Sunday, December 22, 2013

Reframe Your Artwork From So-So To Sophisticated

Found these Norwegian landscape etchings in a consignment shop - $25 each.  Framed.  Framing label on the back read Dayton's Custom Framing - Minneapolis.  Gold framing a tad predictable.

When taking the frames apart I discovered the original (narrower) frame was left on the etching and used as a fillet for the larger, wider gold frame that had been added later - shown on the etching in the foreground above.

New matting and a new frame change the impression of these landscapes.  They look more interesting and make a bigger impression.  The dark frames make the darker parts of the etchings stand out more.  I love the old world - European style of the picture frames.
Norwegian Landscape Etchings - View 2

View 3

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