The "Tucker Would Love It" Story

It was an ordinary day.  Just finished a really neat job at the gallery where I work a couple days a week.  Over the last 16 years I have framed a large variety of work, but one of the most tedious and hardest jobs are the sports jerseys that are brought in for framing.  The job I just finished was the first youth jersey I have ever framed and it was much easier than the larger jerseys.  

The framed Baltimore Ravens jersey with autographed covers.

Shirt was a Baltimore Ravens jersey #9 that was a replica of the jersey that placekicker Justin Paul Tucker wears.  The rear of the jersey had been autographed by Justin so that is the side the customer wanted us to display.  When the customer went to the game with his son they purchased a game program and quite a few of the Raven's team autographed the program.  Problem was that they autographed both the front and inside of the front cover.  The customer took the program to a designer who removed the cover, scanned it, and printed both sides of the cover for him on heavier stock.  I was able to display both sides of the cover at the bottom of the jersey.  This was the first time that I sewed the jersey to the bottom mat and cut openings in the top mat to allow the jersey and autographed pieces to show through it.  I managed to cut an opening in the mat to the approximate shape of the jersey to make it more appealing.  I used a black suede top mat with purple and gold second and third mats to simulate the colors of the Ravens.  I was pleased with my resulting design as was the customer.  I'm ready to tackle the next job and create the next framing job at Grebinger Gallery in Neffsville, Pennsylvania.  It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.