What can we Frame?
Pretty much anything – some of the largest things we have framed have needed special fixings to hang!
Framing – we will find a way!
Gadsby’s (Leicester) have framed thousands of things in the last 100+ years.
- Prior to the 1950’s we mainly framed oils, watercolours, charcoal and pencil sketches with a very few photographs
- In the 50’s and 60’s the focus continued on oils, watercolours and pencil sketches
- The 70’s and 80’s saw acrylics and photographs as the biggest growth areas
- The 90’s was the boom time for memorabelia
- For the last 20+ years we have seen a much wider variety of things being framed
Framing today includes:
- Paintings – of all sorts
- Photographs (singles and multiples)
- Tapestries
- Needlepoint
- Pencraft
- Calligraphy
- Posters
- Medals
- Pennants
- Screws / bolts / nuts
- Wedding bouquets
- Wedding cake decorations
- Children’s shoes
- Coins
- Certificates
- Shirts / Shorts
- Gloves
- Boots
- Pipes (smokers)
- Bats / rackets
- Balls
Thinking of getting something framed?
How to choose a frame
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Common framing styles
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Framing process & techniques
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Recent framing related blog posts…
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 the process. We have an example below that came in last week. This includes openings for four pictures and in this case...
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 article concentrates on the do-it-yourself market using standard ready made frames. Jane provides some sample prices (accurate...
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 process to frame your picture. Ready made picture frames We have a wide selection of ready made frames (if your picture is a...
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