Let's Talk Turkey...

We recently finished up an eight month project framing a large collection of original Audubon prints. There were over 60 prints to frame. The large scale of the job could have potentially been daunting if it weren’t for the incredibly engaging nature of the images.

They came to us in batches, and like everything that has been around a while, the prints had been through some ups and downs. There were tape and acid burns, and rips here and there, sometimes cropped and all framed without archival materials in mind. We quickly developed a system for freeing them of their old confines, managing some unique margin challenges and finally fitting them into the new frames.

There was a quite a variety of subjects in the prints; each one as unique as the next. The level of detail surprised us every time. Sometimes we gathered around to notice a small bug in the mouth of a bird, or admire the complex layers of color used in an area of the print. The variety of birds was extensive… Swallows, Sandpipers, Warblers, Egrets, Rose Breasted Grosbeak…. it goes on and on. Adam and I agreed our favorite print was of Puffins and Marisa loved the Flycatchers, but we all agreed the Turkey was quite impressive.

They are now all buttoned up behind uv plexiglass with archival materials and framed in a stately moulding they deserve. We are all so very proud of the results of this project, and find it quite timely that the turkey was the last to frame.

This Thanksgiving I am especially grateful to Adam and Marisa for handling such a large undertaking with meticulous care. You are both a pleasure to work with every day.

From all of us at Newburyport Frames, Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.

Patti