The Picture Framing Shak we love to assist in bigger projects to give businesses a wow factor, after all a happy workplace is a more productive one all round and if showcasing your products and services gives your customers a better understanding of what you have to offer then it can become a wise investment..

Float mount framing is a technique used by Artists, Framers and Galleries world wide, to especially showcase works where the whole sheet of paper or image may need to be shown. It can make the works appear to ‘float’ against the background they are mounted on.

Images on paper come in all manner of sizes and types. These days most printing is now in some type of digital format, being inkjet, laser print, or laser printed onto photographic paper in a process known as a Lambda print using a chemical photographic process to develop and preserve the latent image.

Your kid’s team has played well this season and the coach suggests that a team photo with all of the people involved produce a signed photo for the club room walls, great idea!

It takes a fair degree of courage to decide to paint walls strong vibrant colours, and create a decorative feature for your home that compliments your decor, often however it’s often not the feature wall you really want, it’s a feature piece… Let me explain

You want to send what where? It’s one of those questions the team at the Picture Framing Shak get asked from time to time, “how do I package this for transport?”

You want your home to have “the look” and you want it to be just right… well we might just have some answers for you to explore.

Your friendly professional picture framer at The Picture Framing Shak can assist you with the planning and creation of your memory jogging object box, be it a simple item you treasure or a more complex array of items and images to share.

Artists who draw and use pastels a lot soon learn there are effective ways to prevent this happening. For those of you new to the medium. Here are a few tips.

Framing even the simplest canvas takes time and effort, with the framer having to take into consideration if the image is square, what size of stretcher frame to use and how much tension to put on the fabric.

At the Picture Framing Shak we see an incredible array of items to be framed, original prints, photographs, drawings and so much more. Some of the images we get are ordered by the customer online and delivered to us sight unseen ready for us to frame. A phone call and a visit from the customer and the freshly arrived image is soon safely stored ready for framing.

You’ve decided to frame an image, you hold dear to your heart, perhaps it’s a needlework image you spent hours on, an original limited edition print or a drawing. No matter what it is, you love it, and want to proudly show it to all who walk in your door.

Many people have heard about a ‘Limited Edition Print” and will soon tell you, it’s worth something more than just any old print, but what makes it so special and what are the pitfalls involved for the collector?

With so many options to choose from, the size, the image and surfaces to have an image printed on, it can be daunting to try and choose from so many choices!