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Framing

All our framing is carried out by Laneframe, Fine Art Trade Guild Commended Framers. with over 14 years experience. Laneframe have an excellent reputation for framing, with many loyal customers, locally and from afar. They are Guild Commended Framers, commited to supplying goods and services of a consistently high standard.

The qualification was launched over six years ago to distinguish skilled framers from the semi-skilled and to provide the public with a recognised statement of excellence of both craftsmanship and service. Framers' skills, both practical and theoretical, are examined rigorously by a Guild tester.

Friendly sales personnel and experienced staff are available to assist and advise you on selecting the very best
combination of frame, mount and materials to enhance your print or object to be framed.

We can offer conservation framing to preserve your art for future generations. Using specially developed materials, together with conservation or museum quality glass it is possible to encase and preserve the artwork while leaving its original condition unchanged.

We stock a large range of mouldings including a range of 'designer' Italian mouldings and aluminium mouldings, and with over 130 different colours of mount board we are sure to find a combination to complement your art work.

Conservation

Preserving a print or artwork in its original condition is the primary reason for conservation framing. Specially developed materials and techniques are used to ensure the artwork is encased and preserved for future generations. Restoration or repair is carried out by a paper conservator before framing. The print is then hinged along the top edge to the undermount with pH neutral paper 'T' hinges. Artwork must be distanced from the glass using a window mount or spacers.

A suitable mount board with a pH greater than 7.5 is used, most conservators use Cotton Museum board made from 100% virgin cotton fibre, which contains no lignin (lignin is naturally produced in wood and therefore exists in all paper and board products and generates acid as the board ages, showing as a brown mark on the artwork). Conservation glass is used to protect the artwork from damaging UV light, the glass is coated on one side with a UV filtering layer eliminating a high percentage of UV light. Museum glass is the highest quality glass available; it filters UV and reduces surface reflection.

A good quality backboard and gummed tape is used to seal the finished picture, the gummed tape is porous and will allow the paper to 'breath'.Suitable D-rings are attached to the frame for hanging, or security fixings can be supplied.