Protect art and your interior from UV

There’s no doubt, allowing light to flood into our homes is uplifting. With more and more contemporary domestic properties being designed to bring the outside in, it’s clear it positively impacts our lives. But with every silver lining there is a cloud and ultraviolet (UV) is that cloud. It’s the most damaging element of [...]

By |2023-08-17T12:20:53+01:00July 19th, 2023|Help & Advice, 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

A Quick Check – can save your artwork

Spring is coming, traditionally a good time to clean through and freshen up the house. These days we don’t need to do the full Downton Abbey shuffle, but there are still items in our home that benefits from regular inspection. With a little help from your picture framer you should be in possession of [...]

By |2023-01-11T11:49:24+00:00January 10th, 2023|Help & Advice|2 Comments

Displaying and caring for your framed artwork

Spending your hard earned cash on an artwork however it’s created, is a real financial investment, but what makes it priceless is your emotional investment. The fact that you have found it, fallen in love with it and must have it in your space is a value that only you can determine. So you [...]

By |2022-08-08T09:58:28+01:00August 8th, 2022|Help & Advice|0 Comments

Which glazing is right for your artwork?

What difference does it make which glass you use? A question frequently asked, but if you consider there are about 54 glazing options, then that suggests there must be some significant and subtle differences. Glazing technology in the picture framing industry has massively improved over recent years and it can seem like a minefield. Certainly [...]

By |2022-08-09T17:19:13+01:00March 16th, 2022|Help & Advice|2 Comments

Bespoke Versus Ready-made Picture Frames

Generally there are two options when considering framing a piece of work, bespoke or ready-made. The main difference between the two is that bespoke picture frames are designed and hand-made specifically to present your work at its best; ready-made frames are mass produced to standard sizes and of poorer quality materials. The decision of one [...]

By |2022-01-20T15:42:59+00:00January 20th, 2022|Help & Advice|0 Comments

“Exposed” a Unique Art Exhibition

It’s been an amazing experience, actually being a part of an art exhibition in my own right. Not only represented in the artist’s work that I’ve framed, but actually representing myself, my business and my skills. It started way back during the first Covid lockdown in 2020. A group of us who already knew each [...]

By |2022-01-19T23:19:53+00:00October 2nd, 2021|News|0 Comments