This pair of beautiful images are done with a marbling technique, ink floated on water and then paper floated over that to pick up the ink...at least I'm guessing that's how they've been done :-) We've framed them in matching oak frames, but used different coloured mounts to enhance each individual picture. A couple of very unusual and very interesting pictures.
A lovely batik piece here that we've framed very simply with a thin stained oak frame, plain mount and diffuse glass. Sometimes you don't want the frame to shout and draw your eye to the artwork, this was one of those occasions, the beautiful artwork is all the better for being simply presented.
We've framed up at least a dozen African pieces similar to this one over the last couple of months. Very evocative pieces that people have picked up on their travels, rolled into a tube and brought home with them to be framed...they present a variety of challenges depending on how the customer wants them framed and what the artist has painted them on....we did one that the customer wanted stretched like a canvas, but the artist had painted in on a very thin bed sheet....that required a delicate touch...:-) This piece was much simpler, painted on a good solid support we were free to frame in anyway we liked. As you can see, we went for a deep oak frame which we simply waxed. A double mount with blue at the bottom and a matching blue sidewall to reflect the colours in the artwork. The customer was really delighted with the end result and the piece can now take pride of place and remind them of their adventures. :-)
"Which came first?" A Giclee print from an original pastel by Nic Vickery, we've gone for a simple wide oak frame and it looks lovely :-)
You can find more of Nic's work at https://www.facebook.com/nicvickeryanimalartist
We've framed up this print of Jericho in Oxford by Mavis Burley today. As with yesterday's framing post we've used a colour spacer to compliment one of the colours in the piece and on this occasion we've used a simple oak frame to finish things off. :-)
Here's the tapestry all framed up. There's quite a bit going on behind the scenes in this one, so I'll try and do a more detailed explanation of how it's all put together at a later date (need sleep now ;-))
We've used a deep oak frame with a double mount, birch over vanilla...unusually sensible colour names in this instance :-). Really shows the piece off well :-)
Just pinning this tapestry, it's now all ready for the back to be laced. This allows us to get an even tension across the piece, keeping it straight and flat. Off to build the frame now, I'll show you the finished article tomorrow when I've assembled all the pieces :-)
Here's a beautiful ink and watercolour piece by Lorna Marrison. We've gone for a waxed oak frame with triple mount on this one. You can find more of Lorna's work at http://www.lornamarrison.com/
This is the large oak frame we were working on the other day...always exciting cutting the glass for these :-)
Here are a couple of the smaller oak frames we were building yesterday. One has had a dark stain, one is natural, both waxed and now surrounding some lovely prints. The upper one is by Gemma Pearce, the lower one by Anna Dillon.
This is one of my paintings that I've framed in a dark wooden tray with a waxed oak frame. It's on show at the SOTA gallery in Witney currently and I'll be in there this Friday doing a painting demonstration on a similar portrait :-) call in and say hi if you're in the area :-)
Working on a very large oak frame today...had lots of fun cutting the glass for this piece ;-)
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