Frame your favourite work of art for a holiday gift. Bring along a painting and a suitable frame, either a cheapo from Briscoes or a good second hand frame. We will provide all the tools, process and materials to frame your piece of art.

It’s a practical course where you will learn to prepare the frame, cut with a knife, measure and cut a matt with the matt cutter.

You will walk away with your painting framed, ready to hang and some useful knowledge about framing ready for sale, exhibition standards, D rings, swing tags, acid free archival materials, tape, and how to hang a painting on the wall.

What’s included in this workshop:

Demonstration steps to framing your work

assembling the tools you need

choosing and cleaning frames

how to size and cut an acid free mat

what sort of tapes to use for each task

various fixings for hanging and D-rings

replacing acid leaching materials with foam board

cutting techniques

making and attaching labels and swing tags

how to photograph your art

This is a hands-on session where you will learn to cut card, cut a window in the matt board, present, secure, tape, screw in D-ring, tie knots etc. All materials will be provided including: knives, metal ruler, cutting board, crescent board for the mat, mat cutter, tape, d-ring, string.

What to bring along:

your artwork to frame

a suitable frame for the artwork A4 or smaller

enthusiasm

Thirty-minute lunch - bring a packed lunch to have in our historic home or explore the local cafes in Te Aro.