• Skip to main content
  • Skip to after header navigation
  • Skip to site footer

Fastframe Cheltenham has a COVID safe plan & ready to Frame, call us on 9557 7576 !

Fastframe

Fastframe

  • Home
  • Framing
  • Restoration
  • Printing
  • Gallery
    • Aboriginal Art
    • Asian Art
    • Canvases
    • Certificates
    • Cross Stitches & Embroidery
    • Masks
    • Memorabilia
    • Military Medals
    • Signing Boards
    • Sporting Jumpers
    • Sporting Medals
    • Stamps & Coins
  • Framing Projects
    • Project Portfolio
    • Military Medals
    • Cross Stitches
    • Family History
    • Memorabilia
    • Restoration
  • FAQ
  • Contact Us

restoration

You are here: Home / Archives for restoration

Birthday Party Signing Boards

04/11/2012 by fastframe

"Signing boards are now a rite of passage for the young. Bar and Bat mitzvah's, 18th's and 21st's. But they shouldn't just be wasted on the young.

One of the Fastframe owners (Sami) celebrated his 60th Birthday a few yeas ago now) and he decided to mark the occasion with a party and a special signing board for his guests to sign. The completed signboard is both a representation of the customers life and an elegant and fun memento for them to reflect on.

Photo Selection

Most signing boards we do for Gen Y's and Z's are a collage of photo's of themselves, friends and family. Recently we've seen an increase in single photo signing boards where parents get some photograph's taken professionally of the star of the party.

Sami wanted something different, more sophisticated, elegant and classic (to match his years).

We collected a number of his passport and drivers licence photographs. These are all taken in a similar manner so we immediately had a continuity of size and pose.

While most of the pictures weren't damaged, when a photograph is enlarged and printed, any imperfections will be magnified. It was therefore decided to enhance and restore the images so that the backgrounds were removed and made uniform, the colours were converted to black and white and sharpened so that the images were crisp. This made the world of difference.

Printing the photographs

Fastframe recenlty bought an Wide Format Printer. This allows us to print beautiful colour correct pictures up to 24inch wide and up to 60inch long !

Framing the Signing Board

Sami wanted a sleek, sophisticated and elegant signing board. We decided that a black matt would complement the photographs best. A white matt would have washed them out and changed the tone of the signing board to fun and festive. On the night, guests were asked to pen their best wishes using a silver pen. By having everyone write in one colour also helps to unify and focus your attention on the photographs before the writing. Multi-coloured pens can result in your attention being distracted.

Sami's framed Signing board

Sami's framed signing board was a huge success! For your next special occassion, think about asking us to design a custom signing board, it will be a wonderful reminder of your day.

Category: Framing, Project, Signing BoardsTag: framing, photographs, printing, restoration, signing boards

Framing Military Medals

04/11/2012 by fastframe

"Framing Military Medals has become a passion of ours. The framing of military medals and the accompanying photographs and memorabilia tells a story about the recipient and their time in history. We pride ourselves on our attention to detail and commitment to respecting the recipients memory.

Best practice for framing Military Medals

To present your medals in the best possible light, firstly they need to be professionally Court Mounted.

Court Mounting is a process where the medals are hand stitched securely to a backing board which is wrapped with the medal ribbon. Court Mounting was originally devised because Queen Victoria didn't like the noise from her courtier's medals 'chinking' together.

In a frame, Court Mounting ensures that the medals are secured and do not swing and hit the glazing.

All our Court Mounting is professionally done by David Hirsh of David Hirsh Medal Mounting.

Customer designed Medal Framing

The Complete framing Design

Next, we need to design the layout of the frame, complete with medals, photographs and memorabilia so that they tell the story of the medals in an aesthetically pleasing way. Often the photographs and memorabilia are in poor condition and will need to be restored and reprinted.

Finishing touches, a Brass Plaque

To finish off the framing of the military medals, we like to include a brass plaque. We can have the brass plaque engraved with the medal recipients details or description of their accomplishments. The brass plaques are similar to those used in museums and art galleries and makes a great addition to framed military medals.

Framed Australian Army Medals, WWII
Framed Australian Army Medals, WWII

Australian Military Resources

The Australian Department of Defence has excellent websites where you can research your families military history. For World War II serviceman and women, their individual service records can be accessed at the WWII Nominal Roll.

Category: Framing, Military Medals, ProjectTag: australian army medals, framing, photographs, restoration

OUR NEW GALLERY

At Fastframe, we have an extensive range of Frames, Matts & Art to suit all tastes. 

OPENING HOURS

Monday: Closed
Tuesday – Friday: 10am to 5pm
Saturday: 10am to 3pm
Sunday: Closed

NEW LOCATION

9 Wanrua Street
(Google shows 19 Wanrua St)
Cheltenham Vic 3192
03 9557 7576 frame@fastframe.net.au


© Copyright 2021 Eromwey Pty Ltd

Return to top