“You cannot change the past, but you might learn something from it.”
– Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll.
Behind Glass
Glass is a beautiful material and an important tool for a curator. If you display your works behind museum glass they will be protected against dirt, biological damage and colour loss. Museum glass picks up a work because colours become more vibrant and the glass is almost invisible. We offer museum glass in two forms
Custom Made Articles
Our frames are tailor-made for you, which means that you can determine the size, shape and material of both framed works or show cases. We like to help you with this creative process - a lot is possible. We work with museum glass and acrylate which protects your work or photograph from loosing colour or getting brittle. Learn more.
Framing with museum glass or acrylate on location
Would you like more personal information about custom-made frames with museum glass? Mail us your questions or contact us by phone. If you have fragile or antique work you would like to protect form further light damage? We can frame it with museum glass or acrylate on location, using your original frame if you want.
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What is the effect of light on objects?
The ultraviolet radiation the light causes:
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loss of colour;
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yellowing;
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embrittlement;
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pulverization;
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weakening and disintegration of materials.
What is Light?
The spectrum of the human eye has a limited range in terms of electromagnetic radiation - light. The range to the naked eye includes the rainbow colours known from Sir Isaac Newton's prism experiment at Woolsthorpe Manor. Beyond the violet end of the spectrum visible to us, ultraviolet radiation (UV) begins, beyond the opposite, red end of this spectrum, infrared radiation begins. We experience infrared radiation as heat, ultraviolet radiation gives our skin colour. Behind Glass only focuses on ultraviolet radiation; in climate research we are concerned with light as a heat generator. UV radiation is measured in relation to visible light from a given light source. It is measured in microwatts per lumen (µW/lm). Daylight entering through windows is usually in the range of 400-1000 µW/lm. In historic houses it is often recommended to use 75 µW/lm. This is the light generated by an old-fashioned light bulb - not realistic for a living environment and that is why we work with museum glass.
