FrameMakers
PFG, Picture Framing God
I love the look of fillets in mats, but have never liked working with them and find them very hard to sell. I feel that this is one area that could help my bottom line if I could sell them though.
First off is showing them In the past I had a 30" high 4 sided spinner that I had on a corner of the design counter. This had a few issues. Customer would want to use the fillet as a frame, and when the samples were pulled off the velcro would hold better than the glue holding the fillets together. So I ended up with shabby looking broken fillets.
Next is the issue with their being almost too many of them yet there never seems to be one that works with the project you're working on.
After you get something that you like, you price it out and the customer about faints. Why are these little buggers so expensive. In many cases they cost more for the fillet than the frame moulding I am using on the job.
So after you get the job sold, now you have to do it. While I have no issues with getting the fillets cut to size, I do often times have issues with their fragile gesso finish chipping off at the corner when I am assembling them into the mat.
With all these issues, are fillets really worth the headaches or potential headaches that I seem to run into? Am I alone in my experience with them? Do you have any suggestions to make my life easier when dealing with fillets?
Thanks
First off is showing them In the past I had a 30" high 4 sided spinner that I had on a corner of the design counter. This had a few issues. Customer would want to use the fillet as a frame, and when the samples were pulled off the velcro would hold better than the glue holding the fillets together. So I ended up with shabby looking broken fillets.
Next is the issue with their being almost too many of them yet there never seems to be one that works with the project you're working on.
After you get something that you like, you price it out and the customer about faints. Why are these little buggers so expensive. In many cases they cost more for the fillet than the frame moulding I am using on the job.
So after you get the job sold, now you have to do it. While I have no issues with getting the fillets cut to size, I do often times have issues with their fragile gesso finish chipping off at the corner when I am assembling them into the mat.
With all these issues, are fillets really worth the headaches or potential headaches that I seem to run into? Am I alone in my experience with them? Do you have any suggestions to make my life easier when dealing with fillets?
Thanks