14x68 Elite Professional 1.5" Deep B2 Stretcher Frame Kit

True 34:7 Custom Proportion - 14x68 Size

Consider one other size in the same 34:7 proportion:

21x102

• Super strong Elite™ B2™ Stretcher Bar is 50% stronger than most others in its class
• For this 14x68 large size frame, the frame provides the ultimate foundation for your art with increased strength and stability
• Produces a 1.5" deep stretched canvas
• 2-1/4" wide Stretcher Bars
• All Bars have an exclusive groove on the inside perimeter of the frame to which cross braces and Diamond Corner Braces attach
• Solid Ponderosa Pine or Fir from the Pacific Northwest

Elite™ Professional 1.5" Deep B2 Bar • 1/2" Canvas Clearance

A Canvas Clearance of 1/2" is the space between the Bar and the canvas. Generally speaking, more clearance reduces the risk of the canvas touching the wood and creating unsightly lines during painting. Our design provides the optimal clearance so as not to impact your painting, but still leaving enough wood to the maximize strength of the Stretcher Bar.

No Finger Joints!

Solid Wood is far superior to finger jointed wood, which is many small pieces glued together, each with varying grain densities that absorb and shed moisture at varying rates, expanding and contracting non-uniformly as environmental conditions change, and causing the wood to bow and the finger joints to eventually fail.

A single homogeneous kiln-dried solid wood Stretcher Bar outperforms and outlasts a finger jointed Bar whose sole purpose is to save the manufacturer cost, not contribute to the archival value of artwork intended to last a millennium. As a manufacturer, Masterpiece® does its part to conserve as much wood as possible, and still provide a quality product that will out-perform any other in the marketplace.

Selective Harvesting in our Sustainable Forests

Intelligent selective harvesting of timber is an ecological method to replace the natural occurrences of forest fires and disease and landslides that can devastate forests. This is all part of the process of sustainable forest management to which we subscribe when we choose which lumber we use in our products.

20x74 is the Canvas Size Needed for this 14x68 Frame

Please note that you will need a canvas that is at least 6 Inches larger than the actual frame size to ensure proper stretching. This will provide ample material to stretch the canvas and attach it to the back of the frame. If you prefer to attach the canvas from the edge of the stretcher frame, you can reduce the size of your canvas by approximately 3/4" all the way around the frame. This will allow you to paint on the edge of the canvas and hang your artwork without needing a separate picture frame. And, if you ever need to remove the canvas from the frame and re-attach it, you'll have enough material to do that too.

Tight'n'Up™ Liquid Canvas Retensioner

One of our most appreciated products helps make your canvas tighter! Stretching a canvas tightly can be a challenge. Our Frame Kits include the Corner and Brace Keys that you will need to add tension, but Tight'n'Up™ Liquid Canvas Re-Tensioner is a way that you can use to add tension to the canvas without needed to use the keys. It canvas be sprayed on the back of a canvas to repair most canvas tension issues.

With Tight'n'Up™, you can add tension to just a small area, or a large area. Simply spray it lightly on the back and brush it into the canvas, and within seconds, your canvas becomes tighter and stays tighter. The more you use, the tighter it gets. Recommended for acrylic primed cotton or linen canvas. We do not recommend it for oil primed canvas because there are simply too many different types of oil primed canvas, but used conservatively at your own risk, it will tension any canvas.

Masterpiece® is a family-owned business operating in California since 1965 and producing the finest Stretcher Bars in North America. We deliver the highest quality and highest performing products in the business. We are widely recognized as the nation's leader and trendsetter of professional quality fine-art canvas. We own several patents that make our products perform superior to any other on the market. Once you touch one of our products, you'll immediately recognize our impeccable qualityÑand more importantly, so will your clients and those who acquire your art

There is no greater harm than that of time wasted. ♦ Michelangelo

Michelangelo, a name that resounds with majesty in the annals of art history, was not merely an artist but a powerhouse of creativity, relentless dedication, and vision. Among the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel and the robust form of David, one might forget that Michelangelo was also a philosopher in his own right, offering insights that bore the weight of lived experiences.

This sentiment about the gravity of wasted time reflects the urgency with which he approached his craft. In a world devoid of the technological conveniences we now enjoy, Michelangelo recognized that the true measure of one's life was the legacy left behind. Our time is twofold in value - it's both the canvas upon which we capture our visions and the brush we wield with such precision. Each moment is an opportunity, a potential stroke of genius waiting to be realized. As we chase our artistic aspirations, let's be reminded that the time we invest in our craft not only defines our work but also shapes the legacy we aim to leave. In heeding Michelangelo's wisdom, we commit to making every second count, ensuring that our art stands as a testament to a life well-lived and time well-spent.

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To enhance your creative exploration of our site, we offer the insightful wisdom of Michelangelo, our interpretation, and little one-of-a-kind portrait that we created. Now go paint!