Navigation has killed maps for practical use. But maps as art live on! Maps are now retro and make great art pieces! In this video episode, Russell takes a look at a few ways you can use maps as art to elevate your interior design game. By incorporating maps into your...
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Trashing the Classics – Fun and Irreverent Takes on Fine Art
Jessica, Katy and Isabelle at Streetlights Residential brought Artifex on to help with interior design artwork for the Hadley Project. The Hadley is a multifamily development underway in Atlanta that's a wonderful mix of traditional and modern. Artwork for the...
All Aboard! Framing Historic Train Sketches
This week in the frame shop, Russell takes an historic "train trip" to Sachse Station, Texas! Brandi Meyers and Kirsten Dawn with B2 Architecture asked Artifex to help with their multifamily project in historic Sachse, Texas. In the video, Russell shows off some of...
Green Walls Are A Huge Design Trend
This growing design trend looks to the natural world - literally - to create beautiful green wall displays. In this episode of “In The Frameshop,” Russell presents two "green wall" projects. Both are signs, and both really up the client's signage game! Encouraging...
Get Your Gucci On (Your Walls)! Framed Gucci Wallpaper Mural
You don’t have to paste designer wallpaper to the wall. You can frame Gucci wallpaper as wall art! This week, Russell takes us into the frame shop to see the process of framing a huge Gucci wallpaper mural. The piece featured in the video is very large - 80" by 96"....
Corporate Timeline Wall Turns Signage Into Art
We turned a drab hallway into a centerpiece display with - of all things - a corporate timeline. This display focuses on the corporate history of a Credit Union starting with the first hand written balance sheet and ending with their most recent corporate...
Light It Up! Curved Wall Installation With LED Lighting
A curved wall requires curved art. To make that curved art really stand out, light that baby up! #ThisWeekInTheFrameShop, Russell leaves the frame shop to show you a lovely curved wall installation with LED lighting. We’ve done curved art installations before. We've...
Corporate Logo Gallery – Another in the Multiverse of Gallery Walls
Gallery walls can be created to serve a variety of needs. Have you or your client ever wanted art that commemorated your corporate history? Consider a corporate logo gallery. The project featured this week was for a client who had a succession of corporate logos. They...
Framing A Hermès Silk Scarf
Framing silk scarves takes special care. In this case, our client wanted their Texas-themed Hermès silk scarf that was featured in a Texas Monthly article to be displayed in an acrylic box. We did not want to use the traditional mounting materials like glue, because...