I'm back in the frame shop

Hello, everyone. I'm sorry I've been "down and out" the past few days. I am about to frame a beautiful wedding photograph of a former student of mine and his bride, but I went home sick on Wednesday and stayed in bed until today (Sunday). I just didn't have the heart to be coughing and sneezing over their beautiful, keepsake photograph.

I'm back now, though, and I'm happy to say that I'm working on a really neat order this week. A famous local politician has asked me to frame a fossil he found on the shore of Shell Lake, located here in Washburn County. The fossil is a piece of a cephalopod, and I'm going to mount it to a fabric-covered matboard using either Melinix (which is a conservation, mylar-like plastic) or wire. We have designed a vertical shadow box frame, with a picture of a whole cepalopod and a short, explanatory paragraph to enhance the fossil itself--cuz otherwise it's just a piece of petrified flesh! :) The customer is going to donate the entire shadow box to his local public library, so that everyone can learn about this amazing piece of biological history. I'll let you know how it goes! (See finished project, below.)

In my next post, I'll talk about why a dustcover is so important on the back of framed art. You won't believe the stories I have to tell.

JoAnn