On the morning of 25 March 2012, Gould died from the leukaemia. Ridgewell and Hargreaves announced Gould's death in a short video R.I.P Edd Gould (1988â2012) on 27 March 2012. At the closing screen, Ridgewell stated that Edd may be gone, but his world will keep on spinning.
The frame sits on the edge of the stretched canvas, like it would on a canvas board, and there is no need to protect it with glass. If, for some reason, the canvas stretchers have become warped, you can remove the finished painting and remount it, either on new stretchers or on a rigid support.
Those bits of wood that come with a canvas are called canvas keys, and are for ensuring the canvas remains tight. Photo Â© Marion Boddy-Evans.Licensed to About.com, Inc.f youâve bought an unprimed ready-made canvas, or are stretching your own, donât use keys until after youâve primed the canvas, as priming makes the it more rigid. Some canvases are made with rigid corners, without the option of hammering in a wedge or key.