Australiana Picture Frames
Australiana Picture Frames is owned and operated by Wal and Kay Murray at their modern workshop/studio/gallery located just out of Bathurst in God's Country - Limekilns Road.
Successful local artist Nic Mason collecting recently framed works for her exhibition in Bathurst, March 2017.
Australiana Picture Frames offers affordable framing services - providing traditional, contemporary and modern frames. You can choose from a range of mouldings, glass and mounts supplied to suit your needs.
A range of frame profiles and colourful matboards can be carefully selected for your special requirements with some expert advice by local graphic designer & artist Wal Murray.
Photograph of a Dalmatian Coastal village by Alexander Murray. Moulding and matboard carefully chosen to complement the colourful roof tops and rugged stone fortifications.
Your artwork is important in the home and workplace, it reflects the personality of the people that live and work there.
Framing can be simply divided into two basic areas:
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Image or Item Framing
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Restoration & Conservation
Image Framing
A simple frame can enhance:
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Original Artworks - oil, watercolour, acrylic, pastels, printmaking
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Posters
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Object (3D Box) Framing
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Fabric - needlework, tapestries, knitting, cross stitch, clothing
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Certificates & Documents
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Mirror & Glass
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Photographs - sporting, family, historic
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Clothing & Memorabilia - sporting jerserys, caps, shirts, ribbons
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Medals & Badges (war items, sporting)
Restoration & Conservation
Quite often an old frame has many memories. Frames can be cleaned and minor repairs made - add a new matboard finish and your old image has a new life for many years to come.
Picture frames - whether factory-made, or custom made - can be more complex than they might first appear. They can be constructed out of a variety of different parts that can suffer damage over time.
This damage can occur from improper handling and storage; from accidents, falling from a wall or being dropped during transport; or simply from routine wear and tear over the decades.
Australiana Picture Frames can provide solutions for restoration and conservation of your precious items.
A sad old print in poor condition - frame was grubby, backing materials weathered and falling apart. The customer's desire was to keep it as original as possible.
The work was completely dismantled and cleaned. Original glass replaced and new conservation friendly backing board was added. The result was stunning.
An original French Provincial oil painting under goes a complete makeover. Dated heavy timber frame removed, image cleaned of dust and grime (all care taken not to damage the surfaces) and new mats and frame selected.
We offer a quality and creative product at a very affordable cost.
Call Wal Murray to make your own personal appointment - 0418 455 125
Two badly damaged watercolour illustrations by noted Australian artist Neville Cauley (1897), found in a deceased estate in Coonamble. Cleaned, pieced together and assembled in new frames with conservation mat and backing board.
