Community Service!

I wanted to take some time today to thank a member of the artist community here in Everett who has done something amazing! If you are not familiar with the Everett Art Walk, now is your chance. A number of local business and art studios have been working the last 4 plus years now to get the Everett Art Walk up and running. We have had tremendous help from artists and even the City of Everett. But one artist has taken the time and effort for a number of months now to plan, organize and facilitate an out door expansion of the Everett Art Walk. This endeavor has been taken on to the fullest amount of legality and officialness.....with no personal gain in mind. Even the entry fees artists will pay for space is going only to cover insurance and promotion costs. The out door event will be a wonderful addition to the already fabulous Everett Art Walk. It will hopefully bring in more artists and vendors, as well as customers to our down town business and restaurants. For one person to take on the responsibility to organize something like this privately is amazing. The amount of work and energy is not to be taken lightly. So with that we thank you Claudia Postema for all your hard work and motivation! I imagine your brain child will be a great success. It just proves to me it takes individuals with a vision of the greater good to constantly enrich our wonderful community.
www.everettartwalk.org

everettartwalk@gmail.com

outside the "box"

Shadow boxes are always an interesting idea for framing those special items and treasures you just don't know how to display. We work a lot with objects of all sorts for shadow box framing, but this piece has always been a  favorite! Our customer came in with multiple items that had sentimental and visual value. She wanted us to find a way to display her antique coral and pearl jewelery together. Piece of cake!, But the challenge was she wanted to still be able to get to the jewelry...

We decided on a decorative hinged top frame. This option allowed her to retrieve the jewelry anytime as well as display and protect it when it wasn't being worn. It also served a decorative purpose in her home.When closed and hung on the wall it looks like a well designed shadow box...just with a secret!

keep in mind when thinking of having something framed that you can always go outside the "box".

If you didnt know.....

If you are not familiar with WiseDesignz Framing & Gallery we are a local fine art gallery and custom frame shop. Our goal is to offer a venue and opportunities for local artist in our greater community, As well as a high quality but affordable custom frame experience. Our gallery features a large number of artists with talents spanning from oil painting to hand made jewelry. We highlight one artist per month on our feature wall with an artist reception during the Everett Art Walk. Our gallery also offers a variety of hand made artistic gifts and greeting cards. A little something for everyone! In this blog we will talk about artists we know, what people are doing right, what you can do as an up and coming artists to further your ventures into the local arts community and fun framing topics. Thanks for your time, I hope we will be able to educate or at least entertain!

Here we go....

Now that we are up and running I hope to have some useful information soon enough! I am welcome to suggestions to get things rolling. Feel free to send an e-mail to the shop with any questions or industry topics you would like to discuss.

josey@wisedesignz.com

first post!

Brand new to this so this is the first!

We hope with this Blog to share ideas and information with you about framing and art related subjects. Our goal with this media is to post topics of interest involving our shop (WiseDesignz) and the local Everett Art scene. We will share framing and artist presentation advice, new products and techniques and even highlight artists from our community. All with the hope to pass on interesting and educational information for the artist and art lover in us all!

Please be patient with me while I figure out how to post images and links etc etc!