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Best people/companies to help with making frames for art?

Zadie Lacy

Hey all! 

As we are preparing for our final gallery show, coming up in late September, we are thinking about the best way to make frames for the pieces.

We'd like to keep the frames uniform to keep continuity in our show, and we would love any connections to wood workers/people with a maker space to make the frames.

Thanks so much!

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    I have an entire set of wood workers' tools in Norfolk, VA. If you don't find anything local, let me know and we might be able to figure something out.

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    I worked for an art museum and then for a frame shop for a while and honestly a really great way to keep framing costs low is to start with standard sized paper and then buy standard-sized frames from somewhere like *** Blick or even Michaels and just go that way. (Or if you've already got paper not standard sized you might be able to find frames with pre-made mats that will work to make the work into a standard size). Custom framing is typically a really expensive prospect because it's done to protect art as well as display it and the cost of the specialized glass and mats is high (though it sounds like you're not looking for exactly traditional frames which might be a little less if you can find a non-frame shop to do them). If you want framing done for archival purposes you can bring standard sized frames to a frame shop and they can outfit them with custom glass and mats which will save you a little bit. (I've also seen lots of beautiful shows where the work isn't framed so I don't think it's 100% necessary - and you could go lots of other ways like mounting paper onto wood etc that could look very elegant and cohesive.) Let me know if you want to talk more, I'm happy to.

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    Framebridge.com ... they were once a startup - maybe they'd be willing to work with you somehow?