Category Archives: Frames

X-Ray Discs

Posted on April 19, 2013 by hamer the framer

Two framed flexi discs from the 1950s Soviet Union where underground samizdat recordings were pressed onto discarded x-ray film for the distribution of jazz music, which was prohibited after WW2.

Compass

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Susie Freeman

This is a detail of Compass, a giclée print by Susie Freeman from 2012 and the inspiration and title for an exhibition of her recent work at Art@42 from 28th March.

The Queen’s House

Posted on March 12, 2013 by hamer the framer

After seeing the final episode of Waldemar Januszczak’s Baroque!-From St Peter’s to St Paul’s, in which he singled out the Queen’s House as possibly the most important little building in the whole of British architecture, we felt inspired to visit … Read more…

Ofili Cum Ovid

Posted on March 4, 2013 by hamer the framer

This is a giclée print from a watercolour, pastel and charcoal drawing by Chris Ofili, Study For Ovid-Windfall. In 2012 Ofili painted a huge backdrop for the Royal Opera House production of Diana & Actaeon, a collaboration between the National … Read more…

Goodnight Moon

Posted on February 11, 2013 by hamer the framer

Once upon a time three bears came to The Rowley Gallery to find a picture frame. They were from a story called Goodnight Moon. They just wanted to go to sleep but they couldn’t relax until they were safely tucked … Read more…

Freud In The Frame

Posted on November 21, 2012 by hamer the framer

We were asked to frame a boxed set of 10 photographs – Freud At Work by David Dawson – mounted and glazed in simple oak frames.

The Trees Of Aldgate

Posted on October 29, 2012 by hamer the framer

They seem to be mostly larch. This intricate timber frame construction is made from 17 cubic metres of larch. It stands on a traffic island by St Botolph’s church at the start of the A11, the road from London to … Read more…

Utopia

Posted on October 8, 2012 by hamer the framer

Christopher Corr sent us these photographs from America. They show a wonderful collection of mostly wooden vernacular buildings at the Hancock Shaker Village in Massachusetts. The Shakers began building a community here in the 1780s and continued up until the … Read more…

Penwith Peninsula

Posted on September 19, 2012 by hamer the framer

Whilst writing the previous post about Cornwall I remembered this set of Richard Long photos, the first thing I ever framed for myself. See the beautifully joined corners, marvel at those hand-cut windows, but note that I neglected to put … Read more…

La Poissonnerie Bleue

Posted on September 14, 2012 by hamer the framer

Marcel Gatteaux just brought us this souvenir of his recent trip to France. It is presently displayed centre stage in The Rowley Gallery window. I’m hoping that as well as a fishmonger he’ll bring us a butcher, a baker and … Read more…