Original Artworks
Oil on canvas board by local artist David Young - a brushed gold moulding with a slim matt white inlay designed to compliment the stunning colour of the artwork.
A child's first attempts at art - creatively framed with a simple stressed wooden mould and highlighted with a 3D matboard surround - will surely so the seeds well into the future.
Higher School Certificate entries given the finishing touches with a simple matboard surround.
A whimsical watercolour illustration of Lewis Carroll's Mad Hatter's Tea Party - again simplicity is nearly always the best - simple mould and white at no time distracting from the artwork.
Original artwork from Central Australia simply framed with complementary mat-board and dark timber frame.
Posters
'Winnie the Pooh' poster from the V&A Museum, London - celebrating the works of A A Milne. Simply framed with a thin black matt mould and again a thin black matboard designed to distract as little as possible from the image itself.
Bathurst Supercar poster - again simply framed with a soft natural wooden frame and a simple charcoal mat. This poster has been signed by the winning drivers, thus increasing its value considerably.
Contemporary American print - white mat-board and simple white frame - and it works.
'I can't recommend the service from Australiana Picture Frames enough. Great price, great people and fabulous framing - 5 STARS...'
Georgia Beatie 25th June 2020
Photographs
Large format printed family portraits - traditional timber mouldings and coloured mats chosen to suit décor.
Historic family photographs given a new lease of life. A. A fabulous post war portrait hidden away in a photo auburn can now be treasured by everybody. B. Wedding portrait of Mr and Mrs Joseph Hamilton, Armidale NSW 1901 - photo had been damaged and now will last another 100 or so years. An insert included giving some details of the family involved.
Stunning family photographs by Bathurst photographer Aimee Cook. Images printed on a beautiful handmade paper and framed with a Natural White Ash frame.
Medals and Badges
Boer War and WWI medals, badges and unfortunately the 'dead man's penny' (a large brass medallion issued to the families of servicemen who died for the allied cause in WWI) of local Bathurst hero Lt Col Charles McIntosh.
This collection of memorabilia survived hidden in a storage cupboard at All Saints' College for some 80 years before this job was commissioned.
A deep black shadow box frame was chosen with purple and khaki matboard trim and backing - purple and black being the colours of the 12th Light Horse Battalion - that commanded by Lt Col McIntosh at the time of his death in late 1918.
Needlework
A stunning cross stich depicting a group of old rockers - simple dark mould with a 3D matboard in colours sampled from the work itself.
Clothing and Memorabilia
Great memories preserved for all time. A 1980s vintage NSW Fire Brigade jacket framed in a shadow box (designed to give the depth needed for this heavy bulky garment) moulding with navy blue matboard.
Another great memory - the king Elvis Presley's hit EP from the early 1970s. Record covers can be a very desirable collects items.
