My best friend at the moment is an inanimate object! Those versatile and very affordable RIBBA Series frames from IKEA! You see, I recently started doing commissioned portraits and I am looking for other ways to frame the artworks. Usually, pastel paintings are custom
framed, sure it looks professional, but this can be a tad expensive. Although undeniably, custom
framing is still the best way to frame a pastel painting as it can come in
multiple mats and with guttering (to
take care of those loose pastel dusts),
a cheaper option must surely exist.
Angel Aquino. Filipina Actress and model. Photo Source from Internet |
So today, I visited our local IKEA
supershop and was gladly overwhelmed
with a number of RIBBA frames choices, both practical and decent
looking and of varying colours and sizes. And to top it all, these picture frames are very affordable. Prices range from AU$ 7.95 for 18cm x 24 cm smallest frame to the largest frame of 70cm x 100cm at AU$ 39.95. They can even be
bought online and seen here
I have used RIBBA frames before for some of my paintings and
liked it. It does the job and is easy to
assemble or disassemble. The only thing
I didn’t like about it are those tiny metal fixing pins at the back used to fixed the
backing in the frame. They start breaking off easily after a number of disassembly when attempting to reuse it for another
painting or picture. However, with a little resourcefulness it can easily be fixed so still quite reusable.
So far, I am happy to
be using these frames!
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Update: as of 6/05/2014 found out that the Ribba frames of size 50cm x 70cm and larger, previously with glass front protection have been replaced with ones that uses plastic as front protection. Decided not to use these frame sizes for soft pastel paintings.
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Update: as of 6/05/2014 found out that the Ribba frames of size 50cm x 70cm and larger, previously with glass front protection have been replaced with ones that uses plastic as front protection. Decided not to use these frame sizes for soft pastel paintings.
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