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The difference is design
Cutting mats, driving nails, using wheat paste and having friends are all good things. But the telling difference and most important feature in a frame shop is good design. To make the picture float forward while the frame melts into the background is the elusive goal of every framer worth his salt.
James Wood's background is mostly centered in New York City. He has been framing for 30 years, with 15 of those in gallery frameshops. James has spent 10 years in trade-only frameshops, working for MOMA, the Whitney and Metropolitan Museums, and many other 5th Avenue galleries.
His shows include Richard Avedon's 50th year retrospective at the Whitney, and the first-ever retrospective photography show at the Metropolitan Museum, "Looking Back".
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Frameshop Services
- Precision mat cutting.
- French line and panel mat and fabric wraps.
- Raw wood and commercial moulding joins.
- Ultra-custom staining gilding and specialty frame finishing.
- Laminated back mats and large conservation strains and panels.
Conservation Specialities
- 8-ply mat
- All acid free, including buffered and unbuffered choices
- Japanese hinges and UA glazing used on most items
- Beva and Ciba panels for special items
Clients
New York: Metropolitan Museum, The Whitney and MOMA museums; Amarada Hess Gallery and Photography Guild; artists Red Grooms, Jasper Johns, Robert Motherwell, Richard Serra and many others.
Birmingham: Bradley Arant, Rose & White, DavisDenny, Studio by the Tracks, Amanda Schedler Fine Art, D.S. Art, Wood Design Group, Art Price, Chris Lawson, Ben Burford, Tim and Becky Denny, Paul Ware, and Christopher Trice.