2009 JANUARY / FEBRUARY NEWSLETTER
In This Issue:
New Releases from Greenwich Workshop
Going Green: Reuse Your Favorite Frames
New Artwork at Lodestone
SPECIAL on Custom Mirrors
Increasing the Value of Heirlooms and Art
Happy New Year! We hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and have a successful and joyous new year.
With the new year come new beginnings. We’re bringing exciting new pieces into the shop and have been working on framing ideas for your pieces. There is now a wall in the shop that shows some of the new options you have. Also check our websites for more new art and framing, www.lodestonegallery.com and www.lodestoneframing.com.
NEW RELEASES FROM GREENWICH WORKSHOP
Arriving this month – new works by James Christiansen, Z.S. Liang, and many others.
James Christiansen’s All She Had
GOING GREEN: REUSE YOUR FAVORITE FRAMES
My dad’s family was dispossessed of their businesses and home in Czechoslovakia in the 30’s. They ended up In West Germany, where they built a string instrument factory, often using discarded war machinery from the town dump to make their lathes and other equipment. Talk about recycling!
While not as extreme, there are things you can easily do to help keep items out of the landfill. Love your frame but not your art? Toss the art! Put it in your recycling barrel if you can. Find a piece of art the same size or smaller. Bring your old frame to us. We’ll cut down your existing frame to fit, then mount your new art.
NEW ARTWORK AT LODESTONE
We have art that arrived in December, and are working on bringing in more interesting pieces. Here are a few items you can now see in the store:
This Koala bear lamp and Chihuahua lamp are made of stained glass. For those of you who have worked with, or often admired stained glass, you recognize the amount of work in assembling all these pieces and soldering them together. Doing this in three dimensions is even more amazing.
These are designed and made by a gentleman here in Arizona, Don Wattier. See even more of his work on our website.
Sculptor Traci Loss brought more pieces in at the end of December. We’re not open a whole lot around the holidays, and here it is, the first week of January, and a piece has already sold. She creates beautiful pieces, commonly using exotic woods, steel, copper, and recycled materials.
And here’s what’s coming soon – beautifully detailed portraits of Native Americans by Suzi Osuna, who herself has Lakota heritage. Her depth of detail has won her numerous awards at juried art shows.
We’re also bringing in more unique décor. This wonderful table lamp is made of copper, specially treated in the Earth Burial process used by artist Fred Stubenrauch. More of this exciting work, including furniture, floor lamps, mirrors, and art pieces, will soon be on our website. For those of you looking to acquire these pieces before we list them, come by. We’ll be happy to special order the piece you want.
SPECIAL ON CUSTOM MIRRORS
For our e-mail subscribers only - order one custom mirror, get the second of equal or lesser value at 50% off. For a most excellent value, order a standard size mirror, such as 16x20, 20x24, 24x30, 24x36, or 32x40. We get better prices on standard sizes and pass the savings on to you!
INCREASING THE VALUE OF HEIRLOOMS, ART
Wondering how to retain and improve the value of artwork and heirlooms you have? Here are a few tips:
- Find out what materials were used in the piece. This will give you clues on how to best care for it. For instance, if you have an old document on ordinary paper, you may want to treat it with a de-acidifier, like those used by the Library of Congress. This can substantially prolong the life of the document.
- Protect the piece from undue light exposure, pollution, changes and extremes in heat and humidity, and make sure the piece is well supported and protected. Proper framing can often provide this.
- Clean and inspect pieces regularly. We have brochures than can guide you.
- Document the history of the piece. For instance, the beat-up piano in the movie Casablanca has a lot more value than one that looks similar to it in a thrift store! This history is often referred to as the provenance of a piece. It documents who possessed it and when, and any special circumstances surrounding the piece.
Comments? Questions? Contact Laura@LodestoneGallery.com or at (480) 767-1800.
© Lodestone Gallery & Framing, 2009