When is a frame not a frame?

When is a frame not a frame? When it’s a view? When it’s a hood partially covering a face? When it’s a structure offering a glimpse, a foreground inviting you deeper into a garden? In truth, there are frames everywhere, all different, not all immediately evident, and not all are necessarily deliberate. What they [...]

By |2023-08-18T13:55:23+01:00August 18th, 2023|Interest|0 Comments

What’s going on in the frame?

and why do harlequins often look so whimsical and sad? This poor little chap sure had reason to be. He’s an original design for a stained glass window from the 1960s and I was asked to reframe him. He arrived squashed in the original frame, much too small for his scale. The minute moulding [...]

By |2023-06-09T14:08:11+01:00June 9th, 2023|Help & Advice|0 Comments