FRAMING ON A BUDGET

Here are several inexpensive and stylish ways to frame your June Hunter square prints.

With the popularity of Instagram, square frames are now very readily available. A quick internet search reveals many affordable options, from rustic wooden frames, to more finished looks. 

Several places sell kits of 9 square frames, including guides for spacing them, so it's easy to make an eye catching "collection" on your wall.

Here are a couple of links to such kits on Wayfair.ca and Amazon.ca

For United States customers, see Amazon.com options.

CANADIAN CUSTOMERS

Opposite Wall, a Montreal company, offers a wide range of attractive square-formatted frames. Other good sources of affordable frames are Michaels and DeSerres. 

IKEA offers a variety of inexpensive square frames suitable for my 5-inch prints.

 Check out Lomviken or Sannahed.

The links above lead to the IKEA Canada web site. If you're elsewhere, just head to your country's IKEA web site and search for square frames.

UNITED STATES CUSTOMERS

IKEA and Michaels frames will also be available in the US.

Craig Frames offer some inexpensive pre-matted frames that also work for most of my print sizes, AND they offer free shipping to most US states.

For the 12x12-inch prints, you can use this frame. (16x16-inch framed size)

Once on this page you'll see frame options for 10, 8 and 5-inch prints as well.

The 12-inch raven print to the right in the picture below is framed in a grey RIBBA 19.75-in (50cm) frame.

Another simple idea is to take a standard rectangular frame, such as this 11x14 one. and have a matte cut for it with a square window in it. It looks best if the window is just a little higher than the middle of the frame, as seen below.

CUSTOM FRAMING

This is more expensive, but opens another whole world of options. Professional framers are artists in their own right and can have some wonderful suggestions for bringing out the beauty in your prints.

This set of four small "Vancouver Icon" images was custom-framed to create this neat "curated" look. The plain black frame and crisp white matte allow the colours to pop without competing.

This stellar's jay print below is given a rather opulent and vintage feel by using a custom-made ornate frame.

VINTAGE FRAMES

One of my favourite occupations is scouring antique and thrift shops for vintage frames. They come in all colours, but I usually paint them white for the sake of consistency and then pop in some some of my crow characters for a fun display.

If you have a very special frame you'd love to use, send me the dimensions and I can custom print an image to work for you. Or, if you have any other framing questions, just ask.

I also love to see how you've framed your June Hunter prints!