We’re a picture framing company based in the North West of England, specifically Stockport, Cheshire.
We focus on custom made picture frames, and advise on the best framing set-up for your art – in terms of your budget, ideal style and conservation requirements.
Our framers are trained to best practice, and we keep well up to date with the trends in the picture framing industry.
Picture Framing Gallery
We have a retail picture framing gallery in Hazel Grove, Stockport.
This is where we showcase our choice of framing moldings and examples of prints, certificates and memorabilia framed in different ways.
Our framers will help you choose the best colours, sizes, layouts, frames and glass to suit your work.
Wholesale Picture Framing Service
We also offer a wholesale framing service for photographers and gallery owners.
Pick-up and delivery can be arranged, and your frames will be presented in a custom made box to protect from damage during transit.
Have a browse around to see some of our framing examples, or contact us if you have any questions.
We’ve recently done some work for a wedding photographer in Stockport who offers a customised service, and one of his special services is a wedding signature print. This is a personalised arrangement of a favourite wedding photo, framed with a large white or cream mount where your guests can sign their name and a personal message for the new married couple.
Here’s an example of one of the signature prints:
Wedding Photo Signature Frame By Rhotography
I have to share this, I noticed it on a wander around the Internet.
Kevin is an artist with character, and among other things, he produces some very quirky artwork.
You can see some of his other work here: Bearskinrug
This project started with a number of photographs and medals:
War Memorabilia
The finished framed collection was quite impressive:
Framed War Memorabilia
Close up of photo with a slip frame
Close up of the medals
Ben Framing A Large Canvas Print
We’ve framed some very large pieces of artwork recently. Sometimes it takes two people to put the frame together.
We’ll also use oversize glass, mountboard and backing board for some items.
You can see Ben here stretching a large canvas that he is about to frame.
Gunnar Computerised Mount Cutter
The next Fine Art Trade Guild meeting for the North West will be on 2nd April 2009.
We’re happy to confirm that Sally from Gunnar will be giving a presentation on cutting mounts.
We will also be voting on the Fine Art Trade Guild North West Awards, if you’ve not prepared something already, then best be quick!
If you would like to attend, please contact us for further details.
Christy is an award winning framer, winner of first and third prize at the Fine Art Trade Guild awards in the North West 2008. She’s also very creative, and thinks up wonderful solutions for framing unusual or awkwardly shaped items.
I was in the workshop and took some photos of her as she worked. She hated me doing this!
She’s here working on an album and a set of music related memorabilia. By this point she had already programmed the mount cutter and cut out the mounts.
Framing a gold album
Lining up the mount
Lining up the record
Some intricate mount cutouts
Taping the memorabilia in place
Taping the memorabilia in place
The Finished Mount
Another quick pose
There is a band called ‘Picture Frame Seduction’… they seem like a friendly bunch.
So this is my Monday morning listening:
If you’re thinking of getting something framed, then read this carefully. We’ve put together a list of common mistakes that we’ve seen when re-framing customer work.
This will be useful if you’re a picture framer, if you enjoy doing DIY picture framing or if you’re planning to get something framed by your local framer.
Remember, these are the mistakes, avoid them if at all possible.
picture stuck to the glass
1. Let your picture touch the glass
When you come to re-frame this botch job, you had better cross your fingers that there’s still an image on the paper and it’s not all stuck to the glass. Here’s an example that Eagle Graphics had to repair on the right:
Always leave a space between the glass and the print. You can do this with a plastic spacer, a slip frame or a mount.
2. Choose your mounts and frame to match the room you’re putting the picture in
Camouflage framing at its best -
“Do you like my new picture?”
“Where on earth is it?”
People have said “I don’t want a blue frame because there’s nothing blue in the room”…. Well, why are you planning on putting this big blue print in the room?
If you frame something to match the room, then you have to re-frame it every time you re-decorate or move house. Frame it to make the print look fabulous, and you have a feature that will go with you anywhere.
3. Use paper instead of a proper card mount
I’ve seen this so many times, people have cut out a hole from the paper that was in the ready made frame. Even if you choose a coloured piece of paper, this still looks very bad.
Always use acid free mount board, and if you don’t have the resources to cut it yourself, then ask a local picture framer, it’s not an expensive job but it makes a huge difference to the finished look.
4. Use cheap mount board
This is fine as long as it is cheap acid free mount board, but if not, then within a year or so, the bevel on your aperture will be a nicotine yellow, and your print may have a burn mark where around the edges.
5. Use cheap backing board
This is similar to the above, the acid will burn the print. Use something like Corri-Cor® Archival Water-Resistant, which will not only be acid free but will also help prevent moisture damaging the print. Corri-Cor® is light weight too, so it’s good for large framing projects.
6. Use a tiny little mount
This will make your framing job look very unprofessional. The proportions will look strange, you will have stripes running around the edge of the print and the overall appearance will be busy. If you have an ample mount, it pushes the frame away so you can focus on the print and not the frame. We recommend a minimum of a 3″ mount on most framing jobs, but if it is a larger print, then you will want a larger depth of mount.
Here’s a good example of a mount that is too small:
If budget is the motivation behind this choice, then leave it in a draw and wait until pay day.
7. Use masking tape or backing tape to stick the print in
Like this guy…
You don’t want to do this because first of all, you will have problems detaching the print if you need to re-frame it, and secondly it may not be acid free.
8. Tape your print to the mount all the way around
Although Minnie has chosen a mount width that is far too small, she does show you how to tape an image in to the mount very well:
9. Cut the print
If you have a limited edition print or an original, then you’ve just massively reduced the value. If you don’t want a large white space, then use a mount to pick out some of the colours from the print.
Summary
This is work in progress, and I will be updating this with new things to avoid when framing a picture, so if you would like to add anything, please leave a comment.
Thank you,
Katrina
We can frame almost everything at Lazy Daisies, for example your baby’s christening outfit, a collection of your favourite photos of your children, hospital tag, baby handprints or footprints.
Frame Baby's Clothes
In the example to the left, we’ve framed a picture of baby, her dress and shoes and cut out some letters (which could be baby’s name), and presented the selection in a spaced frame with a triple mount.
We can guide you on the style, colours and layout to create a unique and personalised set of framed baby photos and memories.
Contact us for more information, or drop in to our Hazel Grove store for some guidance in person.
The Marple shop has now closed. It’s a bit sad, but we will still be available to frame for all our Marple customers from the Hazel Grove Picture Framing shop.
We’ll be maintaining the same high standards of work, as all or frames are made by the same team.
