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1. Framing
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When I got into the business of framing, it didn’t occur to me that selecting a frame would often be an emotional experience. It stands to reason emotions come into play when you consider that people generally frame photos and objects that are of great importance to them. (Of course, there was the client who shadowboxed a rock only to inform us later ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Friday, 10 August 2012 | Hits: 1084
... expensive options. And here’s why this matters in terms of framing.  For most of our customers, picking out a frame and mats is great fun!  Your focus is on color and style and how your choices enhance what you’re framing. And while we relish helping you in this process, we’re also concerned about the quality of our materials, the workmanship ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Thursday, 04 April 2013 | Hits: 274
“We hope to inform and keep you up-to-date on the latest in the art and custom-framing world and make you laugh occasionally in the process.” That’s what I wrote at the end of our first blog on November 1, 2011. I realize now I left out something very important in that line.  Through our blog, we want you get to know us as individuals ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Friday, 03 May 2013 | Hits: 206
Hello and welcome to The Art SHOPTALK!  In case you don’t know us, we are a 5500-square foot state-of-the-art fine art and framing gallery.  While we are physically located in Greensboro, North Carolina, we have shipped art and framing to as far away places as Australia, Spain and Russia.  Thanks to the Internet, our customer base is ...
Section: Content | Category: Community | Date: Tuesday, 01 November 2011 | Hits: 1099
The best gifts - the ones most appreciated and remembered years later- are those that have special meaning to the recipient. Custom framing gives you the opportunity to give someone a unique and meaningful gift.  With the holidays approaching, I thought it might be helpful to share some examples of wonderful framed gifts: A man’s pocket ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Thursday, 01 December 2011 | Hits: 727
Webster’s defines "challenge" as "a stimulating task or problem." And that is what our Production Director Chris Taylor loves.  Whenever we have a framing question or tough framing problem to solve, the answer is usually, "Let’s ask Chris." Chris joined The Art Shop in 2000.  Having studied engineering ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Friday, 20 July 2012 | Hits: 691
  One of our favorite sayings is "If it isn’t moving, we can frame it."  (We were tested once while framing huge spider.  IT MOVED! The framer had extensive therapy and is doing fine now. Thank you.) When you work with clients on framing projects, you often have a window into their lives and it can be a rather intimate experience.  ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Tuesday, 10 January 2012 | Hits: 827
... value. We’ve discussed this in previous blogs, but it bears repeating:  Whether your art has sentimental or significant value, it needs to be evaluated.  Original art needs periodic cleaning and revarnishing and paper art or photos framed many years ago may need reframing with conservation materials.  You are the "steward" ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Friday, 28 September 2012 | Hits: 559
By divine intervention in May of 2010, William Christopher Hawkins dropped off a resume just as we were in need of an additional framer.  We took one look at samples of his work – including gorgeous shadowboxes, original artwork and intricately cut mats - and hired him on the spot.   Will’s favorite type of framing is "anything ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Friday, 12 October 2012 | Hits: 632
This Sunday will be Andy’s 15 year anniversary at The Art Shop! When Gallery Director Andy McAfee joined The Art Shop on July 1, 1997, his goal was to help make The Art Shop an award-winning internationally known art and framing gallery. The Art Shop was voted Top Gallery of the Year for five straight years by DÉCOR MAGAZINE, so I’d say he achieved ...
Section: Content | Category: Community | Date: Friday, 22 June 2012 | Hits: 1039
... – no great tragedy to mankind, but a great tragedy for us. Think about the number of old photos you have stuffed into shoeboxes or in old non-archival albums and how easily they can be destroyed.  Framing a few of them would allow you to preserve and enjoy them.  Scanning and saving them digitally gives you a backup in case something ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Friday, 13 July 2012 | Hits: 1245
13. Memories
... Notice the red brick had been painted over and we had a very colorful sign and logo.  After a major remodel in 1991, we won “Most Improved Property” by the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce.  No matter how great the remodel was, it was a very old building, so we jumped at the chance to build a new, state of the art framing ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Friday, 11 January 2013 | Hits: 667
... it to an experienced professional to have it varnished. Were your prints originally framed over 20 years ago? Conservation framing techniques weren’t widely used at that time, so chances are good your artwork is being exposed to acidic materials that will damage it and to non-UV-filtering glass that will allow fading.  Like everything ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Friday, 10 February 2012 | Hits: 780
... we are surrounded by discounters and big box stores that advertise 50 - 80% off custom framing. How do we compete with them?  Easy answer.  We don’t.  This may sound smug, but does Lexus compete with Hundai?  Of course, we wouldn’t be in business this long if we didn’t price ourselves competitively, but just like the salon I mentioned ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Monday, 26 December 2011 | Hits: 1033
 
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