Contemporary picture framing and specialist woodworking services for artists, galleries, corporate and private clients. We work closely with our clients, talking through possibilities and sharing ideas, developing designs to best display and conserve their art. Cape Picture Framing is a family run business, aiming to provide the best customer service.
We take care to maintain the same level of craftsmanship throughout, using materials best suited to the requirements of each individual job. Whether it's a single photo frame or a trade pack of custom sized window mounts, everything we produce gets the same attention to detail.
We take care to maintain the same level of craftsmanship throughout, using materials best suited to the requirements of each individual job. Whether it's a single photo frame or a trade pack of custom sized window mounts, everything we produce gets the same attention to detail.
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Bare wood mouldings (left) are our best sellers. Available in a range of sizes and types of wood. Ash, beech, lime, tulipwood (poplar), and oak being the most common, maple and black walnut are also available. A frame is made with bare (untreated) wood, to which a finish is applied before the mounts, glass, protective layers, and artwork are assembled within.
Choosing from a broad palette of waxes, stains, pastes and lacquers, and applying them in varying combinations either by hand or with a spray-gun, we can create a multitude of different effects. Trying to choose an appropriate finish to bring out the best in an artwork can be tricky. To make the choice a bit easier we keep dozens of samples in our workshop that can be viewed next to your art.
Mountboard is manufactured to three different grades: standard, conservation, & museum quality. Inside our frames, we use only mountboard of conservation quality and above. Conservation white-core will not only help to maintain the condition of the artwork, but will offer a superior level of presentation that will endure for many years after a standard grade mount will have gone brown with age.
We place a barrier layer behind the artwork and its mount to prevent any acidity that might be present in the environment from leaching into the art medium. We then back our frames with a stiff board to protect against accidental impacts. Finally the backing board is sealed to the frame with a long lasting, moisture resistant sealing tape.
This is a popular option for artists selling unframed prints. Your print is presented in a window-mount, backed with the supporting board of your choice, and wrapped in cellophane. You supply the prints and any labelling you want to have on the back. We supply trade quantities of cut mountboard, window mounts (single mounts & double mounts), backing card, backing boards, & cut glass.
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Suzanne Tompkins
Jan 05, 2018
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