Chapman & Bailey a leading artist frame manufacturer are seeking an experienced wood machinist to work in our stretcher production workshop. Small friendly team. Inner city location. Please email CV and covering letter to chapstaff@chapmanbailey.com.au [share facebook=”true” twitter=”true” email=”true”]
C&B AT ART & FRAME 2013 ART & FRAME 2013 was a three day exhibition and trade fair that will bring together the world of ART and FRAMING in one unique event. Located at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, the show ran September 13 – 15. Ideas, materials and technologies involved in the creation,…
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…