We have had more than one Customer asking us if he or she can  "do my own picture framing"  our premises and unfortunately the answer is, always no.  While we certainly would have the requisite knowledge and experience, supervising D.Y.O. students and conducting  classes is not what we do. One of  the  reasons for this is that we do not believe that picture framing classes, or teaching D.Y.O. picture framing, are viable commercial propositions, nowadays.  Certainly 30, 20, even 10 years ago this business model did work, but not today.  The average Customers today is very much time-poor and has better things to do than to spend time and money trying to make ...

We are occasionally asked if part of our picture framing customer service is to ring Customers when we have completed their picture frames. We reply that we generally do so only when a Customers requests it because for the majority of picture framing jobs, there's no need to. When you bring your print, photo poster or artwork to be picture framed we will always give you a pick-up or a collection date. This applies to 98% of all framing jobs. We find that this system works better for both Customers and ourselves. The only exceptions are special jobs requiring special treatment, different handling or ...

They're not there any more because they've gone bust, broke, closed their doors and the owners have shut the business down! From the once rich, booming, westernmost capital city of Perth to the staid, conservative, southernmost capital city of Hobart, art galleries are going out of business as perhaps these never have. There are several reason for this but, in the main, there aren't enough customers, people aren't buying as often and the few who do spend a lot less than they used to. Perth gallery owners complain ...

So, how to get home with picture frames, especially large ones?  The photograph shown here succinctly depicts how some Customers leave our store with their   newly-purchased picture frames and load them into their cars for their trip home. Not uncommonly what we see, horrifies us! With little or even medium sized picture frames we don't see all that much wrong but with larger size (90cm plus wide) picture frames we witness customers' loading misdeeds which inflict visual tortures to our picture framers' hearts and minds. We appreciate that mums with kids are busy but they really seem to be ...

We need to first mention that the range of Art Deco mirrors sold in our Online Store are not original 1930's pieces but locally made, contemporary or modern reproductions. Original, period Art Deco mirrors, can sell for tens of thousands of dollars and will not be found on ordinary, commercial sites. Look for these instead but on dedicated, specialist online antiques resellers. The mirror, or looking-such glass, as it was anciently called, was a very early development of human engineering. From...

What? You want to be  a picture framer? Do you know what you're letting yourself in for? If not, here are some facts about picture framers, picture framing and the picture framing industry in general. Currently there are almost no jobs, vacancies or employment opportunities in our industry. An Australian Job Search for picture framer vacancies on 20 February  2020 yielded zero vacancies, either part or full time. Searches with other job sites were just as disappointing. There were 2 or 3 more jobs here and there but all were ...

Simply said, a shadow box picture frame has at least one raised window mat that will cast a shadow on the artwork whereas a hasn't. In the example photo shown here the light blue mat is raised and casts a shadow over the child's artwork underneath. And while there are other matting and spacing variations, this is the main variation between the two styles. Again referring to the self-same illustration, many shadow box frames have one or more mats  recessed at the  bottom of the ...

No, but we can at least refer to oldest, known, surviving picture frame now at the British Museum in London. It is a Roman-era, wood-framed, mixed tempera portrait of a woman, with extant, hanging cord of palm fibre, made in Egypt at about AD 50-70. It would seem that as soon on as man (or a woman) learned to draw picture of his loved ones on some portable media, such as wood .. .panel, he would also have wanted it to put a frame around it and hang it. And while the British Museum picture frame is over  two ...

To the oft-asked question "Is it safe to use glass to frame big posters?"  we answer, yes, and we'll also blog about this because we've come across it a few times in the last few months or so. It generally goes like this: a Customer rings us wanting to frame a "big" picture or print with Perspex instead of glass. We query if the picture frame is for a hospital, a children's environment, an aged care home or a high-traffic area. No the customer says. It's just that they have a "really big" picture and he or she has been told to use plastic or perspex instead of glass. They've been told that either a glass sheets of that size isn't available, or, a glass that size would be "too heavy" and "too dangerous" .....

Yes. We do have several pictures and references on this site about the picture framing of football and other sports' jumpers, guernseys,  jerseys or tops. But to expand, yes, we do picture frame football jumpers  and also publish online or our prices information for the 3 most popular framing options. We only use quality methods and acid-free materials for this specialized picture .. framing and can incorporate into the picture frame photos, medals, ribbons, letters, engraved plaques and ...