18x60 Elite Professional 1.5" Deep B2 Stretcher Frame Kit

True 10:3 Extended Panorama Proportion - 18x60 Size

18x60 is a unique Masterpiece Standard Size.

Explore other sizes in this same 10:3 aspect ratio:

15x50

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.

• Super strong Elite™ B2™ Stretcher Bar is 50% stronger than most others in its class
• For this 18x60 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

Sustainable Forests Ensure More Wood for Communities

Using lumber from sustainably managed forests is not only the responsible thing to do, it's also a way to ensure that the wood products we rely on continue to be available in the future. By supporting sustainable forestry practices, we can help to ensure a steady supply of wood products while also protecting the environment and supporting local communities.

Specially Dried and Heat Treated Lumber

Our wood is handpicked from a curated group of environmentally responsible lumber mills in the Pacific Northwest. By adhering to our precise drying and heat-treatment standards, these mills produce lumber with nearly half the moisture you'd find in common home improvement outlets or lumber yards. This meticulous process not only enhances the wood's strength—minimizing risks of cracks, splits, or bends—but also elevates its dimensional stability. Such quality, despite its premium, is paramount in creating professional canvases designed to uphold the sanctity of your cherished art throughout the years.

24x66 is the Canvas Size Needed for this 18x60 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.

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 quality—and more importantly, so will your clients and those who acquire your art

How the devil I shall be able to put up with the chattering of those artists which I shall find there, I do not yet know. ♦ Albrecht Dürer

Albrecht Dürer, the renowned Renaissance artist from Nuremberg, was a man of unparalleled talent, marked by his ability to blend the meticulous detail of Northern European art with the vivacious forms and perspective of the Italian Renaissance. Yet, amidst his prodigious talents, Dürer was also characterized by a wry wit and candidness that shone through in his personal writings and reflections.

Every artist, at some point in their career, faces the cacophony of voices from peers, critics, and fellow creators. There is a myriad of opinions, unsolicited advice, and debates that can be both inspiring and maddening. Dürer's candid expression of potential exasperation with the chattering mirrors what many of us might feel when surrounded by a chorus of voices, especially when solitude is needed to distill thoughts and inspire creation. Yet, just as we navigate these waters, finding gems of wisdom amidst the noise, Dürer too, in his time, would have dissected these conversations, absorbing what added value and discarding what did not align with his vision.

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