Louise Moore

A Bespoke Hexagon Canvas When an artist reaches out with a vision that steps outside the traditional rectangular frame, the workshop's energy shifts. Standard sizes are the bread and butter of studio life, but bespoke geometric shapes are where precision engineering meets true creative collaboration. This week, we took on a unique project: a custom-built 80cm hexagon canvas crafted for a specific artist's vision. Building a six-sided frame isn't just a matter of joining timber; it is a...

The beast in the photo above is a custom 300cm x 200cm (3m x 2m) stretched linen canvas. It’s freshly cross-braced, neatly stapled along the heavy timber, and drum-tight. Standing next to a 3-meter frame gives you a real perspective on scale—it’s not just an artist’s material anymore; it becomes a piece of architecture.

At HM Canvases, standard sizes and traditional rectangular frames are our everyday bread and butter, but custom bespoke projects are where our workshop truly comes alive. As artists ourselves, we know that creative visions rarely fit neatly into off-the-shelf boxes. So, when a client recently approached us with an ambitious concept for a massive, multi-panel circular artwork, we jumped at the challenge.