PPFA announces winners of International Framing Competition
The Professional Picture Framers Association (PPFA) held its International Framing Competition during the PPFA 2010 annual conference, February 21-23 in Anaheim, S. Calif.
Entries were displayed in a framing gallery on the PMA 2010 trade show floor at the Anaheim Convention Center. Judges Awards were donated by Bienfang Framing Products, Frank's Fabrics, SoftTouch Solutions and Vermont Hardwoods.
The team from Rehfeld’s Art & Framing, Sioux Falls, S.D., took First Place in the PRINT category, in which participants showcased their artistic and technical skills by framing “Heart Rod Guitar” by artist Rod Morris, an antique Holbein watercolor applied to gesso on watercolor paper, pastel and felt tip pen. The team – that also took the Popular Choice PRINT award -- includes Desi Mowry, CPF, Larry Rehfeld, CPF, Crista Saeger, Tim Baltzer, Sande Brosonski, Pat Hager and Audra Markwed.
Joseph Boutell, CPF, The Source on Lake, Pasadena, Calif., won Second Place.
Sarah Beckett, CPF, SB Framing Gallery, Milwaukee, Wis., came in Third and also got the High Point First Time Entry Judges Award.
Sandy Beeler, CPF, The Frame Shoppe & Gallery, Lafayette, Ind., took First Honorable Mention. Chris Frazee, Art Supply House, Durango, Colo., took Second Honorable Mention and won a Judges Honors Certificate for Excellence for Craftsmanship and Wood Finishing. John Nazworth, Pinehurst Gallery, Orange, Texas, took Third Honorable Mention.
Mariska Kavich, CPF, of Mikki’s Frame Shop, Crossville, Tenn., got a Judges Award for use of Green or Reclaimed Products. John Barlowe, The Frame Shop Art Gallery & Gifts, Holland, Ohio, won a Judges Award sponsored by SoftTouch Solutions for Innovative Moulding and Frame Creation.
The team from the Great Frame Up, Indianapolis, Ind. -- Scott Westphal, Bruce Westphal, CPF, Phil Westphal, John Russell, CPF, and Belinda Short -- took a Judges Award sponsored by Bienfang Products for Pushing The Limits of Frame Design.
Myrna Dow of High Desert Gallery, Bend, Ore., won a Judges Award sponsored by Frank’s Fabrics, for Best Use of Fabrics. Deborah J. Hill, MCPF, of Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, Texas, won a Judges Honors Certificate for Excellence and Craftsmanship for Innovation – New Techniques of Mounting and Mat Design.
Judges in the PRINT competition were Don Berkman, MCPF; Karla Elder, CPF, GCF; Linda Wassell, MCPF; and Jini Lumsden, MCPF served as secretary.
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The OPEN Competition allows participants to frame anything, indulging their creativity without restriction.
Dean Cardenas, Art Incorporated, San Antonio, Texas, took home First Place. Kristen Ling, CPF, A Framer’s Touch, Forest Grove, Ore., took Second Place; and Trevor Yates, Just Frame It, Gladstone, Queensland, Australia, took Third Place as well as Popular Choice OPEN.
Joyce Michels, MCPF, Michels Frames & Things, Saint Robert, Mo., took First Honorable Mention in OPEN.
A team from The Color Wheel Inc., McLean, Va., took High Point First Time Entry; the team comprised Jacinta Porto, Cyndi Geyer, Katy Lewis, Megan Miller, Steve Jacobs and Hernan Picco.
Mariska Kavich, Mikki’s Frame Shop, got a Judges Award for Innovative Design & Hand Painted Finish. Nancy Norcross-White from New Creation Picture Framing, Calif., got a Judges Award sponsored by Vermont Hardwoods, for Best Use of Mouldings. Barb Pelton, MCPF, Artfully Framed in Poplar Bluff, Mo., got an Honors Certificate of Craftsmanship & Excellence for Unity and Design Excellence-Two-Sided Presentation.
Judges in the OPEN competition were Linda Ellis-Watson, CPF; Stuart Altschuler, CPF, GCF; Adela Davis, MCPF; and Mike Bettman, CPF, served as secretary.
The PRINT piece for the 2011 International Framing Competition is “Fall Color – Blue Sky,” a digital photograph reproduction using Epson Ultrachrome inks on Epson Premium Luster "E" Surface paper, by artist Linda Sutton, from The Artist’s Eye, Woodland Hills, Calif.
