It has been our experience, and in particular during these last 20 years or so of custom picture framing, that
Customers seem to be wanting to spend less and less for any kind of custom picture framing, hence this post "How to cheaply stretch and frame your own counted cross stitch" . We are finding that most people baulk at even moderate custom picture framing prices, wanting to spend as little as possible on custom picture frames, even less than what they used to, years ago. Why this is so is beyond the scope of this ...
The chimera of the loyalty of customers
Posted on Category: Picture Framing Industry InsightsBy:A chimera is myth, delusion or illusion of something that is widely thought or believed to exist, but when rationally
examined or investigated, is found not to be so, hence this post "The chimera of the loyalty of customers" .When we began our picture framing business, during the last millennium, or nigh on half a century ago, customer loyalty was the credo that small, local businesses would unquestioningly believe, seek and pursue. Verily, we practised this belief ourselves and preached it ...
Why “composite wood” MDF picture frames are supplanting “real wood” picture frames
Posted on Category: Frequently Asked Questions ( FAQs )By:In a nutshell, this is happening because more customers want cheap picture frames than expensive picture frames
it’s that simple, hence this post " Thank you for reading our post "Why "composite wood" MDF picture frames are supplanting "real wood". But the reasons for and background to this answer are deeper and more, complicated. From the probable beginnings of approximately 2000 years ago men ( and women ) cut real wood from real tree forests to make the four sticks needed for a picture frame ...
Framing graffiti art : Controversial art or visual abomination?
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The framing of graffiti art, whether controversial art or visual abomination, is a big question. Where did graffiti come from: The word graffiti comes from the Italian nouns “graffito” and “graffio” meaning
“a little scratch”. It has been assimilated into the English language to denote any casual writing or design marked on a wall or timber structure. Oddly enough though, if it’s been done on a rock it’s rack it’ called a petroglyph. There’s no great need to describe what a graffito or graffiti are. The oldest ones seem to date back tp 2,500 years BC and, unsurprisingly, are erotic and depict both genitalia and coitus thus ...
Our five most popular shadow box frames questions
Posted on Category: Frequently Asked Questions ( FAQs )By:What are Shadow Box frames? This post "Our five most popular shadow box frames questions" will address this and other questions. These specialized picture frames are essentially the same as normal picture frames but with
several different features. Firstly the moulding, or frame, is much deeper at its side. For instance a normal moulding could be 4cms wide x 2cms high. With shadow box mouldings the proportions are reversed so that it would be 2cms wide x 4cms high, thus giving frames that ‘boxy’ look.
As the frame is deeper, and since a window mat, glass and backing are quite thin, perhaps making up .5 cm of the ...
Planning your first art exhibition
Posted on Category: Frame Types & StylesBy:So, you’ve been doodling, drawing, painting, sculpting, modelling, welding, photographing or otherwise crafting your art for years. Now you are confident and read
y and want the world to see your artistic works which deserves to be seen, viewed, admired and hopefully, sold. Having curated the picture framing and picture frames aspect of exhibitions for many years, we can suggest a few helpful ways towards your inaugural show and hence our post "Planning your first art exhibition". Plan your exhibition: It always pays to mindmap one’s art exhibitions, especially inaugural ones. You will find it ...
How to sell your home faster, quicker and easier
Posted on Category: Picture Framing Industry InsightsBy:We have noticed an increasing number of customers coming to us with dated and aged, framed art which requires re-framing. During the framing consultations
it often transpires that the customer is “doing the place up” as they are putting the property on the market. And just as often, advise and tips are exchanged on some of the helpful strategies to make a property more appealing, more inviting , and hence, quicker to attract bids. and sell. Below we list some of these useful approaches to make your home more appealing and inviting: 1.Re-frame your dated and so-yesterday picture frames, photo frames and ...
Six ways of reusing and recycling old photo frames and picture frames
Posted on Category: Frame Types & StylesBy:Who hasn’t some old, spare picture frame, poster frame or photo frame tucked away in the garage or spare bedroom? Hence our post "Six ways of reusing
and recycling old photo frames and picture frames". The answer is, not many of us. According to US statistics, about 82% of us do just that, keep old house hold accessories and furniture for more than 2 years. Well then, let’s explore the many, different ways we can recycle or reuse all those picture frames for or towards more good use, with minimal work.
1. Make a Chalkboard. Take the existing ..
Of styles and trends: The empty white walls minimalist polemic
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This happens even before walking into a new spec, or recently renovated home, hence our post "Of styles and trends: The empty white walls minimalist polemic". You know the feel, you recognize the
look and you know what to expect, right? Basically it’s about all, bare, white or pale empty walls, bare floors and sparse furnishings. It’s minimalism at its worst, and ugliest, maybe. Well, it’s definitely the ugliest for picture framers because the average home seems to now feature one quarter of the wall décor it had twenty years ago. And by definition, this means that they're only doing one quarter of the work they did a ..
Why has my picture gone all weird, wonky, bubbly and funny?
Posted on Category: Frequently Asked Questions ( FAQs )By:Every now and then we get Customers either bringing framed art similar to the one shown here or ringing in about this predicament, hence this post "Why has my pict
ure gone all weird, wonky, bubbly and funny?". The problem is, in most cases this: the document, photo, print or art has been simply shoved or crammed, unmounted, in a tight picture frame. With the passing of the time and seasons, heat, humidity and other factors, the framed art has expanded, or grown larger, in both height and width. In doing so, the art has hit the hard sides of the frame and, not having room to move or anywhere else to go, it has begun ...


