How to choose a mat board
Once you wake up and face the mirror, ready to start the day, one of our first decisions is: what am I wearing? So many options: tees, shirts, jackets, jeans, pants, shorts, socks, shoes, colors, patterns… The list goes on and on. It is a calculated process balancing commodity, the occasion, just to solve an easy question: how am I going to look? So simple yet complicated. It goes beyond a matter of esthetics, we are dealing with feeling confident.
Rethinking frames
Discovering new possibilities… When we think about framing, maybe the first thing that comes to mind is having artwork or a photograph inside a frame. Pieces made on paper: flat, bidimensional. How much art, memories, documents, achievements haven’t been created or registered on this format? Years will pass by and this, surely, will continue. That’s …
Lavinia Ruiz / A story to deserve to be told
As a business consultant, I have the opportunity to collaborate with various entrepreneur projects in one of the most prestigious educational institutions in the country. Even though multiple projects pass through my hands, I must admit that I am not aware of the fine details of many of them. My relationship with Lavinia begins with …
Lavnia Ruiz: A story worth telling
Me as business consultant have the opportunity to collaborate with various entrepreneur projects in one of the most prestigious educational institutions in the country. Even though multiple projects pass through my hands, I must admit that I am not aware of the fine details of many of them. My relationship with Lavinia Ruiz begins with …
Lavinia´s Framing – West Coast Art & Frame Expo 2019
Welcome to Las Vegas It was the opportunity to shake hands with our suppliers of the best lines of materials, meet those who come for the first time to the event and exchange experiences with professionals in this industry from around the world. Style &Trends The beautiful moldings with Gold and Silver finishes were highlighted. …
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“Popotillo”, an art that remains
“Popotillo” is an old prehispanic technique used to make art. It consists of creating colorful images by using the natural fibers of “mijo” over any design. This fibers go through different coloring processes, and are glued to a base using beeswax or Campeche wax. The variety of designs and colors are intricate, complex and require a lot of precision from the artist to make these unbelievable images with an old technique inherited by their ancestors that are still preserved to this day.
How to frame powdery artworks
Artwork done with any powdery medium such as charcoal, pastel or chalk are valued for their luminosity and velvety quality. Charcoal was used in cave paintings, but it was mixed with animal fat to form a paste which has lasted to this day.
