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 Kim Lordier for “On the Threshold”
“This series of paintings is based on the exploration of dusk to dawn,” Kim Lordier says of her work in our new show opening this coming Saturday. The show is titled “On the Threshold,” and Kim has captured its theme with her representations of &... continue reading.
Framing Ellen Howard for “On the Threshold”
A week from Saturday is the opening of our new show, “On the Threshold: Ellen Howard, Tia Kratter, and Kim Lordier,” and we’re framing up a storm. This beautiful autumn scene is Ellen’s “Interconnected,” an oil on panel, 16″ x 20″, which ... continue reading.
Framing Hedwig Casprzig’s Big Cats
Hedwig Casprzig (1886 – 1958) was an outstanding German wildlife painter. We recently had the honor of framing two of the artist’s paintings of big cats. The first one here, a lion’s head Casprzig painted in oil on canvas, is 25-1/2″ x 21″.... continue reading.
Debey Zito and Terry Schmitt
There’s a key principle of the Arts and Crafts Movement that few artisans fully grasp; and of those who have, even fewer have pursued and found the opportunities to apply their understanding. That principle is the unity of the arts, and it’s only at the arch... continue reading.
Apple Sauce, Suitably Framed
Yesterday I posted (here) about the David Lance Goines woodcut prints we’re offering, all from “Thirty Recipes Suitable for Framing,” which Goines did with his friend Alice Waters around 1970—just as she was about to open her now world-renowned resta... continue reading.
David Goines-Alice Waters Recipes Suitable for Framing
Several months ago we came into a set of the prints that the late graphic artist and printer David Lance Goines produced around 1970 illustrating recipes by his one-time girlfriend and famed chef Alice Waters of Chez Panisse. The complete folio is titled “Thirty R... continue reading.
Framing Eric Bowman
While it’s true that we work in what’s called the cabinetmaker’s frame tradition and regard ourselves as essentially furniture makers, or—the older description I prefer—joiners, who make picture frames, we almost never take on furniture projects. P... continue reading.
Paul Kratter Demo This Saturday
As part of our one man show, Paul Kratter: View Through the Trees, the artist will do a painting demonstration here in the Gallery this Saturday, June 3 from 10 to 12. It’s free and open to all, but seating will be limited. One of the stars of California’s t... continue reading.
Framing a William Seltzer Rice Nautical Print
Over the years, we’ve framed quite a few works by William Seltzer Rice, and just recently had a few more come in. I especially love Rice’s nautical prints—like this one, “Ships of Yesterday” (ca. 1926), which we just framed for Gus Bostrom of C... continue reading.