St. Laurent Framing & Ironstone Gallery

Sometimes we have to take it a step further to make something really special. In addition to a wide walnut frame, we created a liner frame laminated with birch bark from northern Washington state. The finishing touch is the trim done with natural birch twigs.

It's been a while since we've had time to post, but here is a project we wanted to share. This isn't really our thing, but we rarely ever turn away a project that seems impossible. A local couple inherited this beautiful mantle clock that has been in the family since 1906. Unfortunately, in transporting it back to NY, someone put their elbow through the glass. Like I said, this isn't our thing, but it did seem impossible so we had to try. We started by reassembling all ...of the glass onto a backing and then scanned it. We then spent 12 hours recreating the original image in Photoshop then sent the image to Adam at Budget One Hour Signs to cut it into gold vinyl. The hard part was then "weeding" the vinyl to reveal the intricate image. Six more hours, and the results are amazing! No one would ever guess it's not the original. It feels good to restore some history, and some harmony as well! See more

As promised, here are some of our favorites from one of our corporate installations this week. All of these are historic images of Syracuse. We painstakingly restored each image and printed these on brushed aluminum panels to give them a vintage tintype look. We then mounted each with stainless steel stand-offs to add a bit of a modern flair. Of course these pics can't do them justice, but we still wanted to share.

It's been a long long time since we've taken a moment to post. The good news is we've never been busier in our 31 year history! We just completed a large corporate art project, (pics to follow) and we are in a mad dash to complete and install 3 more large projects over the next week and a half. That is in addition to some very, very cool projects for our regular customers. Stay tuned! That being said, we will be closed Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, the 7th-9th for an out of town installation. Sorry for any inconvenience!