High Desert Gallery of Central Oregon

Wish Upon A Card - Fabric Post Card Event opens -- 2009 Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show

The 2009 Wish Upon A Card, a silent auction and sale of donated fabric postcards, is now open for your bidding pleasure!. Nearly 80 custom framed fabric post cards have been donated to raise funds for the Wendy's Wish project. Approximately 55 custom framed fabric post cards are hanging at Sisters Artworks and available for your silent bid! Another 25 custom framed fabric post cards will be displayed during the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show's Quilters Affair Week. The fabric post cards that are displayed at Quilters Affair venue have been created by the quilt instructors. Over $17,000 raised from the project in the past two years has been donated to Wendy's Wish Foundation.

The 2009 Wish Upon A Card fundraiser is a juried silent auction. High Desert Gallery has provided a 100% donation (materials and labor) of custom framing for 80 postcards. The postcards not selected for the silent auction will be sold at other venues by the Wendy’s Wish volunteers. The silent auction officially begins July 5, during the Around the Block Fiber Arts Stroll and will continue through Quilt Show Day, July 11, 2009 and on display at Sisters Art Works. A special juried group of 30 cards from our Quilters Affair Instructors are framed and silent auctioned at the Sisters Oregon high School during the week of classes, July 6 – 10. The silent auction of the instructors fabric post cards ENDS Friday, July 10 at 11am! The silent auction of the fabric post cards at Sisters Artworks ends Quilt Show Day, Saturday, July 11^th.

Image:  Myrna Dow, Gallery Director of High Desert Gallery and High Desert Frameworks! Of Central Oregon and Ann Richardson, Executive Director of the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show.

Remember – Bid High, Bid Often and support the fund raising efforts of Wendy's Wish! This wonderful fundraiser would not be possible without the support of the many quilters that submitted and donated the fabric post cards, the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show and the Executive Director, Ann Richardson. Thank you Ann and to the hundreds of quilters and volunteers!

To read about last years project visit: Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show - Fabric Post Card Auction

Wendy’s Wish is a project to support the St. Charles Cancer Treatment Center. Wendy’s Wish exists to provide education, promote early detection of cancer and offer affordable, compassionate emotional support to each individual’s personal journey. Wendy’s Wish is named in honor of Wendy S. Huntley, a Central Oregon quilter who had breast cancer and ultimately passed away from colon cancer in the summer of 2006. Direct contributions to Wendy’s Wish may be made to St. Charles Foundation – Wendy’s Wish, 2500 NE Neff Road, Bend, OR 97701.

About The Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show™: The Stitchin’ Post is proud to present the 34th Anniversary Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show™ displaying more than 1,200 quilts under sunny summer skies. From barns to balconies, storefronts to stairways, quilts from all over the world blanket the town with splashes of color on Saturday, July 11, 2009 and every year on the second Saturday in July. A “grass roots” show, the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show™, features quilts from groups as far away as New Zealand, as close to home as Sisters and beyond. For more information visit: www.sistersoutdoorquiltshow.org or call the Stitchin’ Post at 541-549-6061.

About High Desert Gallery: High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing, The Art & Soul of Central Oregon™ is an award winning fine art and custom picture framing gallery with three High Desert Gallery retail locations in Bend, Oregon (Open Summer 2009), Redmond and Sisters Oregon and one High Desert Frameworks! located in downtown Bend, Oregon. The gallery specializes in Central Oregon Artists & Beyond™ and Stellar Custom Framing. High Desert Gallery honored in 2005, 2006 and 2007 by Decor Magazine as a "Top 100 Art and Framing Gallery in America" and voted "Best Art Gallery" in Redmond, Oregon (2006, 2007 & 2008) and Sisters, Oregon (2005, 2006, & 2008). International Framing Awards earned by High Desert Gallery include First Place and Top Honors in the Professional Picture Framing Association (PPFA) 2007-2008 International Open Framing Competition and Third Place in the Professional Picture Framing Association 2008-2009 International Print Framing Competition. For more information please visit: www.highdesertgallery.com or call toll free 1-866-549-6250. The Art & Soul of Central Oregon™ and Central Oregon Artists & Beyond™ are trademarks of High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing of Central Oregon.

Ten Days of Framing at High Desert Gallery and High Desert Frameworks!

"On the first day of framing, my true love gave to me...." oops! Wrong holiday.  But we are celebrating right now and want you to know about it.

High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing wants you to save $50 on your new custom framing order of $250 or more with this gift-wrapped coupon.

Here's the deal: we are celebrating with ten days of framing savings, from June 20 to June 30.  Simply print out the coupon, pick up that print Aunt Margret left you in her will (or maybe a photograph of your new baby, or a new Paul Alan Bennett giclee) and come in to one of our two convenient retail locations, in either downtown Redmond, or downtown Bend.  We're very friendly.  We want to help you find that perfect frame.  And we want you to save a little money in the process.  BTW -- We are great at frame design as well as our quality can't be beat!

So hitch up the ole' reindeer...sorry, it must be that "waiting for summer" thing.  So mark your calendars from June 20 (that's today) to June 30.  Print out your coupon. Visit the High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing location most convenient to you, and let's have a celebration!

Coupons offered here:

Custom Framing Sale at High Desert Gallery - Redmond, 435 W 6th Street, Redmond, Oregon.

Custom Framing Sale at High Desert Frameworks! - Bend , 431 NW Franklin, Bend, Oregon.

Our store hours are:

High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing - Redmond -- Open Tuesday - Saturday 11am to 5pm

High Desert Frameworks! - Bend -- Open Monday-Friday 10am to 5:30pm, Saturday 10am to 2pm.

