Desmond Morris postcards
Our customer came to us with four treasured postcards, sent by Desmond Morris, zoologist, ethologist, and surrealist painter, best known for his 1967 book The Naked Ape; A Zoologist’s Study of the Human Animal. Alongside his academic and media career, Morris continued to create paintings in a Surrealist style. His art career spanned 70 years […]
Myths and Memories
15 February – 22 June 2025 Myths and Memories; Renaissance Maps brings a unique collection of cartographic records of global exploration in the 14th and 15th centuries at the American Museum, Bath. We were asked to provide frames, museum-quality mounts, and UV museum acrylic for this priceless collection of renaissance maps. Among a multitude of […]
A touch of Frost
One of our regular customers brought their highly-collectable Terry Frost print for framing. Sir Terence Frost RA (13 October 1915 to 1 September 2003) was a British abstract artist, who worked in Newlyn, Cornwall. Early in his career he practiced as Barbara Hepworth’s assistant, and was influenced by the ever-changing Cornish environment. Frost’s works are […]
Creature comfort
Mr Badger, ‘Settling in‘, from Kenneth Grahame’s timeless children’s classic Wind-in-the-Willows. Chris Dunn’s exquisite watercolour, giclée printed in a limited edition run. We chose a conservation mount with a v-groove and then added a window mount to convey a sense of looking into his cosy sett design. We chose a frame moulding that felt perfectly […]
Roll up, roll up
A wonderfully whimsical image from the Big Top by Raoul Dufy depicting a pair of trapeze artists in full swing. The quality of the paper, and the aging effect of the decal edge was perfect for surface mounting using pass-through hinges on conservation mount board. Hinge tape is used for fully reversible mounting. An ivory-coloured […]
A labour of love
As soon as we saw this wonderful vibrant print we thought to pick up something of the neon pink and decided to colour the slip inside the frame. We wanted it to resonate without distracting from the print itself. This took much experimentation, and many varying coats of paint to get just the right tone. […]
Christopher Robin and friends
Remembering a chapter of childhood with a collection of Winnie-the-Pooh figures. We attached the figures with a tiny amount of conservation PVA to provide a fully-reversible mounting of these wooden characters, which were then put into a bare-wood box frame with a deep spacer, lined with the same cotton conservation mount board. “Sometimes the smallest […]
Drawn to the light
One of Sarah Gillespie’s ghost-like mezzotint moths appeared in our shop for framing. A lovely velvety image of one of these mysterious night-time creatures, printed on a pulpy paper. We agreed with the customer on the approach of surface mounting, to enjoy the quality of the paper. A deep spacer keeps the glass away from […]
H Goulding Family Butchers
Preserved as a part of Goulding family history, this simple paper bag carried more than just the Sunday lunch. Surface mounted onto conservation board and framed in a deep-rebated plain oak frame to reflect the nostalgic honesty of the time. A great memory. Those were the days; telephone Sherston 268!
A loving spoonful
Years of a grandmother’s home baking, worn into a simple wooden spoon, was too good not be treasured. Surface mounted onto conservation board and then window mounted with a quote that summed-up the sentimental memories. In case the image is too small, it reads “Baking is done out of love, to share with family and […]