Good quality stretcher strips are required by every great artist to commence with his/her artwork in ease. The strips are joined to form stretcher frames of square or rectangular shape. The canvas is then stretched on these frames for making it tout and attractive. Every artist must be very particular about choosing the required strips for their respective work of art. With the advent of the internet, they can now easily order stretcher bar online. Moreover the retail outlets sell their bars at wholesale rates and so you can acquire them at amazingly reasonable price. You can order a single piece of stretcher strip or even a full box. The single ones are well-inspected before being delivered to you and the full boxes are available at a discount rate. All the strips are made of kiln dried wood and the edges are very finely smoothened and raised for easy stretching of the canvas.
Variety in Stretcher Strips and Stretcher Bar
Stretcher strips are available in varying lengths and widths. The standard size is ¾ inches thick and 1-5/8 inches width. State of the art splicing technique is used by the manufacturers to avoid the tendency of wood bending, twisting and warping towards the centre. The strips can be easily assembled to form a frame of the required shape and size. The different styles of stretcher bar for canvas include - medium duty stretcher bars, the light duty, heavy duty and the super heavy duty bars for your canvas.
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