Posters from the Glasto Free Press

[JoBalls]

Hello all,

Has anyone framed any of the Stanley Donwood posters from the Free Press either this year or last year? If so where did you get the frame from?

I've now got three of them awaiting framing and I haven't been able to find a frame that's the right dimensions!

 

Edited June 28, 2017 by JoBalls

[phillyfaddle]

Got this year's in the tube still. But will get professionally framed as it's quality and difficult to get right size "off the shelf". So £10 for print, prob £30 for frame! 

EDIT: who was I kidding....£94 for a custom mount & frame from a local framer! Looks amazing though.

Edited June 29, 2017 by phillyfaddle

[Tiesto FTW]

Is there anywhere to buy the free press stuff post festival? 

[JoBalls]

4 hours ago, Tiesto FTW said:

Is there anywhere to buy the free press stuff post festival? 

Yes it's all on the Glastonbury website now  

I was afraid the response would be custom frames!!

[Junglist1981]

We forked out for one of the lovely limited run of screen prints of the 2016 artwork. Still sat in the tube at the moment. When we move house soon we're gonna take it to a professional framers and get it done right. Might cost like £80, but will be well worthwhile  

[henry bear]

11 hours ago, JoBalls said:

Hello all,

Has anyone framed any of the Stanley Donwood posters from the Free Press either this year or last year? If so where did you get the frame from?

I've now got three of them awaiting framing and I haven't been able to find a frame that's the right dimensions!

 

I've recently started framing concert posters I've accumulated over the years. They don't always come in standard sizes - I bought the 3 Donwood prints from the Free Press this year and I think they're all different sizes.

I use ezeframe.co.uk (plenty of other sites are available) and tend to stick to the same frame for them all (23mm gloss black in my case). There is plenty of choice of frame types and you can specify whatever dimensions you need. Obviously you'll have to  put the print into the frame yourself when it arrives. 

[MACDrob]

What did this years ones look like, I have three from 2014 and 2015 or so. Never went inside this year sadly but it's always good.

[henry bear]

9 minutes ago, MACDrob said:

What did this years ones look like, I have three from 2014 and 2015 or so. Never went inside this year sadly but it's always good.

https://shop.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/collections/posters

[Tuna]

Bit annoying that you can get a poster of the black and white Donwood print (£10!) but not the coloured one. I plainly refuse to pay £300 for a bloody poster, limited print or not.

[Junglist1981]

It's not a poster though, it's a properly screen printed limited edition artwork. Far higher quality than some glossy poster print you might pick up from your local Athena.

[RossTC]

Got last years printed post festival, cost about £60 but it looks bloody brilliant! 

[grayfitz]

Highly recommend putting in the money to get it properly framed, I've been putting them into frames off the shelf that are too big, and as nice as they look, having a border around them isn't the best look - don't do it if you can avoid it.

[The Red Telephone]

Just ordered a line-up poster and a landscape artwork. And a t-shirt. Also a framed picture of some LCD Soundsystem lyrics from another site.

I'm going to hide my debit card now.

[fowls]

1 hour ago, Junglist1981 said:

It's not a poster though, it's a properly screen printed limited edition artwork. Far higher quality than some glossy poster print you might pick up from your local Athena.

The print is good quality, but the paper isn't much better than a newspaper. Would've been nice if they had used some decent weight paper. Bit frightened of ripping it by accident.

Edited June 29, 2017 by fowls

[fowls]

3 hours ago, JoBalls said:

Yes it's all on the Glastonbury website now  

I was afraid the response would be custom frames!!

If you're a dab hand with a scalpel and ruler you could always get a pre-made frame that's too big and use some thick card to make a window mat (as below). Would be a lot cheaper than a custom frame.

 

Edited June 29, 2017 by fowls

[henry bear]

1 minute ago, fowls said:

The print is good quality, but the paper isn't much better than a newspaper. Would've been nice if they had used some decent weight paper. Bit frightened of ripping it by accident.

Junglist1981 is talking about the £275 numbered limited edition print which is a high quality product, and signed my Donwood. It is considerably larger than the £10 posters. Whilst it's not cheap, Donwood is a very collectable artist and these will more than hold their value. The b&w posters are printed in situ on lower quality paper on an old fashioned printing press. They'll still look very nice when framed.

[fowls]

7 minutes ago, henry bear said:

Junglist1981 is talking about the £275 numbered limited edition print which is a high quality product, and signed my Donwood. It is considerably larger than the £10 posters. Whilst it's not cheap, Donwood is a very collectable artist and these will more than hold their value. The b&w posters are printed in situ on lower quality paper on an old fashioned printing press. They'll still look very nice when framed.

Ah k, I apologise for the misunderstanding

[henry bear]

4 minutes ago, fowls said:

Ah k, I apologise for the misunderstanding

No need to apologise! 

[Tuna]

I care more about having a kewl picture on my wall than something that maintains its value tbh. 

[henry bear]

1 hour ago, Tuna said:

I care more about having a kewl picture on my wall than something that maintains its value tbh. 

So do I, just trying to explain the difference.

[sneakydave]

There are plenty of websites which will custom make a frame to your exact dimensions for not much more money than you would pay for a standard size frame from a normal shop. I can't remember which company I used last but this one seems like it'll do the trick: http://www.ezeframe.co.uk

[henry bear]

1 minute ago, sneakydave said:

There are plenty of websites which will custom make a frame to your exact dimensions for not much more money than you would pay for a standard size frame from a normal shop. I can't remember which company I used last but this one seems like it'll do the trick: http://www.ezeframe.co.uk

That's the company I suggested earlier in this thread!

[verrymerry]

I used this company in 2014 for some long landscape frames and they were good value, good quality and came fast!  I paid about £50 for two 1062 x 389 frames.

http://www.pictureframestudio.co.uk/

Edited June 29, 2017 by verrymerry

[Tiesto FTW]

11 hours ago, JoBalls said:

Yes it's all on the Glastonbury website now  

I was afraid the response would be custom frames!!

Thank you so much. A long shot, you don't know if I were able to look at the 2014 posters? There was one I got my ex and it was brilliant. I'd love one myself.

[JoBalls]

1 minute ago, Tiesto FTW said:

Thank you so much. A long shot, you don't know if I were able to look at the 2014 posters? There was one I got my ex and it was brilliant. I'd love one myself.

I think if its not on there then they don't have it anymore. You could try eBay?