Hours of Operation:
- Monday-Friday 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
- Saturday 10 am – 4:30 pm
Getting ready for an art show? Just got your family photo taken? Want to preserve that drawing you made in college? Our frame shop is here to help! Our professional framers will assist you in choosing the right custom frames, mats, glass, and mounting procedures to display your pictures exactly the way you want them.
The Frame Shop features:
- Four C+H Professional Mat Cutters: Three of our C+H cutters are available for customers to cut their own mats. We also teach private lessons on how to use these mat cutters.
- A Fletcher 3000 Multi-Material Wall-Mount Cutter
- An upright frame chopper and miter saw for those perfect 45˚ corners.
- Four corner vices for joining frames.
- A 24” wide lamination press.
- A great variety of in-stock choppable frame lengths and stretcher bars and a full range of orderable custom frame mouldings
- Archival and Acid-Free mats, backing, glass, and mounting procedures for conservation framing.
- A range of materials to suit any project or pocketbook.
- The Best Prices in Town.
The Frame Shop now offers on-campus delivery for framing orders.
The Frame Shop has just doubled the amount of available frame mouldings for sale! We now have over 90 stunning frame samples to maximize your selection and satisfaction. Visit us today!
The Frame Shop now carries a new line of Bainbridge Acid-Free Rag mats. Come in for a free quote/consultation to have your pictures professionally matted at competitive prices!
We’ve just received a new shipment of 99% Ultra-Violet Protective Conservation Picture Framing Glass. Want to preserve your family heirloom or keep your original artwork from fading? Don’t wait! Upgrade to archival materials, including conservation clear glass now!
We now carry 1 ½” and 2 ½” custom-sized poplar stretcher bar length ready to chop for painting students, teachers, fine artists, and anyone interested in stretching their own canvasses. We keep in-stock length of both sizes, and are waiting to chop and join any size for your special project.
David Gladish, Craft Shop Assistant Supervisor
David is the assistant to our Coordinator, Ron Dunkel and the Frame Shop Specialist. He is a full-time staff member with a B.A. in Art History, a B.F.A. in painting, and six years of professional framing experience. He teaches several matting and framing courses at the Craft Shop, and is available at request for private lessons @ $12.00 per half hour. You may contact him by email at dgladish@siu.edu or by calling (618)453-3636.
Jaimie Johnson, Craft Shop Student Instructor/Framer
Jaimie is our very talented framing specialist. She is a second-year undergraduate student at SIUC studying industrial design. She has several years of experience in framing and will assist you with all your framing needs. She also teaches matting and framing courses at the Craft Shop.
