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<h1>Splatt Art picture framing</h1>
<p>Splatt Art offers a professional framing service. Established in 1994, we produce
frames for clients in both the domestic and business sector with the view that
large or small, both deserve the same level of customer care and commitment.</p>
<p>Locally, we offer a home selection service. With our sample and mountboard
range, we can advise and assist the customer in selecting a frame and mount,
making sure they suit the room where the picture will hang.</p>
<p>For the business sector, we have provided a framing service to Shell Oils UK,
Toyota, The Blood Products Laboratory, Diageo, The Covent Garden Opera House
and BBC Heritage Department.</p>
<p>In addition to our bespoke framing service, we are currently building a mail
order department for the business. At present we offer fire screens but have
other products in the pipeline such as Splatt Frames and Equi-frames.</p>
<h3>We also offer a Frame Doctor service where we will come to your home, clean,
repair and refurbish any frames in the house.</h3>
<h2 class="headertext"><a href="contents/picture_frames.html">Why Frame? </a></h2>
<p class="bodytext">Most artworks benefit from being isolated from their surroundings,
framing a picture will produce this effect and display the item as a separate
entity. The frame will also provide protection against damage caused by dust,
insects and fluctuations in temperature and humidity. All these factors can
cause permanent damage to the original artwork, which in many cases is irreversible.
For items of financial and sentimental value, the use of conservation and museum
mountboard can provide additional protection, whilst specialist UV glass will
minimise the damage caused by daylight and fluorescent lighting. </p>
<p class="bodytext">At <b>Splatt Art</b> we set a very high standard with regards
the finished frame. We use only the highest quality materials for each category
of standard, conservation and museum framing. From posters to valuable artwork,
the materials we use for a particular frame will depend on the type and value
of the item in question and the budget available. A customer with a poster will,
in most cases, wish to keep the expense to a minimum, whereas, a customer with
a limited edition print or original artwork should consider having the item
framed to conservation standard to protect their investment. Museum standard
is used for framing items of high value and historical importance, which need
to be preserved for future generations. </p>
<p class="bodytext">The majority of our work utilises conservation quality materials
and techniques. In this area of framing, all the processes are fully reversible
unless the customer specifically requests otherwise. </p>
<p class="bodytext">We can advise you on the standard you should consider for
your item whether a poster, photograph, tapestry, watercolour or football shirt!
</p>
<p class="bodytext">All our frames are finished to a high standard, with sealed
backs, brass hangers and cord, or chain where required.</p>
<p class="bodytext">If you gave the same picture to six different framers, they
would more than likely choose six different ways to frame it! We can offer our
experience to aid you in choosing a frame but ultimately it is destined for
your wall not ours. Our aim is for you to be extremely happy with the finished
result, and for us to be content with our advisory role in the technical side
to framing. </p>
<p class="bodytext">When choosing a moulding it is important that it is suitable
for the item being framed. There are a number of elements that make up the 'sandwich'
which sits in the moulding rebate. The trend towards the use of double and triple
mounts, slip mounts and papered bevels add to the thickness of the sandwich
and mean some mouldings are unsuitable. </p>
<p class="bodytext">Very large pictures may look great in a thin moulding, but
problems can occur with attaching hangers substantial enough to take the weight
of the finished frame. Tapestries and other types of needlepoint ideally require
a moulding, which will allow all the elements to fit safely into the rebate,
few mouldings have a deep enough rebate and so a box frame is used to provide
the extra depth. If the depth is insufficient, the back of the frame will bulge,
putting the backing board and frame under undue stress.</p>
<p class="bodytext"> Football shirts, 3-D objects and 'floating pictures' also
require a deep rebated moulding or box frame. </p>
<h2 class="headertext"><a href="contents/mountboard.html">Mountboard </a></h2>
<p>The mountboard has two functions, firstly to distance the artwork from the
glass and secondly to enhance the picture. Photographs can stick to the glass
if in direct contact, causing irreversible damage. Temperature fluctuations
can cause paper artwork to cockle. </p>
<p>There are three main types of mountboard available, standard, conservation
and museum, each having its own merits depending on the amount of protection
you wish to afford your artwork. Over a period of time the combination of light
and natural acids within the cheaper mountboard can cause irreversible damage,
which may not be a problem if the artwork has no financial or sentimental value.
