david rowley, designer framer at the glassworks, n16, for imaginative framing of 2d and 3d objects David Rowely - photographed by All About Pictures Limited - cutting mitres for a picture frame
Picture Framing in N16

Whether you require a picture framed as a present for your favourite aunt or a series of images for your next exhibition, David Rowley is the person to ask.

With over 17 years experience, framing objects as diverse as prints, football shirts and an ivory carved head, The Designer Framer at the Glassworks can meet the framing needs of most people.

For all your picture framing needs, including:

  • framing in a large range of natural hardwoods
  • items floated in box frames
  • framing to museum & conservation standards

Framing Standards for Your Pictures

Offering clients a choice of over 4,000 mouldings David specialises in natural hardwoods and can have mouldings specially milled. He frames to three different standards, depending on what you require:

Commended gives mid range protection to your artworks and will last up to 100 years.

 Conservation standard uses specialist glass and has even more barriers built into the frame, of which there is a choice of 2,000 mouldings to choose from, which prevent deterioration in artwork.

Museum standard is for extreme value items such as rare one-off artworks

Typical framing commissions:

  • photographs
  • posters
  • watercolours, pastels, acrylics, oils, sketches
  • fine art prints
  • shirts

Unusual commissions:

  • 1cm high head of Shakespeare
  • David Beckham's signed football shirt

Infinity with frames © Rosemary & John Parr

The Framing Process

The pictures to the right and below show some of the processes in creating fine frames for your pictures, from cutting the moulding, through pinning everything together, to the final polishing.

The image below left show David with a finished frame, in front of part of his extensive range of mouldings and, bellow, the finished picture is wrapped and stored for you

David Rowley - photographed by All About Pictures Limited - storing a completed picture frame ready for collection

Working to very high standards he provides a bespoke service for clients. He discusses with them what sort of setting they will hang the picture, helps them choose mouldings and mountboard that complement the artworks and gives them definite dates when they can collect their pictures.

The Designer Framer caters for a wide range of clients - from those who want a special picture framed for themselves or as a gift, to framing artworks for shows by local and national artists.

Click here to make an appointment to commission your framing.

David Rowley - photographed by All About Pictures Limited - cutting mitres for a picture frame


David Rowley - photographed by All About Pictures Limited - cutting mitres for a picture frame


David Rowley - photographed by All About Pictures Limited - cutting the backing board for a picture frame


David Rowley - photographed by All About Pictures Limited - waxing a natural wood picture frame
postcard from Tommy Walsh thanking David Rowley for framing his shorts, braces and polo shirt for the Tsunami appeal

David framed Tommy Walsh's trademark shorts, braces and polo shirt. The finished piece was auctioned at a Tsunami fundraising event and raised £950. David donated his framing services in support of the appeal.

Tommy Walsh's trade-mark braces and shorts as framed by David Rowley for the Tsunami appeal

Clients include:

Artists:

  • John Croxston
  • Gerard Hastings
  • Rosemary & John Parr

Environmental photographer - Doreen Walton

David Rowley - photographed by All About Pictures Limited - with a framed picture in front of a selection of picture frame mouldings

"David did a great piece of work framing our lighthouses picture for a display in a London fish restaurant. The picture is tall and narrow depicting six different coloured lighthouses. David picked out their colours in the mountboard, which he stepped around them, and finished it off in a deep oak frame to match the venue's decor."

Rosemary & John Parr

David Rowley
124 Stoke Newington High Street, LONDON, N16 7NY
Opening Hours - please telephone to make an appointment
Telephone 0845 130 3830
Mobile 07899 687016
e-mail: frames@davidrowley.co.uk
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