Western Red Cedar is the definitely the choice timber to make artist stretcher frames with. It is stable, light, resists mold, moisture and insect infestation. Chapman & Bailey produce mitre shouldered mortise and tenon jointed cedar stretchers that use timber wedges to expand the corners and braces connections. They produce cedar stretchers in 4 different…
Imagine the joy when sighting 480 cm lengths of timber along the docking bench and seeing them dead straight all the way. Laminating three strips of finger joined blocks of Arakaria (Hoop Pine) lengthwise creates the straightest lengths of timber to make stretcher arms true and stable. Each stretcher bar from Chapman and Bailey is…
How To Stretch A Canvas Demo What: Mark Chapman, founder of Chapman & Bailey will be demonstrating: All about different stretcher profiles and bracing How to put a stretcher together so it is square Cutting the canvas to size The art of stretching a canvas with and without stretching pliers What are wedges for? The…
How To Stretch A Canvas Demo What: Mark Chapman, founder of Chapman & Bailey will be demonstrating: All about different stretcher profiles and bracing How to put a stretcher together so it is square Cutting the canvas to size The art of stretching a canvas with and without stretching pliers What are wedges for? The…