So why should your precious art pieces??
I
am ceaselessly perturbed when customers bring in their expensive art
pieces or sentimental photographs for reframing. Glass is literally
slapped onto them without acid-free matting or leaving a spacer, creating
"yellow stains" on such art pieces. In humid or damp climates, prolonged
condensation also results in
photographs being stuck onto the glass. Unless a client insists, I will
not allow glass to touch any subject brought to for framing. Not only
is it aesthetically more attractive, the spacer method also protects
the object. Just like good acid free framing. I was often challenged
on my audacity to defy a century of traditional framing method. Am I implying that all other framers are
responsible...? I do not claim
to be the pioneer of these caring practise. Museums worldwide use these
same methods and find the idea of invaluable
art pieces coming into contact with glass ludicrous. I am merely taking
the trouble and readily providing the same principal of "museum framing"
to all my clients. Being a perfectionist and refusing to compromise,
I have a strong commitment to strive for framing even a museum curator
would approve.
