Greetings!
I just returned from the West Coast Art & Frame Show and the Professional Picture Framers Associations National Convention held in Las Vegas.
This is the largest and most respected educational program in the industry. In addition to all the Continuing Education Classes I was able to get a sneak peak of the year's newest products and designs.
"The Ultimate Picture Light"
Using new LED light technology, this CORDLESS, remote controlled picture light offers superior lighting to illuminate your wall art.
AFT will be offering this new and exciting product to you starting this March. My dad will be the first in line....he likes his remotes!!!  Black is Cool
& White is Hot
Larson Juhl took us on a virtual tour around the world showing us how Black is Cool and White is Hot! It was enlightening to see how different cultures around the world use Black and White as design elements. It is a universally important color combination.
This attention grabbing frame was created by Framerica.
Framerica was very excited to show off their
New "Reclaimed Wood Collection".
Phantom Photos provided by Nielsen Bainbridge.  | What happens in Vegas.....
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Ok, Who said you can't combine work and play??
AFT has ordered the newest collection of Artcare Matboards by
Nielsen Bainbridge.
Nielsen Bainbridge is one of the world's leading producers of high quality picture framing products.
Nielsen Bainbridge Artcare Matboards actively protect artwork from the damaging effects of air pollution and acids generated by the artwork itself. A unique combination of zeolites and buffers traps and neutralizes oxidizing gasses, other pre-acidic gasses, and degradative by-products - giving Artcare boards the ability to actively protect art and photographs against attack by external pollutants and internal vices. Most of the time though I was in classes and seminars. Picture framing is so much more than four pieces of wood and a square piece of glass over a picture. There is technique, physics, chemistry and biology if you really want to protect artwork. |
