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Framewerks got inspired and made a difference
We were delighted to help one of our customer’s Fisher Jones Greenwood LLP recently to raise money for the Colchester Breast Cancer Unit Charity. A framed West Ham football shirt reached over £300 when auctioned at a lunch held at Le Talbooth last month.
Glenn Carter, Business Development Manager at Fisher Jones Greenwood LLP said “We were absolutely delighted with the quality of the framing; it’s amazing how the item itself, the shirt, was transformed into a very desirable and collectable piece”.
A sum in excess of £5000 has so far been raised for the charity.
Samantha Fricker of Framewerks explained “We are thrilled that the shirt, once framed, raised a great amount for the Colchester Breast Cancer Unit and will help continue to raise awareness for the charity”.
Dave gets suited and booted for our frame of the month!
Frame of the month has been awarded to this stunning wedding dress. Our customer wanted to see her dress, not put it away in a box under her bed! She said “What an amazing result, you were the only company in Essex who would frame it for me in the style I wanted, in my price range and in my timescale”.
We quickly went to work and agreed with the client that the dark background showed the dress off beautifully and opted for a stunning silver/ gold decorative frame.
Jenny our Workshop Manager has a great eye for detail and achieved the look for the dress by careful pinning and placing it, as though it were on a mannequin.
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Can you help us to find the owner?
With Remembrance Day firmly on our minds we thought we would take the opportunity to see if we can find the rightful owner of some medals which were brought in to be framed and never collected.
These beautifully framed medals; photograph and box have adorned the walls at Framewerks for too long in the hope the owner would see them. Do you know who they belong to? If so please contact us
Framewerks helps to fly the flag for Headway Essex
A pin flag signed by Colin Montgomerie from last year’s Gold Ryder Cup raised well over £500 thanks to local business Framewerks Picture framing. The flag, kindly donated by Fiducia Wealth Management needed to be presented in such a way to encourage high bids at the annual Colchester Colne Round Table fundraiser.
“It was a pleasure to support such an important local charity as Headway Essex” said Samantha Fricker of Framewerks.
Gordon Kearney of Fiducia was delighted with the framing and said “On behalf of Colchester Colne Round Table and Headway Essex we like to thank the team at Framewerks for kindly taking the time and effort to frame our Ryder Cup pin flag, without their support we wouldn’t have been able to raise such a fantastic amount”.
Framewerks has framed a number of items for charity including Dame Shirley Bassey’s shoes and a pair of Ronaldo’s football boots. “We pride ourselves on the unusual items we can frame to perfection as we ‘don’t just frame pictures’ and to know that our work has raised well needed funds is a bonus” explained Samantha.
Framewerks Preserves Memories
I attended a fantastic event hosted by the Business Womans Network on Monday and after listening to Mark Rhodes (a truly inspirational speaker) got chatting to a number of people about the qualities that make businesses exceptional.
One lady commented that Framewerks “preserves memories”. Now this got me thinking. I know that we don’t ‘just’ frame pictures but do we preserve memories?
An example could be a recent wedding dress we were asked to frame. The customer got married last year and didn’t want her dress or the memories it held to be lost in the back of her wardrobe, but also didn’t have the wall space to hang the whole dress.
The Framewerks team love a challenge when it comes to framing unusual items and came up with a solution to remove the skirt from the dress and focus on the detailed top part of the wedding dress.
We advised a contrasting mount board to show the dress to its full advantage and used Schott Miro Guard+, which is anti UV and glare and therefore preserved this customers memories for years to come.
I love a happy ending!
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