Join me in this indepth video as I take you through the process of restretching a painting. Collaborating with Bob, the founder of Upper Canada Stretchers, I’ll show you stepbystep how to remove the artwork from its old frame, create a brand new stretcher frame, and finally restretch the painting before framing it in a beautiful, gallerystyle floater frame.

This isn’t just a howto; it's a masterclass filled with professional tips, valuable insights, and a glimpse into my day as I tackle the common issue of a warped painting. Perfect for artists, collectors, and anyone who needs to restretch a painting for whatever reason, including shipping the painting rolled in order to save on shipping costs!

I hope that by sharing the full process as I resolve my warped painting with all of you, you can learn as much as I did!

Feel free to watch whichever part of the video you find most useful. I’ve included timestamps below:

TIMESTAMPS
Step 1 Removing the staples: 03:01
Step 2 Measuring the Canvas & Preparing to Reframe: 04:11
Step 3 Building a Custom Stretcher Frame: 14:17
Step 4 Restretching the Painting: 20:30
Step 5 Building & Mounting the Painting into a Floater Frame: 33:23

Thanks to everyone at ‪@ucsart‬ for allowing me to disrupt the workday so that I could share this video with everyone! In particular I’d like to thank Bob, the founder of Upper Canada Stretchers, who provided me with such a detailed lesson and did an excellent job of restretching & framing my painting. I’d also like to thank Terry who made the custom stretcher frame and managed not to get distracted by all my questions as I filmed him in the workshop, as well as Melissa who not only made the floater frame, but also took a lot of the handheld footage and helped me set everything up to make filming this possible.

They are such an excellent team at Upper Canada Stretchers and have so much experience working with top artists, museums, curators, galleries, and collectors across North America. I really encourage you to check them out on their website and use code DORISROSE for 10% off (link in my bio).

I’d also like to say thanks to my brother, Percy, who wrote and created all the music in this video!