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Articles on Framing

Framing Upgrade for an Heirloom Watercolor

“I've been blessed with a good life. If I had to mention the one thing which has helped most, it’s been a sense of humor.” – Gertrude Elliott Espenscheid   We often have collector clients bring artworks to our shop that they want to ...

Frames of Reference

"Frames of Reference: Jared Bark finds inspiration in an Impressionist’s notebooks for frames that bring art history to life" by Jennie Yabroff. Download the article as a PDF Elle Decor / May 2011

Using a Degas Frame Design for a Work by Irma Stern

We recently designed and fabricated a frame for the oil painting "Washer Women" (1925) by Irma Stern. The frame that "Washer Women" arrived in. The back of the previous frame. Note the canvas and stretcher protrude from the back of ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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