Hotel Framing Work In Terengganu

hooray...finally we completed the works!!

This job is a quite difficult as the size was big and heavy. Morever there is another framed SONGKET ( http://www.ppak.kelantan.edu.my/culture/songket/songket.htm) to be attached to the main frame. Measuring 2 metre high, using 5mm thick casting acrylic sheet and 4 inches wood moulding, the weight is 22kg each. It take us 10 days to complete these 65nos of frames.

I think I need a good rest after this job. Both my assistants, my wife and myself were rushing and worked 12 hours a day to get it done before the handling over date.

Tomorrow, we will heading to east coast for the frames installation. I have engaged 5 local carpenters there for this installation work. Hopefully, everthing would be fine after this...

To be honest, I am too tired after this job. I guess I had already run out of gas...Anyway we were having fun of doing it. CHEERS!!!

Indian Embroidered Textiles

I always enjoy framing Indian textiles. This ethnic style of textile is rich of colors, shiny beaded, beautiful hand-embroidery and complex patchwork patterns are all distinctive features of Indian textile. With a nice design frame, these textiles always making a beautiful wall hanging decor.

Today, I just complete another frame for my customer, Shangka. He just came back from his home country, India and he bought this textile to decorate his living hall. I design a simple contemporary design to match his existing home interior stlye.

I take what you dump..

Today I made another frame using wood that modified from an unwanted wooden box. I collected this pine wood box from an electronic factory in Bayan Lepas.

I dismantled the wooden box and cut it into smaller size to fit in my frame. After that I applied a coat of dark stain on it. The wooden grain turn up beautifully after that. Before encasing it, I engraved some wording with my engraving knife on it. ( to descripe the miniature sandstone that my customer brought from Combodia).

See, I am not only save some money..... but also play my part on recycling ...

A guest from Australia.

Today a friend from down under visited me again, a regular guest to Penang Island. Richard is from Adelaide.

He brought me a few lettering cut matboards by his Wizard CMC this time. The matboard with the lettering cut of ARTBUG!( my gallery name on it!) He wanted to give me an idea how a CMC could help my business if I can buy one. He still feel surprised to see how could I cut different shape of opening just with my manual cutter and a few plastic template.

Richard also brought some framing material catalogs for my reference. I understand that he just want to help me so that I could have more complete framing materials in my workshop one day. He said he is going back to check with Australia distributor like Antons and LJ if they can arrange to export their products to Malaysia! ( what can I say......Richard is so kind to share his information and very sincere offering his help....I couldnt give him a nicely cut matboard as he does as he has a better one at his workshop. So I invited him for a lunch!! and I am glad that he was enjoying our local dishes...)

Just forget to let you guys know that he is a one of the Committee Members of PICTURE FRAMERS GUILD OF AUSTRALIA. (PFGA) He is definately the best and a very hardworking committee member! He help the framer even not from his country and not belong to his chapter. ( I am a PPFA member of US and Fine Art Trade Guild of UK! )

Heritage Bay Club in GayaTravel

The latest issue of GayaTravel features Heritage Bay Club.

Heritage Bay Club, is a marina club and resort. Just newly opened in Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia. We had supplied the decorative frame of the wood carving and songket fabric for their suite.

Year 2008 is visit Terengganu Year. Terengganu is famous for its Museum which is the largest in Malaysia, and their traditional boat builders, Emerald Islands, elegance Songket fabric, Batik, intricate skills of woodcarving, and many many more. If you are interested in know more about Terengganu please visit the Tourism of Terengganu.

Scrapbooking with Frame for our Client

A japanese client wanted to do a cute frame for her 5 years old daughter's birthday, and she needs two separate frames, one for her home in Penang and anohter to bring back to her parents home in Japan.

Took a few of her daughters in her ballerina dress .. ha happy girl .. posing for the photo.
Just completed the scrapbooking just now and will be doing the frame for her. Will update here once the framing is completed.

Restaurant Project

Nagore Road, the place that we are located now is full of restaurants. Near to us, you also see another food paradise, The New World Park, Penang.

We had 2 framing orders from neighbouring restaurants last week. The first one is Thai food restaurant and another one is western food restaurant.

The Chili Corner Thai food restaurant owner passed me some plastic chili to be framed. He tend to hang the frame in front of the counter. He asked my help to design the artwork in order to make the red chili look spicy and hot!! (It think probably he means outstanding!) Ching designed the artwork as he loved it very much.

And I just get a few done just now.

Ching's broken watch!

Ching had accidently broken her Adidas sport watch which I gave her as a gift for her birthday few years ago. She like the watch very much and she was disapponted that she cant wear it for aerobic class again.

Since the belt couldnt be replaced, we decided to frame it up ( we also feel that the watch has the sentimental's value for both of us ). So, she designed the background artwork and I had just get it framed just now.

Tomorrow, I will hang it in my gallery and show my customers even the broken stuff can be framed!!

Father Day Gift

Last week I did a frame for my customer. It is her father's 50 years old ping pong racket, the racket mean so much to her father and she decided to frame it and want to give him a surprise on the Father Day.

I use a hand finished wooden frame and intended to find some antique looked matting but found none from our supplier. So, Ching had to do the artworks design for the frame background. Since we can't found the old look colour and texture style matting here, so we had to design an `artificial faded colour' finishing to replace the antique look's texture matboard. We inserted some wording (greeting and some history) as well so that someone will appreciate when they look at the frame.

PPFA Certified Picture Framer Exam

I always want to be able to speak and understand well English language. But I still facing difficulties to understand it whenever I read an English Book or watching a Hollywood movie.

This time I have no choice. Because of the CPF exam, I bought my 2nd English dictionary two weeks ago. ( I bought my first one during my schooling day, the Indian English teacher `forced’ us to do so! And now I regret I didn’t listen to him and fully utilize the dictionary as much as possible. ).

So now and again, I can’t understand so many words in these reference books recommended by PPFA, there are so many terms and wording that confusing me. I need to browse the dictionary more than 10 times just only doing one page of reading! How I am going to finish so many books within 11 days after spending so much time on `reading’ dictionary!!!

Now, there are only few days left before I fly to Australia for my test. You know what?! I am still browsing my brand new dictionary more than the books every night!!! I feel worry that I might catch by the tricky questions because of my poor understanding…..