In Reply to: back home and need advice posted by brutus on Friday, 10. August 2007 at 16:43 Bali Time:
Hi there,
I found the following method when I googled stretching canvas, it was from a website about aboriginal art, and found it to be good:
Start with a staple in the middle of the short lengths (if the painting is rectangular) then a staple in the middle of the other sides, then you work your way out from the middle on the short lengths to the corners stretching as you go and follow on the longer lenths.
We also had a stretching tool made in Bali, which is a pair of pliers with two 10 x 3 cm plates welded on, this is great for gripping the canvas and stretching over the frame. We copied from the stretching tool they use at Syah in Seminyak.
Good Luck!
Trish