Bespoke Picture Framing
All our picture frames are hand-made by our small team of framing experts at our onsite workshop. We don't outsource any work, ensuring you get the highest quality frame possible. We use quality mouldings, mount boards and glazing to visually enhance your artwork and protect it for years to come.
We also stretch rolled/loose canvas paintings or canvas prints onto a stretcher frame (which can be hung unframed if desired), using either pre-made stretcher bars, or our own custom milled stretcher bars with keyed corners.
We also offer re-glazing of frames with broken glass, and total re-framing of artworks with old frames that have seen better days.
We can frame almost anything, small or large!
- Paintings and drawings on canvas, board, paper, panels, etc
- Original prints (linocut, woodcut, monoprint, etching, screen-print etc.)
- Fabric works such as cross-stitches, embroideries, tapestries and batiks
- Sports shirts, medals, boxing gloves, golf balls, sports programmes and other sporting memorabilia
- Film and music memorabilia, including posters, vinyl albums and covers, tickets, props, etc.
- Military service medals and badges, vintage photos and postcards, uniforms, and other personal items
- Posters, prints and photographs
- Custom framed mirrors made to any size
Picture Frame Mouldings
We have over 600 mouldings all carried in stock, in both contemporary and traditional styles. From modern black, grey, and white mouldings, to more traditional stained, gilded or solid wood mouldings, to our own range of hand-finished and custom painted mouldings. We can also colour match to existing frames, furniture or interiors. Anything is possible!
Preservation
We offer quality materials as standard, but if the preservation of your artwork is of paramount importance, we can offer 'museum grade' materials such as 100% cotton mountboard, glass with 99% UV light protection, foil tape lining and pH neutral protective backing boards to help protect your artwork from degrading or fading over the decades to come.
Mount Cutting
Our computerised mount cutter can cut picture mounts from the largest mountboards available (up to 1630 x 1120mm), giving us the facility to cut intricate mounts in large quantities with a quicker turnaround than others.
Choose from over 200 mountboards of varying colour, texture and thickness (all carried in stock).
Dry Mounting
Paper works naturally expand and contract with changes in temperature and humidity, sometimes causing your print or photograph to appear wavy/rippled under the glass. This is more likely to occur to larger posters, works on thin paper, work exposed to excessive heat/light, and is more noticeable on glossy prints.
We have multiple pressing facilities to ensure your artwork remains flat: self adhesive boards, a cold-mount motorised roller, a screw-top hot press, and a large hot glass vacuum press. Dry mounting is recommended for aesthetic purposes only; it is usually irreversible and not recommended for works of high value, high sentimental value, or work that cannot be reproduced.
We can also dry-mount onto MDF blocks, foamboard, apply a matt, satin or gloss laminate washable seal, and add a sub-frame if you wish to hang your work 'frameless' and floating away from the wall.
For a budget friendly solution that you can take-away on the spot, we make our own ready-made frames and picture mounts in standard sizes. Using a select few of our more popular mouldings, all of our read-made frames are constructed by hand ourselves using only 100% wood mouldings with 2mm clear glass, 2mm MDF backing and hanging hardware (no paper covered MDF or plastic mouldings here, just real wood). Metal stands can also be added to smaller frames.
Framing hardware, wall fixings/hooks, cord, wire, tape, mountboard, backing board, glass cut to size, moulding by the length, and other framing sundries are also available to purchase.
We also stock ready-made tray frames to fit standard metric size canvases and panels. They are available in black or white, and allow a 5mm gap around your canvas/panel for a floating effect. Simply position your canvas/panel centrally within the frame and screw it in from behind. Blank canvases or plywood panels (primed or unprimed) are also available for each frame.
