Canvas Stretching

Professional Stretching for Original Art, Prints & Textiles

Whether you have returned from overseas with a rolled souvenir, purchased a fine art giclée print, or created your own masterpiece on raw canvas, the way it is stretched determines its longevity. At Jubilee Framers, we provide professional canvas stretching in Brisbane using premium materials that prevent sagging, warping, and paint cracking.

Based in Kelvin Grove, our workshop handles everything from small personal photos on canvas to massive, oversized contemporary artworks.

Why Professional Stretching Matters

A canvas is a “living” material that expands and contracts with changes in temperature and humidity. Low-quality, thin stretcher bars can bow over time, causing the tension of the canvas to fail.

The Jubilee Standard includes:

Kiln-Dried Timber Bars: We use high-quality, finger-jointed pine or hardwood stretcher bars that are resistant to warping and twisting.
Bevelled Edges: Our bars feature a raised "lip" so the canvas sits away from the wood, preventing unsightly "ghosting" lines on the front of your art.
Keyable Joins: For larger works, we use professional "wedged" joins that allow you to re-tension the canvas years down the line if it naturally relaxes.
Precision Tension: We apply even, drum-like tension across the entire surface to ensure there are no ripples or waves in the fabric.

Canvas Stretching Options

1. Standard Gallery Wrap

The canvas is stretched around the sides and stapled on the back. You can choose to have the image continue around the edges (wrap-around) or have clean white/black borders. This is a popular "minimalist" look ready for immediate hanging.

2. Support Architectural Specification

For a sophisticated, high-end gallery look, we can fit your stretched canvas into a Floating Frame (also known as a Canvas Plus frame). This creates a small "gap" between the canvas and the frame, making the artwork appear to "float" within the border.

3. Oversized & Custom Dimensions

Because we build our own frames in-house, we are not limited by standard sizes. We specialize in large-scale canvas stretching for corporate foyers and grand residential spaces.

Have a rolled canvas sitting in a tube? Bring it into our Kelvin Grove studio for a condition report and a stretching quote.

Preserving Your Travels: Special Care for Overseas Art

Many of our clients return from trips to Bali, Europe, or Africa with beautiful rolled canvases. These unique pieces often require specialized handling due to the non-standard fabrics or climates they originated from. At Jubilee Framers, we take extra steps to ensure your holiday memories transition safely to your walls:

Structural Inspection:

We carefully assess the paint layer for brittleness or "cracking" risks before applying tension to the fabric.

Precision Squaring:

We manually align the artwork to ensure horizons, signatures, and borders stay perfectly straight—correcting any "wonky" edges common in hand-painted souvenirs.

Surface Protection:

If your canvas arrived unsealed, we can apply professional-grade protective coatings to shield the pigment from Brisbane’s humidity and dust.

Custom Sizing:

Since overseas art rarely follows Australian "standard" sizes, we custom-build every stretcher bar to the exact millimetre of your specific piece.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can you stretch a canvas that has already been painted?

Absolutely. This is our specialty. We carefully align the painted edge with the corner of the stretcher bar to ensure none of the primary composition is lost around the sides.

What is the difference between a "stretched" canvas and a "framed" canvas?

Will my canvas sag over time?

Transform Your Rolled Art Into a Wall Feature

Don’t leave your beautiful artwork rolled up in a tube. Visit our Kelvin Grove studio to discuss the best depth and framing options for your canvas.