Memorabilia

Have you ever been on holidays and bought a painting from a local market to remind yourself of the good times you had?

If so, bring that painting down to Fastframe and we'll make it look like a masterpiece!

Take as an example these pretty paintings from France.

Our customer bought them unframed or stretched from a market in Paris.

Our first step was to stretch the canvases, however without a frame they are lost.

We wanted to enhance the romanticism of the paintings, so added a sweet, intricately detailed frame. The small pattern highlights the prettiness of the paintings, without overwhelming them.

We then recessed a plain, white, wooden frame around each framed painting. This makes them stand away from the wall like little windows into her holiday.

Sometimes we get unusual objects to frame.

Take the case of this plaster Elephant freeze; it's quite small at only 5 x 15 cm.

As the freeze is quite intricate we wanted to draw the viewer into the artwork whilst creating a statement piece. We decided that mutliple frames would create the best impact.

We added a thick, black, wood grain frame; covering the damage and exposed plaster. This worked well with the freeze but the customer wanted something larger. As the freeze was a memento of her travels, we then added a bronze frame with a pattern that reflected the ethnicity of the work and matched the colour of the freeze perfectly. The final frame we added was a detailed black frame that added gravitas and size.

Finally, we added AR Reflection free glass.  AR glass is invisible, so it feels like you can touch the carving. The final dimensions were 28 x 38cm.

The process of turning our small delicate freeze into a work of art can be see in this video.

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