Memorabilia and Memory Box Framing
also known as Shadowbox Framing
Which memories and mementos do you cherish? What souvenirs or heirlooms have you saved, perhaps in a special box or drawer, to remember some time or some person that has slipped away? Do you have a collection or a hobby you are passionate about? Isn’t it time your special treasures were brought out into the light for you to display and enjoy every day?
Turn Your Keepsakes into Unique Works of Art. I have custom solutions for creating display cases and shadow boxes for every need:
If you can get it to the shop, I will work with you to design and create a framing solution that will preserve and showcase it.
I am passionate about continuing the story for later generations. Write the story and attach to the back of the display case or memorabilia framing. I can insert a pocket on the back for it. This will help insure that the framed piece will be treasured for many generations. Our memories get rusty with time, I know mine do, what a great way to have those memories last a lifetime and beyond, saved in pictures and in the story that goes with the pictures.
I have had clients write short stories about the project. I had one client who had the great grandchildren interview and tape their great grandparents, sort through photos and memorabilia and get the stories behind the items. The parents helped the kids create a book, including pictures and stories, which was then bound, to go with the finished piece. They went on to publish about 20 copies or so to give to family members who wanted a piece of family history.
I loved that my conversation with the clients took them in this direction.
The great grandparents were in their 90's at the time and both passed away within the next year.
These treasured memories could have been lost forever.
Turn Your Keepsakes into Unique Works of Art. I have custom solutions for creating display cases and shadow boxes for every need:
- Sports items
- Heirlooms and antiques
- Collections
- Music and theater collectibles
- Medals, ribbons and flags
- Clothing and other textiles
- Vacation souvenirs
- Memorials
If you can get it to the shop, I will work with you to design and create a framing solution that will preserve and showcase it.
- Imagine the Stories You Could Tell.
- What do you think of when you look at your prized possessions?
- Winning the championship game?
- Your grandmother’s house?
- The best day of your honeymoon?
- These are the stories of your life.
- The stories we will help you tell through creative memorabilia framing.
I am passionate about continuing the story for later generations. Write the story and attach to the back of the display case or memorabilia framing. I can insert a pocket on the back for it. This will help insure that the framed piece will be treasured for many generations. Our memories get rusty with time, I know mine do, what a great way to have those memories last a lifetime and beyond, saved in pictures and in the story that goes with the pictures.
I have had clients write short stories about the project. I had one client who had the great grandchildren interview and tape their great grandparents, sort through photos and memorabilia and get the stories behind the items. The parents helped the kids create a book, including pictures and stories, which was then bound, to go with the finished piece. They went on to publish about 20 copies or so to give to family members who wanted a piece of family history.
I loved that my conversation with the clients took them in this direction.
The great grandparents were in their 90's at the time and both passed away within the next year.
These treasured memories could have been lost forever.
Shadow Boxes & Memory Boxes
1917 1917 WWI Memorabilia
This box was completed for a framing competition. The theme had to be historical and limited to a certain size. I tied for first place in the Cascade Picture Framers Guild competition. I designed the box using Larson Juhl moldings The outer molding had to be modified by adding a 3" deep oak box to the back and staining to match the face frame. I also had to build an inner frame around the opening of the face frame. I used other frames in the set to accent the photographs and fillets around the postcards and poster. I used an olive hand-wrapped silk to cover the mat and sides of the box. A beige suede was used to make the platforms that hold the rings and pins. The box was assembled with Tru-Vue Museum glass and all mats were preservation quality. The frames around the photographs were lined with an aluminum barrier tape and the photos, poster and postcards were mounted on rag.
Mask Ghana Mask
Framed mask sample by Larson Juhl. The mask is floating on a Crescent Suede with a top mat of the same suede lined with a fillet to accent the mask. The sides of the box are lined with the same suede used for the mat. Larson Juhl used Tru-Vue museum glass. All the mats are preservation quality.
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Geisha Geisha
This piece was part of a screen of bamboo that had broken. The figure is padded silk and floated on top of a silk wrapped board on top go the screen. I used a nubby, raw silk under the screen and to line the sides of the frame. The frame is a walnut. spline joined frame stained espresso. This piece was finished with conservation clear glazing.
Bugs Box Bugs Box
Framed object is a sheet of Bugs Bunny stamps. I designed a cove box of slanted sides that I then colored with pastels in blues and rusts to look like the inside of the mail box. A friend drew a cartoon hand to hold the letter (which is addressed with a hand-cancelled stamp). I used Tru-Vue Museum glass forit's anti-reflective and conservation qualities. The mats user are all preservation quality
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