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  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: 848
... to make it fit. If you have a small space and a proportional mat won’t fit, I recommend you don’t mat it at all or perhaps use a thin linen frame liner inside the frame. Sometimes you’ve got to break the rules. Fun and funky artwork, intense colors and whimsical pieces often inspire me to break many of the rules above. While I generally feel that ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Thursday, 21 February 2013 | Hits: 453
While Lenny and I own a spacious 5500 square foot gallery, MY office is anything but.  My cubicle is slightly less than 5ft x 5 ft.   (I measured it.)  Add in a desk, a chair, a computer, a purse, a lunch bag, a coat, files, papers and two dogs who sit at my feet and it makes for a very crowded workspace. (Before we remodeled the ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Friday, 11 January 2013 | Hits: 691
... 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: 308
... come in and ask for matting to match the school colors. I usually try to talk them out of it.  A Carolina or Duke blue inner mat doesn’t bother me, but Clemson’s orange and purple does.  We’ve had clients ask us to put these intense colors on outer mats and it makes me cringe when I can’t convince them otherwise. While school colors are ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Friday, 31 May 2013 | Hits: 116
... talking about art on canvas, embellishing refers to painting over areas of the image to enhance color and/or to add brush strokes to the finished work.  Embellishing techniques are as unique as the artists themselves – some use oil paints while others use clear gesso, some have a great deal of texture while others apply a thin layer of paint. In ...
Section: Content | Category: Artists | Date: Friday, 02 March 2012 | Hits: 2722
We’re just cleaning up from our Garmash/Danish show and now we’re getting ready for our Fifth Annual Holiday Open House (Thursday, December 6 from 7-9pm).  Yikes! It’s a quick turnaround! Before the show, we filled our walls with gorgeous Garmashes and Danishes for their show while the rest of our artists cooled their heels ...
Section: Content | Category: Community | Date: Friday, 30 November 2012 | Hits: 597
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: 1122
... the stage in life where you no longer like looking at current photos of yourself. (It’s too depressing.)     I’m not talking about photographic portraits. While they are nice to have, they are not in the same league as an oil painting  by a skilled artist.  A portrait painting becomes an heirloom to be valued for ...
Section: Content | Category: Artists | Date: Thursday, 07 June 2012 | Hits: 1456
... out of the box – anything he can do that is different or unique."  In most cases, that usually involves some type of shadowbox, but not always.  While the purpose of framing is to enhance and protect the artwork, sometimes Will is given the freedom to scratch his creative itch. The results always blow you away. Will recalls: "I’ve ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Friday, 12 October 2012 | Hits: 669
Did you hear about the woman from Concord who, while shopping for a blanket at a local Goodwill store, found two large canvases selling for $9.99 each?  She thought the pieces were ugly and dated, but bought them to paint over since she was an artist herself and canvas that size is expensive.  Her friends noticed a sticker on the back ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Friday, 28 September 2012 | Hits: 575
... everyone’s art.  (In fact, Lenny does it all the time in people’s homes. Hmmm…maybe that’s why we don’t get invited back!)  While it’s a little more time-consuming to hang with two hooks, it will save you the trouble of constantly having to straighten your pictures (or having your friends insult you by doing it for you) and the artwork ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Friday, 03 February 2012 | Hits: 803
... competitions or of men in uniform. It’s a wonderful way to honor a veteran or to remember a significant accomplishment. While this is a small list of the countless framing projects we’ve done over the years, I hope they will give you food for thought as you are creating your holiday gift list.  You can see many of the above framing projects on ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Thursday, 01 December 2011 | Hits: 748
... believe since I don’t feel that old!  I’m pictured on The Art Shop sofa after a staff meeting with Molly & Emma – our two rescued babies. Rescuing dogs is another thing I’m passionate about, but this is a blog about The Art Shop, so I digress. While I love picking out framing in general, I especially love framing invitations and announcements ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Monday, 19 March 2012 | Hits: 758
... and papers. The big question is: How do I enjoy some of these items now while preserving all of them for the future? Since I eagerly anticipate a trip to the Normandy beaches, museums and cemeteries this summer, I want to start my focus on the World War II memorabilia in my possession. Foremost among these items are the Bronze Stars and Purple Heart ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Thursday, 05 April 2012 | Hits: 1679
 
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