This potential damage must be considered when framing. This effect is visible
in the bevel of the mount, it will change colour and turn brown if it has a
high-acid content. </p>
<p> </p>
<h2 class="headertext"><a href="contents/mouldings.html">Mouldings</a> </h2>
<h3 class="subheads">Finished mouldings</h3>
<p> These are supplied ready to cut to the required size. We aim to carry a range
to suit most needs, but if you browse through one of our catalogues and see
one you prefer, we can arrange for a sample for your approval. </p>
<h3 class="subheads">Plain Woods </h3>
<p>These include ash, oak, beech, cherry, pine etc. These 'raw' mouldings can
be simply sanded, sealed and waxed or alternatively, stained to a colour of
your choice. Other finishes can be applied, for example, liming wax and we hope
to offer 'crackle' finishes in the near future. We can supply 'raw' frames to
your dimensions, for you to finish with one of the many products available at
the DIY shops. </p>
<h3 class="subheads">Aluminium </h3>
<p>These mouldings are 'cut-to-size' by our supplier and are available in a range
of profiles and colours. Our main use of these mouldings has been in the framing
of photographic prints for offices, they give a crisp, clean finish. </p>
<h2 class="headertext"><a href="contents/glass.html">Glass</a> </h2>
<p>We use float glass to meet most of our framing needs, where the subject contains
large dark areas, non-reflective glass should be considered. In addition to
these glasses there are speciality-glazing products available for filtering
Ultra Violet, Reflection Control and Image enhancing. These products are expensive,
but if you have invested in artwork, you need to protect that investment. For
museum framing, UV glass must be used. </p>
<h3 class="subheads">Ultra Violet Filtration </h3>
<p>Ultra violet can be very damaging to artwork, for example, watercolours. It
can cause fading and discolouration over a period of time, damage that is irreversible.
Valuable pictures should never be hung in direct sunlight and wherever possible
the light levels should be kept to a minimum, the lighter the room in which
the picture hangs, the faster the deterioration. Daylight is the most damaging,
with fluorescent lighting also emitting a high amount of light in the UV range,
tungsten lighting in comparison emits around 4% of its light in the UV range.
Filtration glass screens out more than 90% of the harmful rays, which will slow
the damaging effect and which when used in conjunction with careful lighting,
will provide the most stable environment for the artwork. This type of glass
is available in clear and reflection control. Museum glass has a low reflectance
optical coating plus a UV filter, this glass has good light transmission properties
allowing the artwork to be viewed in lower light levels. </p>
<h3 class="subheads">Reflection Control </h3>
<p>One side of this glass is very finely etched; it is ideal for controlling reflection
in harsh lighting conditions.</p>
<h3 class="subheads">Image Enhancing </h3>
<p>Perfect Vue is a finely etched glass with a low reflectance coating; Denglass
Waterwhite has a low reflectance optical coating and low-iron glass substrate
resulting in zero colour shift. Waterwhite float is the same as Denglas but
without the optical coating. All the above offer good light transmission. </p>
<h2><a href="contents/gallery.html">Gallery</a></h2>
<p>A selection of different picture frame styles in our gallery, including football
shirts, multi-aperture, embroidery, fossils, shadow mounts and aluminium frames.
</p>
<h2 class="headertext"><a href="contents/firescreens.html">Fire Screens</a> </h2>
<h3 class="subheads">Ready-Made fire screens</h3>
<p>At present, these are available in the frames and fabric shown. We will be
expanding the fabric range in the near future. </p>
<p>The size of the fire screen including the feet is approx. 52cm x 67cm, but
they can be made to your own specifications. If you prefer not to have glass,
the material can be scotchguarded for protection. </p>
<p>Fire screens £65 plus p+p </p>
<p>E-mail us for a more detailed image or for a quote based on your own specifications.
</p>
<h3 class="subheads">Fire screens with your own fabric or stitch work </h3>
<p>We can make a screen using your own fabric, this could be a remnant from curtain
material or a piece bought especially for this purpose. For our standard frame
52cm x 67cm, the minimum size we require is 50cm x 60cm, again we can make the
screens to your own specifications but the material size will need to be adjusted
accordingly. If you prefer not to have glass the material can be scotch guarded
with your consent. </p>
<p>We can also turn items of needlework into a screen. We appreciate the amount
of time and effort that goes into producing a piece of cross-stitch, crewel
or quilting, we use top quality materials and acid-free boards to protect your
work and provide a stable environment. </p>
<h2 class="headertext"><a href="contents/mirrors.html">Mirrors </a></h2>
<p>We can supply mirrors made from a moulding of your choice or from a selection
of swept frames. Swept frames are ready made and some styles are particularly
suited to mirrors. </p>
<p>Bevel-edged mirrors come in set sizes as detailed below. The width of the moulding
has to be added to the dimensions of the mirror, so a 20" x 30" mirror
with a 3" surround, will have a finished size of 26" x 36". </p>
<p>Plain mirror glass can be cut to size, useful if you want a square one. All
our mirrors are finished to a high standard, with sealed backs, brass hangers
or mirror chain where required. </p>
<p>All silvered float is to current European standards. E-mail us with your preferences
and we can send images of mouldings we hope will be suitable. At present we
can only produce mirrors for the local market. </p>
<h2 class="headertext"><a href="contents/contact.html">Contact us: </a></h2>
<h4>Splatt Art<br>
1, The Willows<br>
Quemerford<br>
Calne<br>
Wiltshire<br>
SN11 8LX</h4>
<p>Tel: 01249 812043</p>
<p>Email: info@splattframes.com</p>
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