The primary reasons for framing articles are for display, protection, and preservation. Professional picture framers are trained to evaluate a consumer's needs and guide them in the selection of the proper materials required to meet these objectives.
Price quite often seems to be a major issue in whether someone decides to use custom framing for their artwork or objects. Since most items considered for framing generally have either sentimental or monetary value, it just makes sense to make sure the persons handling them are as knowlegable as possible. You don't take your car to a mechanic or a sick person to a doctor who has no training, and neither should you entrust your valuables to someone with little or no training. A professional picture framer will provide you with the quality and expertise needed to protect and preserve your art and other valued posessions at as reasonable a price as possible.
Look for a framer in your area on the Professional Picture Framers Association's (PPFA) website: http://www.findapictureframer.com/.
About Me
- galleryoneframer
- I am the owner of Gallery One at 705 Hwy One W in Iowa City, IA., a professional custom picture framing business and art gallery. I have been in business for 33 years, am a member of the Professional Picture Framers Association, and have earned their CPF certification. I was just elected President of PPFA at our annual convention in January of 2012. We are experienced in the archival preservation of all forms of artwork, large and small.