Framing
Welcome to your framer's workshop!
Your framer is passionate about framing and puts all her know-how into making high quality frames. She uses traditional techniques to frame your artworks, photographs, posters and decorative objects to protect and enhance them according to your taste and interior style.
Your framer works with a wide selection of frames to provide you with a unique and personalised frame that perfectly suits your room. She knows how to select colours, textures and styles to showcase your subject in the best possible way.
I pride myself on providing a personalized service. I work with you to understand your needs and tastes, to create a unique and bespoke frame for your subject. I also offer advice on matting, glass and UV protection choices to protect your work in the best possible conditions.
Come and visit me in my studio and discover the quality of my services and my skills. I look forward to working with you!
Framing under glass or acrylic glass
The subject is framed under glass or acrylic glass to protect it from dust, light and external aggressions (air, alterations by touch…). Acrylic glass is often used for its lightness; however, it is more exposed to scratches from regular maintenance as well as the potential displacement of the work.
Framing with moulding
This technique is the most common, using a wooden or metal moulding to frame the subject. The moulding can be of different shapes (simple or complex), colours and textures to suit the work.
Framing with mount card and/or bevel
This involves creating an empty space around the subject using a different coloured or textured cardboard. This protects the work from glass damage and creates a more interesting visual effect of depth.
Framing in American box
This technique requires fixing a subject on a wooden panel (more or less large depending on the desired effect) and then framing this panel with a wooden frame. This allows the work to be seen in its entirety, including the edges; it also creates an interesting shadow effect.
Floating framing
This involves fixing the subject within the frame with a visible margin around it; the work is often fixed on glass or plexiglass. This creates a floating effect of the subject within the frame, highlighting its edges and details.
Framing with border paper
This is a traditional craft technique that allows you to frame a subject on paper such as watercolours, drawings, prints or photographs without using a wooden or metal frame. The frame is made of mounting paper with a variety of colours, textures and patterns. This paper is folded over the edges of the glass above the work to create a thin border that gives the illusion of a frame without using wood.
However, this technique is only applicable to sizes smaller than 40cm by 50cm to ensure optimal conservation over time.
Framing in a box
It involves creating a box inside the frame to hold the work. This technique is often used for volume objects such as sculptures, jewellery, medals, t-shirts…
Each framing technique has its advantages and disadvantages, and it is important to choose the one that best suits your subject and your decorating style.
Lavis Technique
This is a traditional technique often used with watercolour paint. It creates transparency, lightness and fluidity in the paint.
To create a lavis, the artist must prepare the colour by diluting it with water to create a liquid, transparent solution. The support (often paper) is prepared by wetting it with clean water. The solution is then applied to the surface with a soft, absorbent brush. The artist must work quickly so that the solution does not dry out before it is spread evenly over the surface.
In framing, the lavis technique can be used to colour or tint the passe-partout, which gives a personal and artistic touch to the frame. It was very often used to highlight old prints.
