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Art in Action gets bigger and better
ART IN Action will once again take place in the grounds of Waterperry House, Oxfordshire, from 15 to 18 July. Around 24,000 visitors are expected, 4000 of whom will take part in practical classes. More...
It’s not too late to book
THE FINE Art Trade Guild is hosting this year’s Art & Framing Industry Awards event, which is also a celebration of the Guild’s centenary, at the Holiday Inn, Stratford-Upon-Avon, on 15 May. More...
Business features
Caught in the web
Art business websites vary enormously in scope and quality, but even sole traders see a presence on the web as essential. Linda Becklow explains how to make your website work for you
Under the spotlight
We turn the spotlight onto a real award-winning art and framing retailer, highlighting what makes customers keep coming back, which types of marketing work best and how the owner is striving to increase profits. Annabelle Ruston reports
Art features
Contrasting techniques
JENNY ISAACSON GCF visits the Oxford Printmakers’ Co-operative and shadows etcher Jane Peart and lino printer Betty Ebanja while they make prints, and talks to them about their chosen techniques
21st century paper
Artist and printer Andrew Turnbull analyses the the range of papers that are available for digitally printing fine art. If you think that all pieces of blank white paper are pretty much the same you couldn’t be more wrong, he explains to Annabelle Ruston
Framing features
How would you like to pay?
Some argue that collecting deposits is essential to cashflow, while others say that loyal customers always collect their frames anyway, and asking for money upfront is rude. Annabelle Ruston finds out if there is a norm
University Challenge
Aidan Lynch GCF explains how his role as framer for the University of Limerick brings challenges as diverse as framing museum-quality antique kimonos and papier maché heads
Pete Bingham's Agony
Pete Bingham's words of wisdom on frame paint finishes and restoration of a watercolour
Trade Secrets
Hints and tips on framing from our members and GCFs
Face to face
Less is more
Anne Magill‘s atmospheric figurative paintings, which are in the private collections of Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman, sell for sixfigure sums.The St Martin’s College of Art trained illustrator explains how her career has developed. More...
Last word
An international perspective
Canadian LAWRENCE WALMSLEY founded his print distribution and publishing company in Germany nearly 30 years ago. International Graphics has grown to have a catalogue of 3800 contemporary art images. More...
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