The Importance of Proper Framing

A lot of people who move to Los Cabos, bring along works of art that mean a lot to them. Sometimes in transit, these works become damaged: glass broken, mouldings chipped, artwork crooked in the frame. They bring these beat up picture frames with their precious art to our custom frame studio for repair. In order to fix it, we have to open the frame package to clean and make necessary repairs and we are often horrified by what we see, armed with our camera we document the way the piece had been previously framed. We have seen fragile works on paper stapled, duct taped and glued to acid filled plywood boards and other supports. Not only is the art work being destroyed rapidly by the acidity of the products used, but the works can not be fixed without destroying them, so in essence bound for an early death. We then have to call the client giving them the bad news that not only were their works of art not properly framed, but that they cannot be fixed without being damaged. The client is usually shocked, saying they “had no idea, it looked great in the frame.”