Description
15x57 K3™ Professional 3D Frame Kit • 3-1/2" Deep • 19:5 • K3K-1557
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Our Masterpiece® 3D™ K3 Professional 3-1/2" Deep Stretcher Bar Kit is the ultimate museum quality solid-wood stretcher system. It's so unique, it earned us a patent! Select your desired frame size, and the kit will include everything you need to build a museum class Stretcher Bar Frame. Each kit includes the Stretcher Bars, Braces, Corner Keys, and instructions. Get Any Size You Want!
Explore other Masterpiece® products in this exact 15x57 size:
3D™ Pro 3.5 Stretcher Bar • 1/2" Canvas Clearance
1/2" Canvas Clearance 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.
- Produces a 3.5" deep stretched canvas (Actual depth is slightly thinner)
- 1.25" wide Stretcher Bar
- 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
Solid Wood is Archival - Finger Jointed Wood is Not
We only use Solid Wood to build our Stretcher Bars because a solid piece of wood will last indefinitely. When we speak of archival value, it's not just the paint you use and the quality of your canvas and ground, even the wood choices manufacturers make are part of the archival process.
The principal reason manufactures use finger jointed wood is reduce cost, not increase archival value. Wood constantly grows and shrinks when the environment becomes hotter, or colder, or more humid, or more dry. Because finger jointed wood is made-up of multiple and varied pieces of wood, with varying grain patterns and densities, they each absorb and shed moisture at varying rates, which works on the glue joints that hold them together, causing the wood to bow and the joints to eventually fail, and certainly not consistent with increasing the archival value of your artwork frame support.
As a manufacturer, we do our part to conserve as much wood as possible, and still provide a quality made product that will out-perform any other in the marketplace.
- Super strong 3D™ Pro K3™ Stretcher Bar is a very popular among contemporary artists whose painting will be displayed without a frame.
- For this 15x57 large size frame, the frame provides the ultimate foundation for your art with increased strength and stability
- Provides a 3.5" deep stretched canvas which makes a bold and commanding display
- 1-1/4" 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.
25x67 is the Canvas Size Needed for this 15x57 Frame
Please note that you will need a canvas that is at least 10 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.
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.
Art is either revolution or plagiarism.
♦ Paul Gauguin
Whose daring colors and bold abstractions steered art history into fresh waters, Paul Gauguin believed deeply in the transformative and original power of creation. His life was characterized by a continual search for pure expression, an escape from the conventional. He abandoned a comfortable life in Europe, searching for authenticity, first in rural France and later in Tahiti. Gauguin's pursuit was more than just scenic or aesthetic; it was a quest to capture raw, unfiltered emotion and truth.
His conviction reminds us that as artists, we are constantly at a crossroads. Do we tread the well-worn path, or do we break the mold and redefine boundaries? Every canvas presents an opportunity to innovate, to challenge, and to introduce the world to a perspective it might never have seen. Just as Gauguin believed, our work should stir the spirit, provoke thought, and represent a piece of our authentic selves. To merely replicate is to remain stagnant, but to innovate is to breathe life into our art, ensuring it stands as a testament to our unique vision and voice.
We are passionate about art, so we curated this enlightening quote and provide insight to it's meaning, plus to excite your senses, we included an inimitable portrait we made of Paul Gauguin. Now get busy on your own!
Additional Details
- SKU:
- K3K-1557
- Canvas and Depth:
- 3.50 In. Frame Kit
- Width:
- 15 Inch
- Length:
- 57 Inch
