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How to Gallery Wrap Corners

Gallery wrapping a painting means that the painted canvas fully covers the frame and the painting is secured on the back of the frame as opposed to the sides. The painting is stapled or nailed to the frame starting in the center of one of the long sides. Then the canvas is stretched and the center of the opposite side is attached with a staple or nail. The centers of the shorter sides are stapled in a similar fashion. Staples are then added in pairs on each side until a corner is reached. The corners can be a bit tricky, but if done properly, gallery wrapped corners look neat and professional.

Things You'll Need

  • Stretcher bars
  • Painted canvas
  • Staple gun or nails and hammer
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Instructions

    • 1

      Begin with the lower right hand corner. Pull the canvas up tight on the bottom edge of the stretcher bars and tug the corner to the right. Staple the canvas to the lower part of the frame an inch from the corner. Relax your grip on the corner of the canvas.

    • 2

      Fold the loose corner in toward the center of the canvas so that the ninety degree corner of the canvas makes a square with the ninety degree corner of the frame. The canvas will hang over the right side, but it should be neatly tucked in on the bottom edge.

    • 3

      Place a finger on the inside corner of the frame, holding in the bottom pleat, then pull the right side of the canvas over. This will fold the ninety degree corner of the canvas in half on itself. The right side should now be pulled taut against the frame, creating a neat corner.

    • 4

      Staple the corner and the canvas on the right edge. Turn the frame and repeat for the other three sides.

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