15x31 Elite Professional 1.5" Deep B2 Stretcher Frame Kit

True 31:15 Custom Proportion - 15x31 Size

Here are a couple of other sizes in the exact same 31:15 proportion:

30x62 • 45x93

• Super strong Elite™ B2™ Stretcher Bar is 50% stronger than most others in its class
• For this 15x31 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.

Sustainable Forests for Future Generations

Sustainable forestry practices go beyond just planting and harvesting trees. They also involve careful planning, monitoring, and management to ensure the long-term health and productivity of the forest. By using lumber from sustainably managed forests, we can support these important practices and help to ensure that our planet's forests remain healthy and productive for generations to come.

21x37 is the Canvas Size Needed for this 15x31 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.

From the heart of California, Masterpiece® has been weaving a legacy since 1965, curating the best Stretcher Bars North America has witnessed. Our unwavering dedication to quality and innovation has cast us in the limelight as the trendsetting stalwarts in the realm of fine-art canvases. The patents we hold are not just certificates but validations of our pursuit of perfection. Engage with our creations and feel the promise of unmatched quality, a promise that resonates with your clients and every future beholder of your masterpiece.

The true harvest of my daily life is somewhat as intangible and indescribable as the tints of morning or evening. ♦ Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau, the eminent American essayist, poet, and philosopher, often found himself immersed in nature's embrace, seeking its deeper truths and musing on life's intricacies. His reflections from Walden Pond provided profound insights, revealing the nuanced, often intangible essence of existence, much like the subtle hues of dawn or dusk.

The quest to capture the ethereal, the feelings that lie just beyond the reach of words or definitive form, is a constant challenge. Just as Thoreau found beauty in the fleeting moments of nature, we too aim to seize the ephemeral in our creations. The delicate play of light and shadow, the dance of colors, the emotion in a single line Ñ these are the harvests of our daily endeavors, as elusive and wondrous as the first light of morning or the last sigh of evening.

In our path as creators, the value is not always found in the tangible rewards or recognitions but in the moments of connection, the silent triumphs of capturing a sentiment, a memory, a fleeting instant. Thoreau's reflection serves as a gentle reminder for us to cherish these intangible treasures, understanding that the true essence of our work, and indeed of life, often lies in the spaces between.

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Celebrating the creativity in all of us, we've taken a step provide these words of wisdom and to immortalize Henry David Thoreau through our own unique portrait. Pick up your brush and create!