The Authentic helps individuals and families, artists and designers to print, frame, present, and preserve memories, and art. We combine artisan woodwork, archival printing, and conservation custom framing, so that your memories can be cherished, enjoyed, shared and passed-on to future generations.
We love what we do, not only as a woodwork artist, framer and photographer, and we understand the importance and meaning behind your photographs or piece of art, for you, your family and the next generations.
Our handmade and frame-ready product, The One Photo, celebrates moments in time and the special someone in our lives, that shines light along our paths. Let’s Hold that Moment, for now and for always.
The aim of conservation framing is to protect your image or artwork from environmental elements such as changes of temperature, humidity, UV and airborne pollutants.
We follow these guiding principles as we perform conservation grade framing:
Reversibility – no work on paper is taped, glued or permanently mounted to the substrate, so that the artwork can be easily reversed.
Chemical stability – we observe this principle by a careful and stringent material selection process in order to maintain a chemically stable environment for the art work, this includes additional treatment to our timber frames.
Overall, we refer to the guiding principles from the Library of Congress as well as Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material.
We choose materials from reputable framing suppliers who stock products that meet the standards of the Fine Art Trade Guild quality, PPFA (Professional Picture Framing Association), as well as products certified by the National Archives of Australia. All of our standard framing materials are acid-free.
We offer laser engraving service. When a short message / caption is engraved on the frame / box, it makes your memory / art more personal.
Please indicate that you require this service when you fill in the quotation form.
we make our handmade products to such quality that they can be passed on to subsequent generations. Our use of the traditional joinery can warrant our handmade frames are good for a lifetime.
Please check our T&C to see what it covers.
Get In Touch!
Email or call us for your needs, or fill in an enquiry form and we will call you back within 24 hours.
+ 61 493 571 969 / +61 466 788 786
carmen@theauthentic.com.au
Croydon Hills VIC 3136
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