Picture Framing Services
At Interior Angle we provide a wide range of services including; framing services, mirrors, restoration & conservation framing, acrylic box frames, oversize framing, museum standard framing, hand finished frames and specialist design services. We also provide quality framing advice both for protective and aesthetic reasons.
All work is undertaken by the highly experienced team located in the workshop adjoining the Chelmsford gallery space. For best results we recommend that you bring your artworks to us so we can discuss your requirements and give you the best advice. Our current lead time is 15 working days.
Framing services are offered from both Galleries in Shenfield and Chelmsford. At the Shenfield gallery, we work alongside Raspberry Interiors. Soo Turner also advises Chaplins Furniture Store in London. This allows us to be on trend with interior design services.
Our framing consultancy is an advisory service, providing expert advice and specialist services for clients looking for the perfect frame to fit their requirements. There is framing advice on hand and adding the design element, with advice on bespoke mirrors.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the cockling defect in paper?
Cockling is planar distortion of paper that appears as wrinkles or ridges. Cockle wrinkles are created in the dryer section as the sheet shrinks under unrestricted drying conditions. The sheet shrinks more in the cross direction due to fiber alignment and produces cockle wrinkles oriented in the machine direction.
What causes paper cockling?
Paper, by its very nature, is an absorptive medium. In high humidity, paper absorbs moisture from the atmosphere, causing it to swell and grow in all three dimensions. This creates the waviness or wrinkling referred to as “cockling
What does cockling mean in printing?
Cockling, plain and simple, is the distortion of paper by the way of ripples or wrinkles in areas of high ink coverage. Generally speaking, cockling is the result of paper responding to changes in the relative humidity of its environment. The paper, in trying to establish dynamic equilibrium with the RH in the air surrounding it, will shed moisture if the air is drier than itself, and will absorb moisture if the surrounding air is moister.
The fibres in the paper, may, for any number of reasons, swell or shrink at different rates and at different amounts i.e. there is a contraction-expansion differential. Consequently, buckling may occur.
This condition may be exacerbated by bad framing technique e.g. incorrect hinging materials; too wet hinging paste; self adhesive tape; inappropriate hinge material; full-length taping; all-round taping; stretched taping; spraying the verso with water; inappropriate spacing of the hinges; inappropriate glue/paste; tight mat package etc. Outside factors may also be contributory e.g. outside-wall hanging.
Serious cockling may create permanent damage if the paper has not been hung correctly. If it has been full-length taped along its upper edge to the verso of the mountboard, this can cause a tear in the paper because the paper has not been allowed to move freely within the frame.
Don’t lose sleep over gentle cockling!
