This summer, we’ve had the great pleasure of framing Tim Walker’s upcoming exhibition at the V&A. We made a series of specialist bespoke frames for this exhibition, designed and created especially for the show in consultation with Tim Walker and the creative team at the V&A.

This article explains the process of making a pearlescent frame by hand, as seen on the V&A’s Instagram stories this August. From cutting lengths of wood to polishing the final finished frame, we’ll walk you through what happens at each stage in our workshop.

We're delighted to announce FRAME Editions - a new project celebrating the relationship between artist and craftsperson with an experimental series of limited edition artworks.

Launching this September, with Aaron Angell is a small edition of works titled Cabbage Solar. Each work is painted on glass and housed in a frame inspired by the techniques used to make Tudor doll's houses.

Here at FRAME London, we’re committed to conservation framing, meaning the methods, materials and techniques we use are all to a museum standard so as to protect and preserve the artwork for longevity. We explain the techniques of conservation mounting a work on paper, and why it is so important for your artwork.

We are delighted to have framed the latest edition from our partners at Whitechapel Gallery Editions: ‘Haizea M’ (2019) by Pello Irazu. Framed in a warm sapele wood, hand finished in a dark Walnut stain, chosen fro our gallery range to suit the artist’s requirements. It is glazed with anti-reflective glass and has a sub-frame for hanging.

FRAME London were invited to speak at the 34th The London Original Print Fair, held at the Royal Academy in Spring 2019.

For the presentation, we advised print buyers and collectors the best way to frame their prints to conservation standards. Here are a few key elements from our presentation.