Picture Framing is fulfilling! Some jobs are more satisfying than others. Framing pictures can be very fulfilling if you take the view that your...
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Picture Framing
The articles below are intended to give a feel for the services and products sold by Gadsby’s. If you have a requirement which isn’t represented below it doesn’t mean we can’t help. Please call us and ask.
Music for framing…
Celebrating pictures framers Groglass, a supplier to custom framers everywhere has created a new song / video to celebrate the work of the framing...
Box Framing
Always made to order...We often get asked about box frames, mostly if we sell them ready made. We don’t sell ready made box frames but we can make a...
Framing a Dream Catcher!
Jane gets her Dream Catcher framedThis is my dream catcher, my husband bought it for me years ago from an Navajo Indian reservation in Arizona USA....
Recent Framing Jobs
Between lockdowns the Gadsbys framing team were busy. Here is a small sample of the types of jobs which they did. From Framed Rugby Shirts through...
Framing Vellum Indentures
Framing Indentures We frame a lot of unusual items and these came in fitting that description. There were 4 of them and they are indentures which I...
Picture frame regilded and oil painting cleaned
Regilding a picture frame Sometimes the frame of a picture carries as much sentimental value as the oil painting it holds. So, while we are...
Multiple double mounts
Cutting a multiple double mountSometimes we have a multiple double mount to cut for a customer. To explain what this is our framer took pictures of...
Ready Made Frames
Do it yourself picture framing using standard ready made framesLast time, Jane looked primarily at custom made frames for your pictures. This...
Framing your pictures
I have a picture I’d like to get framed, what is the process?Ready made frames or made to measure frames. Jane walks us through the options and...
Questions for Picture Framers
40 years of picture framing experience Gadsby’s have been framing and restoring pictures since 1898, and I have been working there for forty years...
Was it hard to frame my pictures?
Framing 30 images - all at once Being a Framer provides never ending variety and a window onto the life of other people. Whether it is a football...
Framing – in 3D
Framing 3D Articles As professional framers we recognise that sometimes, for somethings some people will elect to use the D.I.Y. route to framing...
Not all pictures we frame…
can be easily tucked under the arm!
Not everyone likes straight lines…
Straight lines aren’t always best...' Our customer prefers to have her photographs offset rather than in straight lines so we decided on this...
Framing a Football Shirt
Framing a Champion’s Football Shirt When Leicester City Football Club won the Premier Division title in 2015/16 a few lucky fans were to get their...
Framing a Rosette
Box Frame for a Rosette This rosette presented real challenges as it's roughly 60cm long, 10cm wide, and 3cm deep. We chose a backing board to suit...
Framing a Matisse (or two)
Framing a Matisse When Gadsby's framed a Picasso last year we little expected to be following it up with a Matisse so soon afterwards. We definitely...
Framing Picasso’s Drawings & Paintings?
Framing a masterpiece It isn't everyone who gets to see and touch a painting or drawing from one of the greatest painters of all time but maybe the...
Custom Stretched Canvas
Custom stretched Canvas on frame When an artist has 'big ideas' the finished piece might be quite small and delicate. But when an artist has 'big'...
Maundy Money Framed
Framing Coins and Bank Notes ...even Maundy money On Thursday the Queen visited Leicester Cathedral to distribute Maundy money. Leicester was the...
Mounting Boards (in picture frames)
Are your mounting boards acid free? Check your framed pictures to see... Many pictures which were framed several years ago with a mount have a...
Choosing the right frame
...to get the most out of your picture Our previous article looked at the merits of choosing the right mounts so we can now think about the correct...
Picture Framers in Leicester
Gadsby's have been framing pictures in Leicester for more than 100 years. Recently we looked at the options for offering framing services online. We...
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