Art

Katrina on March 29th, 2010

If you’re planning to display your work in an art exhibition, you will need to consider how to display and hang your work.  Here are a couple of tips: If the exhibition is going to run for a long period of time, it’s worth framing your work behind glass to protect it from dust and [...]

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Katrina on February 11th, 2009

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

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Katrina on November 29th, 2008

Christy’s been creative again with her mounts. Here’s an example of one of her cut outs. This shape was chosen because the set of cross stitch embroideries were in the style of Rennie Mackintosh.  

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Katrina on November 29th, 2008

Well… it was a very cold day, but we managed to please a few people. Florence Coates won the prize draw for £100 to spend in store… and rather than the raffle that we had anticipated, she won at the toss of a coin! It just shows that you have got a great chance to [...]

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Katrina on November 22nd, 2008

I’m pleased to say that Tony Gallagher is now North West Master Of The Fine Art Trade Guild. The Fine Art Trade Guild is the association that represents the art and framing industry. It promotes best practices, and helps inform members, so we can all improve. The vote was made on Thursday night (20th November [...]

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Katrina on November 18th, 2008

We’re having a grand opening event on Saturday 22nd November for the Marple branch of Lazy Daisies. We will have : face painting & balloons lots of original paintings hand made greetings cards by Jane Forster & Margaret Steeden 20% off everything in store & all framing orders on the day (Except original art) a [...]

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tony on April 6th, 2008

We’re looking forward to the Regional Framing Award organised by the Fine Art Trade Guild at the end of this month. This a competition for all framers in the North West. It will be judged by Branch members and others, at the next Branch Event on 24 April 2008. You don’t have to be a [...]

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This event happened in the past We’re having a big clearout to make space for our new look gallery; We’ve got a massive collection of open edition and limited edition pictures and prints, greetings cards and mirrors, some stock is framed in ornate or modern frames, and some prints are available without frames.

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Christy on January 29th, 2007

With valentines day only round the corner, we have been busy preparing for the occasion with a few small pictures… or if you dont find anything to your taste (which is highly unlikely) there are plenty of mirrors on sale at the moment too- everyone will appreciate the picture in those!

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