Friday, November 30, 2007

Frame of the Week


The job of the week was framing these gorgeous hats from Vietnam for a fantastic client of ours!

This piece looked stunning when finished, the Rarified team hand sewed the hats onto a lovely soft peach matt and the whole piece went into a deep chocolate brown box frame, lined with soft brick red spacers.

This makes a lovely way to present memorabilia from travels, or anything three dimensional. The best thing about this piece is the way seemingly discordant colours sing when put together as a whole!

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Cute stock from Etsy

This is a section of an image for sale at Rarified called 'The Red Sweater'. It's by the artist Shelli Dorf, who goes under the studio name 'Dazeychic' on etsy.com. We have it framed in a double white matt with a matt silver brushed fame, selling for $195.00. This is a great gift for all the cat lovers out there, it's a seriously cute and curious image.

Have you come across etsy yet? It's a fabulous website full of artworks and hand made pieces from across the globe. Rarified recommends that you check it out!

Saturday, November 24, 2007

Christmas Stock

The Rarified Team are loving this print. We all want it for ourselves! It's such a gorgeous, delicate print by Barrett called 'Gilded Songbird'. This is one from a set of four. And who says 'blue and green should never be seen'? At Rarified we happily challenge colour rules and have matted it with soft green and acqua blue, for a very pretty and fresh look. The frame is a burnished gold bamboo look frame and the piece is retailing for $185.00.
These funky cushions are made by local designer Donna Aylen. Donna sources retro fabric for a very cool collection of hand made cushions. They retail for $60.00 each

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