Friday, March 25, 2011

tattoo frame


The art here is Daddy Tattoo, one of Zoe Strauss's most strong, haunting and indelible images.  I am seeing more of her art coming through the shop in these months post I-95 and before the start of her PMA show


The client wanted to honor the image, yet have the framing relate to the image.  We decided it should be framed gallery-esque.  We went with a wide, white mat & black frame.  I knew a great effect for the mat:  double white with the top mat raised.  A window into a world.  

This was achieved by cutting an opening in a piece of acid-free foam that is just a bit wider than the opening of the top mat.  Here it is upside-down on my worktable.


The client and I looked at several frame options, and ultimately went outside the scope of my sample wall.  She had heard that tattoo frames existed somewhere on Earth.  I saw them in a trade magazine, so together we looked them up online.  A company in California makes a comprehensive line of tattoo-inspired frames.  We chose a black-on-black tribal design.  It was as simple as a phone call to get it for her and I had the frame completed within my usual turnaround parameters.


Below are two pages from the online catalog.




4 comments:

  1. it's so weird to have known EVERYONE involved in this post (except whoever owns this piece) -- we knew monique (the subject), we know zoe, and you. i also sent this post along to my high school friend joe leonard, a well-known tattoo artist and painter in santa rosa CA -- i thought the frame line might interest him.

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  2. lol! you do know the owner, too ;) as you say, "welcome to philadelphia: population 15."

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  3. Could you post a link to the company name, please? I would like to stock these moulding samples in my shop too. I'm in Canada... hopefully they can ship here.

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    1. Hi! The moulding manufacturer is Direct Moulding. (www.direct-moulding.com) Got my fingers crossed for you :)

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