A Frame-Maker’s Journal
Updates and reflections on our work and mission to revive the art and craft of framing pictures. Here I'll show you new jobs we're especially proud of and keep you up on what's going on at the Gallery, as well as discuss topics germane to our work, including handcraft and work generally, the place of art, and ideals of the Arts and Crafts Movement (especially its greatest leaders, John Ruskin and William Morris).
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—Tim Holton
Framing Edgar Payne
When today’s California landscape painters talk about the tradition that inspires them, the name of Edgar Alwin Payne (1883-1947) invariably comes up. We recently had the honor of framing Payne’s 14″ x 14″ gouache titled “Sierra Vastness.” The painting all but designed its own frame, a No. 143.6 CV— 3″ with carved cushion back edge, […]
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A Little Bit World Famous
This month, for the third time in the past year, we’ve been chosen by our industry’s trade publication, Picture Framing Magazine, for its Design of the Month honors. And this time the featured piece, our framing of an important antique Dutch map of the world... continue reading.
Spring Thaw
Here’s another work by the brilliant William Seltzer Rice (1873-1963)—and, as we arrive at the threshold of spring, a timely one. The 8-3/4″ x 12″ woodblock, dating from about 1920, is titled “The Spring Thaw.” I made a 2″ wide waln... continue reading.
Framing a C.F.A. Voysey Tile Design
We recently enjoyed framing this tile design by the great English Arts and Crafts architect and designer C.F.A. Voysey for Bernard Goldberg Fine Arts in New York. The design measures about 10″ x 7″. I made it a flat walnut frame that’s 2-1/2″ wid... continue reading.
Peek and Perkins Opening
We had a beautiful opening reception for our current show, “Carol Peek and Davis Perkins: Painting the West”, celebrating the two artists and their glorious work. The great fondness these two old friends have for each other and the shared love of the western... continue reading.
Framing Carol Peek and Davis Perkins
With great anticipation, this week we’re finishing framing and hanging our new show, Carol Peek and Davis Perkins: Painting the West. This Saturday is the opening, which we’ll celebrate with a reception for the artists. Davis Perkins says, Carol Peek has bee... continue reading.
Framing Clyde Aspevig
The first time I heard the name Clyde Aspevig it was Sharon Calahan singing his praises. I finally got the honor of framing one of the Montana painter’s works a month or so ago when a couple brought in this 18″ x 24″ oil, “Wyoming Vista.” W... continue reading.
Framing Bertha Lum
This is a color woodcut titled “Lung Fu Sou” and made by American artist Bertha Lum (1879-1954) in 1924 based on a photograph she took of a market she encountered on her travels in China. We set the 9-1/2″ x 10-1/2″ print in a 2-1/2″ wide plain 4-p... continue reading.
Framing Thomas Kegler’s White Roses
Had the pleasure of framing this very sweet little 10″ x 8″ painting by Western New York painter Thomas Kegler (b. 1970), “White Roses, Song of Solomon, 2:12.” The 2″ wide frame profile is a flat with a chamfered sight edge and a back that ... continue reading.