I work with a lot of artist clients and frame a wide range of pieces. Sometimes I will know where the framed work is heading (whether a gallery or a private purchase) but other times I may frame a single piece in isolation, or create a frame for a piece which has no defined destination yet. Gairloch based artist Fiona…
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A frame can make a huge difference to the artwork or objects inside. I recently re-framed this series of knots to create a statement piece for display. The original frame was very dark and cramped with the knots arranged in a bit of a haphazard way. I designed a layout which took into account the size and shape of…
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I was delighted to take part in the very first Handmade Edinburgh this month, at The Hub on the Royal Mile, just a stone’s throw from Edinburgh Castle. The team at Handmade in Britain have been running a very successful show in Chelsea for the last 10 years but this is the first time the Handmade show has come to…
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I love to frame objects which are sentimental and have a special memory attached. These latest baby shoes were super cute as well as being nostalgic. Both pairs were gorgeous but needed a slightly different style of frame to match their individual characters. The little pink crochet shoes were very delicate and I made a limed ash frame to keep…
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The major art installation, ‘Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red‘, was produced to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. Artists Paul Cummins and Tom Piper created 888,246 ceramic poppies to fill the Tower of London’s moat between July to November 2014. I had the pleasure of framing a small selection of these ceramic poppies….
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