Framing Workshop & Art Gallery
 
33-34 West Street, Abbotsbury, Dorset. DT3 4JT.
Tel / Fax 01305 871272
Open Mon - Fri (9:00 - 5:00) closed lunchtimes
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The Framing Workshop
 
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Established over 25 years ago,

Abbotsbury Pictures has built up a reputation of good imaginative, and traditional framing at sensible prices

Here are some of the reasons our services are used by top galleries and well respected artists around the country

  • Value for money prices Extra discounts for quantities
  • Fast turn around service
  • Huge range of up to date and traditional mouldings
  • Canvases stretched prior to framing
  • Archive facility for your images
  • Acid free mounts as standard, higher standards available
  • Wrapping for browsers
  • Cross stich and tapestries laced prior to mounting and framing
  • All types of glass available ( float, etched, UV protection, white glass, museum glass)
  • Mirrors made to measure
  • Natural wood mouldings with limed finish

 

These Specialist Framing techniques are carried out on the premises:
  • Traditional gesso finish, hand painted and polished

  • Water and oil gilding in a variety of gold, silver and platinum leaves

  • Hand painted and decorated frames and mounts
     

Painted and polished gesso with burnished traditional English gold on red bole base

 
Some examples of polished gesso with burnished traditional English gold mouldings
     
Example1  
Moulding Examples
 
Black polished gesso with burnished traditional English gold on red bole base
  Example2

 

Our Policy...

1 Quality..............Just because we are conscious of the cost we are not prepared to compromise our standards. Our services are used by Galleries, shops and artists throughout the country.

2 Creativity.........We're not stuck in our ways and continually update our suppliers and techniques to achieve both traditional and modern framing tailored to what you, the customer wants.

3 Service............If you know what you want…great . If you don't we are only too willing to help you decide what would be best for your artwork as well as where it will hang.

4 Confidence.....Many of our customers leave their artwork with us with the instructions 'frame it how you think best suits it' At the end of the day if you are unhappy about our choice of frame we are happy to redo it..

5 Pricing........... for standard framing depends essentially on 2 criteria :

1 Size (perimeter of frame)

2 Price group of frame (from A group - I group)

 

Our business and reputation depends on our customers returning to us time and again satisfied. We work hard at building a relationship with all our customers and are always happy to see them.

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