Short Story
The Velveteen Rabbet was started by Mark and Rise Briggs and has been serving Douglas County for years. In 2022 Jason met with Rise to buy a wood chipper and ended up buying a frame shop. Jason has over two decades of experience in the custom picture framing industry and is excited to finally take the reins.
If You Need a Framer, Call
We are here to help you with any custom framing needs, and questions. Don't be afraid to ask.
What We Do
Our Mission
to educate, preserve and enhance our clients décor and memories.
What We Do?
We will help you to design the perfect framing to fit your piece, budget, and style, then build it to last a lifetime.
Why Us?
Simply put, we are good at what we do. If you are in the Douglas County area give us a call and we will make sure you get taken care of.
Frequently Ask Questions
At the moment our little shop is at home, so please get in touch to schedule a good time and place to meet up to go over your project.
While the Velveteen Rabbit is a wonderful book about love giving life to an otherwise inanimate object, the Velveteen Rabbet helps give your art and keepsakes the life that they deserve, to be shared and cared for years to come. A "rabbet" is the inside edge of a frame that allows the contents to be secured in.
Conservation and archival framing maintains the presentability of the art over the long term and may (or may not) maintain its long term value. Not coincidentally, conservation and archival framing is more expensive than regular framing.
Conservation framing may or may not maintain the artwork's long term value. It's important to make the distinction between preservation and presentation. Just because something is presentable doesn't mean its valued is being retained. Museums understand that for art to retain its full value it must be retrievable in its original condition. If the artwork is altered, the value is threatened.
Few things will alter artwork more dramatically than coating it with adhesive, and yet this is commonly done in frame shops when they coat the back of the artwork with adhesive before mounting it. What's more, it is still referred to as conservation framing! Why?
Because conservation framing is really just the promise that nothing potentially acidic will contact the artwork. If the adhesive used in coating the artwork is acid free, it can still be called conservation framing. The long term value of the artwork may be severely compromised but because the adhesive is acid free the presentability will be maintained.
Feel free to ask me about Museum Framing and Preservation if you have something you may want to remove from the framing later on or maintain value. There are lots of options and some don't cost as much as you might think,
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