The Professional Picture Framers Association (PPFA) held its International Framing Competition during the PPFA 2010 annual conference, February 21-23 in Anaheim, S. Calif.
Entries were displayed in a framing gallery on the PMA 2010 trade show floor at the Anaheim Convention Center. Judges Awards were donated by Bienfang Framing Products, Frank's Fabrics, SoftTouch Solutions and Vermont Hardwoods.
The team from Rehfeld’s Art & Framing, Sioux Falls, S.D., took First Place in the PRINT category, in which participants showcased their artistic and technical skills by framing “Heart Rod Guitar” by artist Rod Morris, an antique Holbein watercolor applied to gesso on watercolor paper, pastel and felt tip pen. The team – that also took the Popular Choice PRINT award -- includes Desi Mowry, CPF, Larry Rehfeld, CPF, Crista Saeger, Tim Baltzer, Sande Brosonski, Pat Hager and Audra Markwed.
Joseph Boutell, CPF, The Source on Lake, Pasadena, Calif., won Second Place.
Sarah Beckett, CPF, SB Framing Gallery, Milwaukee, Wis., came in Third and also got the High Point First Time Entry Judges Award.
Sandy Beeler, CPF, The Frame Shoppe & Gallery, Lafayette, Ind., took First Honorable Mention. Chris Frazee, Art Supply House, Durango, Colo., took Second Honorable Mention and won a Judges Honors Certificate for Excellence for Craftsmanship and Wood Finishing. John Nazworth, Pinehurst Gallery, Orange, Texas, took Third Honorable Mention.
Mariska Kavich, CPF, of Mikki’s Frame Shop, Crossville, Tenn., got a Judges Award for use of Green or Reclaimed Products. John Barlowe, The Frame Shop Art Gallery & Gifts, Holland, Ohio, won a Judges Award sponsored by SoftTouch Solutions for Innovative Moulding and Frame Creation.
The team from the Great Frame Up, Indianapolis, Ind. -- Scott Westphal, Bruce Westphal, CPF, Phil Westphal, John Russell, CPF, and Belinda Short -- took a Judges Award sponsored by Bienfang Products for Pushing The Limits of Frame Design.
Myrna Dow of High Desert Gallery, Bend, Ore., won a Judges Award sponsored by Frank’s Fabrics, for Best Use of Fabrics. Deborah J. Hill, MCPF, of Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, Texas, won a Judges Honors Certificate for Excellence and Craftsmanship for Innovation – New Techniques of Mounting and Mat Design.
Judges in the PRINT competition were Don Berkman, MCPF; Karla Elder, CPF, GCF; Linda Wassell, MCPF; and Jini Lumsden, MCPF served as secretary.
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The OPEN Competition allows participants to frame anything, indulging their creativity without restriction.
Dean Cardenas, Art Incorporated, San Antonio, Texas, took home First Place. Kristen Ling, CPF, A Framer’s Touch, Forest Grove, Ore., took Second Place; and Trevor Yates, Just Frame It, Gladstone, Queensland, Australia, took Third Place as well as Popular Choice OPEN.
Joyce Michels, MCPF, Michels Frames & Things, Saint Robert, Mo., took First Honorable Mention in OPEN.
A team from The Color Wheel Inc., McLean, Va., took High Point First Time Entry; the team comprised Jacinta Porto, Cyndi Geyer, Katy Lewis, Megan Miller, Steve Jacobs and Hernan Picco.
Mariska Kavich, Mikki’s Frame Shop, got a Judges Award for Innovative Design & Hand Painted Finish. Nancy Norcross-White from New Creation Picture Framing, Calif., got a Judges Award sponsored by Vermont Hardwoods, for Best Use of Mouldings. Barb Pelton, MCPF, Artfully Framed in Poplar Bluff, Mo., got an Honors Certificate of Craftsmanship & Excellence for Unity and Design Excellence-Two-Sided Presentation.
Judges in the OPEN competition were Linda Ellis-Watson, CPF; Stuart Altschuler, CPF, GCF; Adela Davis, MCPF; and Mike Bettman, CPF, served as secretary.
The PRINT piece for the 2011 International Framing Competition is “Fall Color – Blue Sky,” a digital photograph reproduction using Epson Ultrachrome inks on Epson Premium Luster "E" Surface paper, by artist Linda Sutton, from The Artist’s Eye, Woodland Hills, Calif.
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