Monthly Archives: July 2016

Some Nicholson Frames

Posted on July 30, 2016 by hamer the framer

Oval Form no.2 by Barbara Hepworth, pencil and gouache on paper, in a frame constructed by Ben Nicholson, was recently sold at auction. We were asked to frame a photograph of the drawing. Making the frame was like making a … Read more…

Abbot Hall & Packwood

Posted on July 23, 2016 by hamer the framer

This white metal fencing is so distinctive and evocative. It instantly conjours childhood memories of days out, picnicking on the banks of the River Hodder. It must have been erected by the Lancashire County Council in the 1950s all around … Read more…

A Walk In The Park

Posted on July 16, 2016 by hamer the framer

Asked recently to frame this print I was told it was a map of all the trees in Kensington Gardens & Hyde Park. It sounded too good to be true. I wished it was but I knew it wasn’t, but … Read more…

A Short Walk With Howard Phipps

Posted on July 8, 2016 by hamer the framer

I’d been looking forward to this for years. Ever since we first had his wood engravings I’d been curious about where they came from. We usually get Howard’s prints in the post or occasionally he might bring us a few, … Read more…

A June Garden

Posted on July 3, 2016 by Karen Humpage

Where the month of May was perfumed with hawthorn and cow parsley, so I associate June with the smells of rowan, elder, privet and pyracantha blossom. In the garden, the honeysuckles have been in bloom for the last two weeks, … Read more…