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Aluminum Support Panels

SmallCorp aluminum support panels provide a flat, rigid and archival mounting surface. They are custom made to your dimensions and may be used alone or in a frame. The aluminum panel is not intended to be a display surface.

The panel has a 1/2" aluminum honeycomb core with .016" aluminum skin and a sealed poplar perimeter. Panels over 48" x 96" have pieced aluminum skins joined with an aluminum to aluminum bond to provide a continuous flat surface.

The perimeter may be one of three styles depending on the use. SP-1 has front and back skins flush to the edges. SP-2 and SP-3 have exposed wood on the back to facilitate wrapping or to provide a thicker edge.

When a thinner panel is needed, the SP-8 is an option. It has a 1/4" honeycomb core with exposed wood on the back but is not recommended over 24" x 30".

The SP-1, SP-2 and SP-3 can be laminated with a 30 pt. paper surface (softwhite conservation board up to 90" wide) or unbleached muslin.

Archival Support drawings




Photo Mounting Panel


The PMP is designed for mounting photographs. It is also suitable for mounting other works on paper, including maps, drawings and documents. The finished panel is smooth, stable and very lightweight. All components are acid free, lignin free and will not interact with the artwork.

A ½" aluminum honeycomb panel is set into a 7/8" black powdercoated aluminum outer frame. This structure is then laminated with a 30 pt. conservation board surface flush to the outer edge of the frame. The maximum seamless width for a paper face is 90". The aluminum frame may be ordered with any of our standard powdercoat colors.

The standard panel includes an internal hanging cleat. Mating wall hanging cleat sections can be ordered separately.


Photo mounting panel







SmallTray



SmallCorp is pleased to introduce the SmallTray.

The SmallTray is a rigid tray designed to support works of art in display frames or storage. It can be used to provide protective enclosures and/or microenvironments for prints and drawings, textiles, panel paintings or other essentially two-dimensional objects. When properly glazed and sealed it is archival, airtight and water-resistant.

The tray is made from a rigid aluminum sandwich material with a polyethylene core and has a white polyester coating inside and out. The 2MM thickness provides a thin edge to fit under the rabbet of our frames or yours.

Options that may be ordered with the SmallTray include built in RH indicator, Artsorb sheets, pressure change buffering diaphragm, sealing tape, and regular or UV filtering acrylic faces. It is available in custom sizes up to 40" x 60" in depths from 1/4" to 3".

SmallTray drawing






Clear Acrylic Blocks


Solid clear acrylic blocks are useful archival mounts for displaying and supporting objects, both on exhibit and in storage. All surfaces are polished unless specified. The blocks are cut to size out of 1", 1 1/2", 2" or 3" thick material. Other thicknesses are available by quotation.






Acrylic Easels


This is a simple solution for displaying 2-dimensional work or relatively flat objects. The easels can be used as a supports within display cases. SmallCorp fabricates custom sizes out of 1/8" or 3/16" clear acrylic.

Acrylic Easel photo



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