Artist Surfaces
Our Artist Surfaces Department
Now in our third decade of making artist surfaces, we are committed to producing handmade supports to the highest quality, working with established national and international artists, emerging artists and MA and BA students.
Our team of technicians consists largely of artists who understand their contemporaries’ requirements and can offer insight on professional practice as well as share new techniques involved in surfaces. We believe the proper preparation of a surface is essential to the longevity of an artwork. We have also developed artist surfaces workshops to advise the artists we work with on the technical problems they may be trying to resolve and new materials that they are experimenting with.
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Our Stretcher Bars
Our stretcher bars are hand-crafted using selected lengths of kiln dried tulip wood sourced from sustainable forestry and made onsite at our London workshop. Tulip wood is a low-emission hardwood with very few knots. It is durable and strong - having a low tendency to split when nailed or stapled and is also resistant to warping. We also recommend tulip wood as it produces lower levels of emissions than pine which is more commonly used in other stretcher bars.
New Information about our Stock - Same Day Pick up or Next Day Delivery
Since the addition of our new tenor stretcher bar machine we are now able to keep a range of stock available on site including our small section profiles ranging from 10”- 40” and large section profiles ranging from 18”- 60”. Both our stretcher bars and large range of Belgian linen and Cotton Duck Canvas are now also available for same day pick up or next day delivery nationwide when orders are placed before midday.
Bespoke and Stretching Services
Our specialist Artist Surfaces department also produce a wide variety of surfaces including welded aluminium stretchers and panels made with wood or paper or aluminium. We regularly collaborate with artists to create bespoke solutions for large scale and ambitious projects or to resolve problems with new concepts and can test and advise accordingly
