A method for assembling a canvas print includes the steps of: preparing a canvas substrate that includes a printed side; placing the canvas substrate with the printed side facing down; disposing a base frame over the canvas substrate; folding edges of the canvas substrate over sides of the base frame; inserting a rear panel into the base frame; and pressing the rear panel downward until a snap-fit connection is realized between the rear panel and the base frame with the folded edges of the canvas substrate being captured between the rear panel and the base frame and being taught across a forward face of the base frame.

The present invention relates to a macroscopic, two or three-dimensional support medium that facilitates artistic expression and the creation and display of macroscopic art, design that is applied art and architecture. The invention also relates to various methods of making such novel support mediums and the works of art, design and architecture they are made as or into. Examples are works of art, design and architecture made with new and extraordinary aesthetic and/or functional properties from the use of nanomaterials.

The present invention relates to a macroscopic, two or three-dimensional support medium that facilitates artistic expression and the creation and display of macroscopic art, design that is applied art and architecture. The invention also relates to various methods of making such novel support mediums and the works of art, design and architecture they are made as or into. Examples are works of art, design and architecture made with new and extraordinary aesthetic and/or functional properties from the use of nanomaterials.

The invention refers to a writing and/or drawing system comprising a pH sensitive dye and a writing material having a pH configured to provide a change in the colour of said dye on said surface of the support, as well as to a method to write and/or draw on the system with the writing material.

A method of applying tension to a canvas that is secured to a frame structure composed of frame members and corner pieces, wherein the frame members are interconnected using corner pieces adapted to receive ends of the frame members to form the frame structure, and wherein each of the frame members comprises a longitudinal axis. The method includes securing the canvas to a frame member; rotating the frame member around a rotation axis that is parallel with the length of the frame member, wherein the canvas, secured to the frame member, increases intension due to the rotation; and fixing the rotated frame member in the rotated position using the corner piece such that the increase in tension in the canvas is preserved.

The present invention relates to a recreation supplies container. The container comprises a body having a substantially triangular cross section defined by a first surface, a second surface, an inclined surface, a first flat surface adjoining operative top ends of the first surface and the inclined surface, and a second flat surface adjoining an operative bottom end of the inclined surface and a free end of the second surface; a first plurality of cavities is configured on the inclined surface, wherein the first plurality of cavities have a rectangular configuration; a second plurality of cavities is configured on the first flat surface, wherein the second plurality of cavities have a circular cross section; a working platform provided within the second flat surface, wherein the working platform is drawn out in an operational configuration thereof; a storage space defined by the surfaces of the body.

The present invention relates to a recreation supplies container. The container comprises a body having a substantially triangular cross section defined by a first surface, a second surface, an inclined surface, a first flat surface adjoining operative top ends of the first surface and the inclined surface, and a second flat surface adjoining an operative bottom end of the inclined surface and a free end of the second surface; a first plurality of cavities is configured on the inclined surface, wherein the first plurality of cavities have a rectangular configuration; a second plurality of cavities is configured on the first flat surface, wherein the second plurality of cavities have a circular cross section; a working platform provided within the second flat surface, wherein the working platform is drawn out in an operational configuration thereof; a storage space defined by the surfaces of the body.

A system for mounting a covering (e.g., a fabric material) upon a frame is constructed from a plurality of elongated frame parts. Each frame part has two mitered ends and a channel formed therein. The related mounting method includes the steps of: (a) using a jig to hold the fabric material against the frame; (b) inserting a plurality of retaining splines within respective channels so as to capture the fabric material within the channels between one retaining spline and a corresponding floor of the channel, whereby a plurality of corner pleats are formed; and (c) using a tool to invert each corner pleat into a corner joint formed between respective adjacent frame parts so as to form an internal fold at each corner of the frame.

A system for mounting a covering (e.g., a fabric material) upon a frame is constructed from a plurality of elongated frame parts. Each frame part has two mitered ends and a channel formed therein. The related mounting method includes the steps of: (a) using a jig to hold the fabric material against the frame; (b) inserting a plurality of retaining splines within respective channels so as to capture the fabric material within the channels between one retaining spline and a corresponding floor of the channel, whereby a plurality of corner pleats are formed; and (c) using a tool to invert each corner pleat into a corner joint formed between respective adjacent frame parts so as to form an internal fold at each corner of the frame.

A device for stretching a canvas mounted to a frame comprises a spacer and a screw. The frame has a plurality of side members each mutually abutting at angled ends. A first portion of the spacer includes a central aperture therethrough and two opposing ends or sides. Each end of the first portion is sized to engage a contact surface of each side member. The screw has a threaded shaft adapted for rotational engagement with the central aperture of the first portion of the spacer. The threaded shaft terminates at a first end thereof with a screw head that has a frustoconical side wall and an end surface that includes a tool-engaging recess. Rotating the screw to move the screw head closer to the spacer causes the spacer to push the side members mutually away from each other to stretch the canvas.