We have been looking for a way to revamp our blog on picture framing in Brisbane. Hope you like it.
Having opened ARTIS PURA within the Woolloongabba Art Gallery I am excited daily by the amazing art that comes through the doors. Wanting to help showcase some of the amazing local talent we are now using our wall space to show local artists who are struggling to get their art out there to the general public…
One of the ways to create something unique and personalised in framing is to get creative with the matting. Here are examples of some of the different ways we can enhance your framing project…
All too often we see the damage done to clients’ work through dodgy and lazy workmanship. Recently I had a lovely client come in with a quite recent limited edition print on canvas. A first wedding anniversary present from her husband, she had brought the piece with her from the UK when moving to Australia. The change in environment, particularly Australia’s humidity, had hastily revealed the careless short cuts the previous framer had taken…
Over the last 17 years working in Framing there are many frames and many stories. I would like to share this one with you. My little brother is a sound engineer and his studio is filled with signed framed music memorabilia that was all of course framed by his big sis. This one in particular has a personal story to tell. A little piece of me…
So many times beautiful paintings are left by the way side because they look dull and lifeless. Lacking in detail and colour they are tossed out like an old faded shirt. What many do not know is that a beautiful painting is hiding under years of dust, dirt and sometimes smoke build up…
It was my wonderful website trainer that told me that not all my blog posts had to be framing related. That it was okay to post about something that I saw that interested me or some event that has impacted on me and ARTIS PURA in some way…
When framing your photos and artworks there are many simple yet important techniques to remember. One that I see done incorrectly often, and that can have a visually negative effect of your framed pieces, is mounting…
Grace has been giving her time at ARTIS PURA as an intern for the last 6 months. A talented young artist, she has not only brought her amazing skills in drawing to the business but also brought a fresh youthful perspective and enthusiasm that is infectious. She has dedicated her time to learning the craft and has found a passion, like me, in the traditional finishing techniques used in from the early 15th Century through to now…
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the people who have been affected by ex-cyclone Ozwald that ravaged our Queensland coast and then caused havoc down into Northern NSW. I have friends who have lost entire homes and others who are dealing with the flooding again only two years on from the last floods. I am still amazed by their positivity and ability to look at the bright side of their situations…