Chilliwack Bruins Jersey

Hockey season is upon us and it's a great time of year to frame your favorite team jersey. There are lots of options when framing a jersey, ranging from a very simple shadowbox to elaborate designs incorporating memorabilia and photos. This design features a black mat with a specialty cuts custom to the jersey shape giving it a very "tidy" appearance that my customer was after. The jersey is hand-sewn onto the backing-no glues or adhesives are used in this process making it totally reversible if required.Perfect for a family room or media room!

A Charming Woodcut Print

I'm always excited to see woodcut prints come in the shop for framing. This one, entitled "Winter Poems" is only about 5"x7" in size. When you stop for a moment and examine the artwork up close you enter a miniature world of exquisite detail and charm. The customer chose to float-mount the piece so the deckled edges of the hand-made paper would show, and then I recessed the artwork at the back of the frame. A beautiful linen mat outlines the piece, and it is finished with a frame with carved detail, and anti-reflective glass so not to lose one detail! This little woodcut print is a gem - who says bigger is always better?!

The Secret Language of Birds: CD Framing

The best part about framing local musician Lori Paul’s newest CD is that she gave me an extra copy to listen to while I worked on it! The new CD entitled “The Secret Language of Birds” was a real treat to listen to and it looks fabulous in a frame! We chose a bold black linen mat with a bright orange bottom mat to set off the fun colours of the cover artwork, then added an elegant black and gold frame, and non-reflective glass. The mat also features a circular cut-outto outline the CD. After all those hours in the Spiderlodge recording studio, Lori and her partner Rick can count this CD a great musical achievement. Congratulations! To download some song samples from this CD or to find out what Spiderlodge is all about go to
www.spiderlodge.com

Ironman Shadowbox

A customer of mine completed the Ironman Competition in Penticton, B.C. (2009). I say if you swim 3.8km, bike 180km and then run 42km and someone gives you a medal for it, it is worth custom framing!!! We chose a simple black metal frame, and used white, black and red matting for impact. It is not extravagant, but effective and my customer will be proud to hang it on his wall! Hey, he's earned those bragging rights!

Original Oil Painting from Italy

Quite of few of my customers come back from their travels with paintings and prints from all over the world. Often the artwork brings back wonderful memories has great sentimental value but does not look like much all rolled up in a shipping tube! One of my customers bought this lovely oil painting at an outdoor market in Italy. We chose a beautiful distressed frame in a copper tone with an inset linen liner. Often an oil painting needs a liner to give the piece space and avoid a "boxed-in look". The painting was first stretched over wooden stretcher bars, and then placed in the frame. My client was thrilled with the result and now has a little piece of Italy in her living room to enjoy for years to come and remind her of her trip.

Raven Eye by Corey Douglas

This is a piece I framed for a customer today.We chose a rich dark brown mat with a deep yellow/orange coloured bottom mat. Using a dark mat and frame creates a dramatic "window" effect, which pulls the eye right to the artwork. Because the piece has graphic clean lines, the frame also was chosen for its simplicity of shape. The customer chose non-glare glass with UV protection of 97% as this is a limited edition print hand signed by the artist. It is now framed for life. What a difference a frame makes! The artist website is www.modernformline.com.