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In The Framing Post, centrally located in beautiful Campbell River, BC, Inge does Quality Custom Picture and Needlework Framing for now more than 10 years.
She only uses best acid free material and UV protected glass in order to let you enjoy your artwork for a long time.
Get your favorite artwork and keepsakes, medals, diplomas, graduation and wedding photos framed in The Framing Post.

Enjoy The Art of Quality!

As a special service we come to your home or business to pick the right matting and frames, and we hang the framed pictures, too, after the framing job is done!

Here are some of our framing recommendations, grown out of many years of gallery and framing experience:

• Custom framing adds artistry to art and warmth to living
• Whether you’re framing an original drawing or a postcard from your favorite vacation, wide frames and mats bring prominence to the art.
• Conservation mats and glass protect your investment and your memories from fading in time.
• When framing several pieces of art for one room, use a variety of styles and colors to create a one-of-a-kind room décor reflecting your own personal style.
• A custom framed shadow-box can safely display your personal treasures or family heirlooms so you can enjoy them everyday.
• Art that is framed using neutral mats can be moved from room to room, giving your home a fresh new look.
• Custom framing creates a timeless heirloom that can be enjoyed for generations to come.
• Fillets repeat the frame finish closer to the artwork drawing your eye inward toward the art.
• Live with art you love, no matter the style of your home. A custom frame ties your favorite art to its surroundings.
• Neutrally framed art can easily be used when changing your décor or moving to a new home.
• A great frame does more than beautify the art it surrounds; it touches an entire room adding elegance and personal style.

Our contact information:

• The Framing Post, 910 Island Highway, Campbell River, BC, Canada V9W 2C3
• phone and fax: 250-286-9717 or toll-free 1-888-588-7834
• email: jkettler@earthlink.net

What Is Conservation Framing?

As consumers, we bring our valuables in to be framed for a number of different reasons. Sometimes we frame an item to create an attractive decoration for our home. On the other hand, sometimes we frame the very things that we value most—whether that be commercial or sentimental value—in order to protect them from damage.

When the subject you are framing is something that you treasure, you need to ask for Conservation Framing.

What is Conservation Framing? Put simply, conservation framing employs the use of materials that have been proven to protect and maintain art in as close to its original condition as possible.

When should I ask for Conservation Framing? Value is, at best, a subjective thing. One way to measure it is in monetary terms; if the item you are framing represents an investment and has resale value, it should most certainly be conservation framed.

How can I be sure that I am getting Conservation Quality? Let your framer know that you want conservation framing employed on your project. Specifically, request the following:

1. Specify Conservation Glass. Ultra‑violet light is one of the most dangerous elements that your artwork can encounter It will not only cause your colors to fade to a mere shadow of their former glory, but will cause the materials themselves to begin to break down right in the frame.

Conservation quality picture framing glass is specially formulated to protect framed works of art from the damaging effects of ultra‑violet light. By specifying Conservation glass, you are insuring that over 97% of these most damaging light rays are filtered out before ever coming into contact with your valuables.

2. Specify Conservation Quality Matboard. Ordinary pulp‑based matboard contains acids and lignins which, over a period of time, damage the artwork they come in contact with.

When going over your artboard options with your framer, ask him or her to show you only conservation quality artboard.

Conservation quality artboard is free of all acids, lignins and other impurities found in ordinary "pulp" board. The result is an inert or pH neutral board which will cause no damage to the artwork it encases as time goes by.

3. Request a careful adherence to proper conservation techniques for mounting the artwork (sometimes called "hinging") and sealing your artwork. The framer you patronize should be fully versed in the specifics of conservation hinging. Be sure to impress upon him or her how much the piece means to you, and demand that proper conservation standards be upheld.

Specifying Conservation Framing is an important form of insurance for your valuable artwork, keeping it as lovely as it is today for enjoyment for years to come.

But even if a piece has value of a more personal nature, it can deserve conservation framing. A seldom recognized fact is that most pieces that we bring to a framer should be framed with conservation in mind. As a rule of thumb, if the item you are framing is an irreplaceable, one‑of‑a‑kind photograph, document or piece of memorabilia, or if it is an original work of art or a limited edition, it should be framed using conservation techniques and materials. The cost premium for conservation framing is marginal— and certainly well worth it.

Where do I go to receive Conservation Framing? Inge gave you this information did so because she believes in and practices Conservation Framing. It is important that you entrust your valuable framing projects only to just such a trained professional who cares about the conservation process, has experience and the necessary skills and techniques, and who is committed to using high quality conservation materials throughout your entire project.

The Framing Post and Pier Street Gallery
910B Island Highway, Campbell River
phone/fax (250) 286-9717