Mount Gallery

I’ve recently done several sports jerseys for both high school and professional sports teams. The photos below are of a signed Hershel Walker jersey.

Sports jerseys can be framed in several ways. Some techniques are more complex than others and the expense of the framing will depend on which technique is used. In cases where the jersey is of sentimental value, but not necessarily monetary value the framing can be done without worrying about conservation techniques. Folding the jersey to reduce its size, using glue to hold the jersey in place and letting the glass flatten the jersey allows the framing to be less costly.

When framing a valuable jersey such as the Hershel Walker one care needs to be taken with the framing in order to preserve its value. With this example I opened the jersey to its full size to avoid folding it and sewed the jersey to the mounting board. Shadowboxing techniques were also used in order to keep the glass from flattening the jersey and to provide air space.

The framed jerseys looked great and became instant eye catchers. These same framing techniques can be used when framing other types of memorabilia such as golf flags, christening dresses, t-shirts and other fabric items.

I had another interesting project this week. Ann Mount is a well known local artist who paints Southern scenes of street scapes, children and old barns or houses. Ann brought in some miniature versions of some of her paintings to be framed. In order to add some interest I decided to be creative with the framing and chose a more complex frame design incorporating a shadowbox technique. Traditional shadowbox methods are used mainly for items that are three dimensional (3-D). The shadowboxing adds space between the object and the glass. In this case the artwork was an acrylic painting which does not need glass as protection. Since there was no need to use glass the shadowbox lining is being used strictly as a design element. The end effect is very dramatic with the 1/8″ painting mounted on top of a mat and then recessed back into the frame using the shadowbox effect. It gives a lot of shadow and depth to the art. I’ve used this technique for other art such as decorative ceramic tiles, plaster hand prints and small paintings on canvas. Basically this technique can be used with anything that is three dimensional (3-D) either with or without glass.