Elizabeth Enders at Real Art Ways
Come In! Elizabeth Enders Recent Work, at Real Art Ways in Hartford, CT and the Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New London, CT September 2015 - January 2016 Elizabeth Enders recently worked with Bark Frameworks ...
Two Exhibitions Curated by Ellsworth Kelly
The Monet/Kelly Exhibition at The Clark Art Institute November 23, 2014 - February 16, 2015 "I develop detailed framing specifications, including materials and construction and every detail is important. I want the frame to disappear; but good framing can help unify an exhibition or ...
Acrylic Glazing: Towards Invisible Protection
May 2015 Culling from years of first-hand research, Jed Bark writes about acrylic glazing, its virtues, and its limitations, in this article. Download the article as a PDF Picture Framing Magazine, May 2015
Reframing the Whitney’s Masterworks, Andy Battaglia, The Wall Street Journal
April 27, 2015 When the Whitney Museum of American Art opens on Friday, the event will follow much deliberation over how to reframe its collection—literally. In addition to building a gleaming $422-million tower in the Meatpacking District and conceiving new practices as a museum for the future, the ...
The Cardinal Rules of Framing, ArtSpace.com
June 2017 What are the most important issues when framing a work of art? We asked master framer Jed Bark, of Bark Frameworks, and the celebrated abstract artist James Siena (who also happens to be a former employee of the company.) Bark Frameworks, founded in 1969, is now ...
When Framing Damages Art: Mat Burn
We were recently asked to re-frame a watercolor whose subject was the Hudson River town of Haverstraw, NY. The picture was painted in 1944, and was most recently framed in the 1960s. Here is the watercolor in its previous mat and frame, from the ...
Martha Stewart Living: Bark Frameworks Explains How to Choose a Frame
March 2018 Martha Stewart visits Bark Frameworks (our Grand Street location, before we moved to LIC) and learns how to choose the right frame for any image. She brings a small print and finds just the right frame to protect the image. View the ...
Creating a Unique Finish for a Gilded Frame
We were recently asked to propose frame ideas for a study of a woman painted by Nigerian artist Yusuf Adebayo Cameron Grillo. Our designer conceived a strong and simple border–a deep rail and panel frame, whose relative severity was to be moderated by a ...
Frames for Three Degas Pastels (Part 2 of 2)
Framing for "Danseuse Buste, 1897" To frame the Degas pastel we discussed in our last Newsletter, we made a profile that was closely related to three drawings from his sketchbooks. As we noted, a few original Degas frames of this genre still can be ...
Framing 3-D Objects: Rough Riders Belt Buckle
We generally frame paintings and works on paper at Bark Frameworks—drawings, prints and photographs. However, we have the design capability and specialized craftspeople to frame almost anything. During our 45 year history, we’ve framed boxing gloves signed by Muhammad Ali, skateboards, Oreo cookies, an entire ...