Whether you shop the street or your most loved art gallery, art is what you make it.
It doesn’t have to hang in a museum to be a treasure. Art can be personal, and it has no boundaries– stretching as far as your imagination will allow. With the power of presentation, you can turn an everyday object into art.
From Napkin to Heirloom
In the summer of ’98, you spent one weekend in Harlem.
Friday, you stayed up late night with your best cousin, listening to jazz and talking about nothing into the wee hours of the morning.
Saturday, you went to a cafe solo, where you noticed your favorite musician, Roy Hargrove, sitting alone at a table for two. You sent him a drink and shared a brief conversation. He signed a cocktail napkin for you.
Sunday, you returned home. You kept the napkin, along with a book of matches you grabbed from the cafe, resolving to store the keepsakes inside the shoe box in your closet.
Let It Shine with A Design
There’s just something about a picture frame that makes your memento worthy of an audience all over again– telling its own story and transporting you back to another time. This is just one of the super-powers that art possesses, and after all these years, you can still tap-in.
Frame the napkin & matches together. Display them in your music room to add a sentimental memory with a unique flare. You can even write a note on the back of the frame and pass it down to your jazz-loving nephew, turning it into an heirloom.
Your small treasures are destined to make a big impression, so whether it’s a cocktail napkin, a letter from a dear friend, a baby shoe, or a wedding broom, put some respect on it by adding a thoughtful frame. Reach out to your local art gallery for help!
Remember: Art is not limited to paint on paper; it’s whatever you make it. So make it last for a lifetime with a conservation frame.
Tubman photo framed with text excerpt, Framed speech transcripts
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