics file formats (also known as bitmap images) such as JPEG, PNG, and GIF.
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Shaped canvas
Shaped canvases are paintings that depart from the normal flat, rectangular configuration.
See Gallery wrap and Shaped canvas
Staple (fastener)
A staple is a type of two-pronged fastener, usually metal, used for joining, gathering, or binding materials together.
See Gallery wrap and Staple (fastener)
Strainer bar
A strainer bar is used to construct a wooden stretcher frame used by artists to mount their canvases.
See Gallery wrap and Strainer bar
Stretcher bar
A stretcher bar is used to construct a wooden stretcher used by artists to mount their canvases. Gallery wrap and stretcher bar are picture framing.
See Gallery wrap and Stretcher bar
See also
Picture framing
- Conservation and restoration of painting frames
- Diasec
- Digital photo frame
- Diptych
- Fillet (picture framing)
- Fine Art Trade Guild
- Frame conservation
- Gallery wrap
- Gilding
- Mat (picture framing)
- Metal Section Frame
- Oliver Brothers Fine Art Restoration
- Pastiglia
- Picture frame
- Picture framing glass
- Polyptych
- Professional Picture Framers Association
- Riza
- Stretcher bar
- Tightening key
- Triptych