Old Photos

 

We've been working on these photos this morning, the top one came in the beautiful antique frame and needed a bit of tidying, cleaning and a new mount. The one at the bottom we've made in a similar frame and added an oval mount as the original photo was an oval. Both are really fascinating images to look at and now have lovely period style frames to show them off :-)

 

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Bryn helping out today :-)

 

This gessoed frame is getting a couple of coats of primer today all ready for painting tomorrow. We've also got a torn canvas in for restoration along with a watercolour that needs frame repairs...a busy and carried day :-)

 

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Reframing

 

We've been reframing this beautiful ink drawing this morning. It came into us in a rather tired white frame which gave the piece a cold, worn look. Rather than using a white mount as was originally used, we've used a light, off green mount which is a much better match for the paper the work has been done on. Then we've echoed the chunky black frame with a deep black bevel under the mount that really makes this piece sing once more :-)

 

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Black and Red frame

 

Here's the frame that was bright red the other day...it was then coated in black and gently rubbed back to let some of the red show through, then a wax and polish and this is the finished look :-)

 

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Handmade frame all finished

 

LOTS of framing going on in the studio at the moment, but much of it is for Christmas presents, so I'm not posting too much in here:-)

 

Here's one thing we can post though, the finished handmade frame we put together recently. A gessoed outer frame with a painted inner tray, and a coloured spacer. :-)

 

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Custom, handmade frames

 

Setting up various sample pieces for a custom, handmade frame today. We've got a swept outer frame which has been gessoed, painted and waxed. Then we have a spacer in a highlight colour to draw out some of the colours in the painting. Then we have a back wall and small inner frame to hold the painting, these have been painted and waxed to match the outer frame. We're still discussing a couple of other options, so the final frame may differ a little :-)

These custom frames can be build in many styles and 'any' colour you desire, so they're perfect for that special piece of artwork that you really want to sing in your home :-)

 

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Waxing...

 

A selection of pieces in the workshop being waxed this afternoon...the place smells fantastic :-)

 

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Some sample frames

We've had a big clean up in the cutting room today and started on a large collection of samples for various customers. A tiring, but productive day :-)

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New oak frames

Here are some of the new oak samples we've added to our range this week along with a couple of rough finish samples that we've got in for a customer.

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Reframing

This gorgeous watercolour came in for reframing having been dropped and damaged, a new silver moulding and a clean have restored it to its former glory :-)

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Old meets new

We've been reframing a beautiful old watercolour today as part of a set of frames for a customer. A couple of the pieces were older and a couple modern prints, we've framed all of them in waxed oak and the others were all done with double mounts. However on this one we wanted to hold onto a little more of the history of the piece, so we've used a gold fillet instead of a second mount. I've rubbed the gold back a little to reveal some of the red clay underneath, this gives it a better match to the painting, the red being seen in the rooftops in the painting, and the slightly distressed look of the gold balancing the age of the picture.

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From old to new

We've had a couple of lovely old watercolours in for reframing this week, they arrived in this state.....

They're going back to their home in a Cornish holiday cottage, so we've framed them both in oak, one simply waxed, one limed to add to the seaside feel.

 

It's really refreshened them both and allowed some beautiful old paintings to be viewed anew.

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