Bedford, Rusden, Shefford, Henlow, Milton Keynes picture framing service art restoration

Hertfordshire No1 Framers Local creative bespoke framing solutions & art restoration services. 

 

CREATIVE FRAMING SINCE 1984

“ICAS Vilas Art: Your Trusted Partner for Creative Picture Framing”
For over three decades, ICAS Vilas Art has excelled in delivering creative picture-framing solutions. Established in 1984, we have emerged as a leading provider of bespoke framing solutions, serving artists, photographers, galleries, corporates, and individuals.
Our commitment to framing innovation ensures meticulous craftsmanship tailored to each artwork’s unique requirements. Using conservation-grade materials, we preserve artworks over time, protecting them from environmental factors. Our acid-free, pH-neutral materials enhance art’s beauty while preventing deterioration.
ICAS Vilas Art is your trusted partner in framing excellence, offering personalized, enduring frames. Celebrating 39 years, we continue to enrich our services, standing by your side as your framing expert.

DO YOU FRAME MEMORABILIA AND SPORTS SHIRTS?

Yes, over the years, we were fortunate to be asked to frame sports shirts from Grand Prix Formula One racing, football, cycling, rugby, tennis, cricket, and swimming. Each completed project poses unique challenges, but we try to create a frame that tells a story, including photos and historical references and select the best frame profile & mount style that both protects the memento and displays it at its best. Click to view

Why not contact us with your framing requirements? Our professional, friendly staff can offer their advice & recommendations to best suit your needs.

FREE Pickup and delivery service

Get in touch today! and let us talk about your framing requirements.

We can also arrange to come to your home for the collection.

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ICAS framing of OBJET D’ART & PERSONAL MEMORABILIA

We regularly get enquiries to frame 3D objects such as sports shirts, medals, memorabilia and signed collectors’ objects. 

Why not contact us with your framing requirements? Our professional, friendly staff can offer their advice & recommendations to best suit your needs.

Stretching & mounting of tapestries, cross-stitch, canvas paintings & papyrus framing;

CANVAS STRETCHING We can stretch canvases to any size needed. We use standard stretcher bars or custom-made oversized stretcher bars. 

Do you handle large oversized bespoke framing? Click for more

Yes, We can handle large oversize framing. Dave dropped into the gallery to have his unique hand-embellished block print framed. We used 12mm depth float conservation mounting to show the edges of the fine-quality handmade paper, added white slip to create the deep-mounted artwork behind a contemporary 85mm silver frame profile, and, finally, complete with UV Tru-Vue glass to protect the print from exposure. The oversized frame was finally delivered to his home in Milton Keynes, measuring 145cm x 120cm. We hope our ICAS creative framing style will continue to bring years of pleasure & enjoyment to Dave, his wife & friends. 

   

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ICAS gallery framing service Q & A from our client.

How do you select the best service & profile for a framing order?

All our framing orders have a personal story to be conveyed that has a beginning & lovely ending with the work of Dave’s hand-embellished block print. It was no different! He stored the work away to protect it from damage and, one day, to frame the artwork with advice on mounting & how best to showcase the print. Over the last ten years, there has been significant development in conservation material, from acid-free mountboards and extensive ranges of mouldings to new UV protective glasses for framing. Therefore, all conversation framing services we complete would have the best protection available. Our idea of a frame was similar to how Dave imagined the finished work would complement. When framing all oversized artwork, the spacing and the size of the border around the print are crucial balances to hold the viewer’s imagination. We slowly mounted the print onto the conservation backing board with acid-free tape in the first process. Next, the rough edges of the handmade paper required a 1cm gap with an extension of 10cm Larson Juhl 8977 bright white conservation jumbo mountboard with a floating frame 85cm Lason Juhl brush silver Provence FSC profile. For all conservation framing orders, we use Tru-Vue museum glass to block UV rays, reduce the risk of fading, and give clearer vision with zero colour shift, and his total overall frame size was 145cm x 120cm.

Dave’s comment,” Mission accomplished. Very, very pleased with it. Thanks for the advice and your tenacity in getting it right for me… Dave. 

We look after clients covering the surrounding areas of Hertfordshire Hitchin, Letchworth, St Albans, Welwyn Garden City, Stevenage, Knebworth, Royston, new develops around Fairfield Park, Stotfold, Bedford, Bedfordshire, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Middlesex London areas, Kent, Surrey, and Hampshire, that regularly continue to use our services.

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 Our List of Commercial and Corporate clients includes the following:

ADEPT SCIENTIFIC PLC; ASHE Construction; COOK (UK) & EUROPE, RANK XEROX; OAKLEY(UK) LTD; AUTOGLYM; SHOWCARD GROUP; WILLMOTT DIXON; WHEATLEY HOMES LTD;
NORTON WAY (HONDA); AIMNS; CONAMAR BUILDING SERVICES; HSBC BANK; ZEUS GREEK RESTAURANT; BENCHMARKS; MOUNTAINHEATH; NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL;
HEWDEN STUART PLC; GARDEN HOUSE HOSPICE; HOWARD COTTAGE; JCA ENGINEERING LTD; BROADWAY CINEMA; THE RICHARD KLEINWORT CONSULTANCY GROUP- LONDON;
SIBISA – LONDON; DUCKWORTH & KENT LTD.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ICAS Vilas Art Gallery, 8,10 leys Avenue, Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire SG6 3EU, United Kingdom (UK) - Phone: 01462677455 Email: info@vilasart.co.uk URL: https://www.vilasart.co.uk/