2009 Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show - Fabric Post Card Auction

The Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show, in Sisters, Oregon, is the largest outdoor quilt show in the country, an annual event that drapes the little town at the foot of the Cascade Mountains with more than twelve hundred quilts, or roughly one per resident.

Every second Saturday in July – a day chosen by organizers because it has one of the least statistical chances for rain – an army of volunteers wake before dawn and begin hanging the quilts from every downtown storefront, fence and available public space.

While the spectacle attracts thousands of visitors for the one-day event, there are other numerous other quilting-related activities, including classes, contests and specialty shows. One of the more recent additions growing in popularity is the postcard show, featuring quilts the size of a four by six inch postcard.

In 2008 roughly 1,000 postcard quilts were submitted for the show, according to organizers. Of those, 73 were selected by a jury to be framed and then put up for bid at a silent auction to raise money for a local cancer charity.

“The postcards are wonderful,” said Sally Rogers, a resident of nearby Redmond, Ore., who on a whim last year purchased one of the postcards at the silent auction for $100. It was a take on the American flag stitched by a well-known local quilter.

“It was just something that went with my house … but also a good way to raise money, and, of course, the framing is wonderful,” said Rogers.

It’s no secret to artists that a custom frame complements a painting or photograph and adds value, something Myrna Dow, a co-owner of High Desert Gallery in Sisters, knows well.

In 2007, the first year of the postcard quilt show, Dow was disappointed to see that the juried pieces were framed with generic, mass-produced frames. She approached the organizers and asked if they would be interested in custom framing each juried piece for the following year’s show.

They liked the idea but were certain the show, which is run as a nonprofit, wouldn’t have the money necessary to pay Dow for her work. So she offered to donate the time and materials.

The decision made a difference. In 2007, the show’s silent auction raised $6,000. In 2008, helped by Dow’s custom framing, the silent auction raised $11,400.

“When Myrna put them in frames, they just looked fabulous,” said Ann Richardson, the executive director of the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show. “The custom framing really made a difference and added a quality that caused sales to almost double.”

Custom framing 70 miniature quilts was no easy task – there were deadlines to meet and technical challenges to overcome – but Dow proved up to it.

Knowing she’d have little time between when the postcard quilts would arrive at her shop and when they had to be delivered, Dow started by building frames. Choosing from the more than 2,800 molding samples in her shop, Dow and an assistant began building different frames, each 10 by 12 inches, despite the fact they had yet to see the postcard quilts.

When the organizers finally dropped them off, roughly a month before the show, Dow began matching them to the frames.

“What was fun was to be able to use stock on hand to create different approaches, from fun and festive to elegant,” said Dow. “We had such a wonderful gamut of frames, it made each frame look like the postcard was picked for it.”

Next, each postcard quilt was mounted. Adhering to strict archival standards, no glue or adhesives were used, enabling the pieces to be easily removed if required. Pieces with finished edges, such as a border, were suspended by stitching the corners to a backing material. If the piece was flat and without finished edges, it was placed in a similar sized hole in the backing material, also called a sink set.

Many of the pieces featured 3-D relief, due to beads, buttons or other fabric forms stitched into the postcard quilts. Dow used foam core spacers in addition to double and triple matting to keep the pieces from touching the frame glass.

The end result was 73 custom framed postcard quilts, each one of them different.

“We didn’t just slap a frame on them,” said Dow. “Each piece had character and we were able to pull it out. We made them special.”

And that mattered to the show’s organizers. The Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show has been around for more than three decades but the postcard quilt show has given a new meaning to the show. The silent auction benefits Wendy’s Wish, a nonprofit based in nearby Bend, Ore., that provide education and promote the early detection of colorectal cancer. It is named after Wendy Huntley, a Central Oregon quilter who contributed to the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show.

“It’s added an element of visible community support,” said the show’s executive director, Ann Richardson. “It’s also added that art element. Because we’re an outdoor show that doesn’t attract what you would consider art quilts because people don’t want those hung outside, this show is indoors, on a small scale … it gives us an expanded dimension of the art side of quilting.”

 Alma de la Melena Cox, a Sisters fiber artist who had a postcard quilt in the 2008 juried show, was also appreciative of Dow’s efforts. The frames were perfect, she said, and made a significant impact on the show.

“What I found to be incredible was how valued the postcards were,” said Cox. “People were standing next to them at the silent auction in order to outbid others because they were so passionate about the pieces. It just seemed like people were not even thinking about the money aspect, they were just drawn to something they wanted.”

Dow is again preparing to donate her time and materials for this summer’s postcard quilt show. It’s a worthwhile effort, she says, but also helps give her business exposure as well as inspire visitors as to what is possible with framing.

“What I love is we were able to use our skills and showcase what framing can do for art and it’s for a good cause,” said Dow. “It’s a win for everyone.”

The 2009 Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show will be held Saturday, July 11 in Sisters. For more information, visit: Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show.

Andrew Moore - April 2009

Gary Miller, Photographer. 

Additionally published:  Decor Magazine -- May 2009 Retailer Focus

High Desert Frameworks! opens Friday, June 5 -- Bend First Friday Gallery Walk

High Desert Gallery of Central Oregon (www.highdesertgallery.com), an award winning fine art and custom picture framing gallery, is proud to announce the expansion and opening of High Desert Frameworks! The 1,210 square feet retail custom picture framing gallery is located at 431 NW Franklin Avenue at Lava in downtown Bend, Oregon. High Desert Frameworks! will host their first Bend First Friday Art Gallery Walk on Friday, June 5, 2009 from 5-9pm and feature fused glass by Oregon artist, Jenelle Lynn Kathan, refreshments and lively conversation.

“High Desert Frameworks! is key to our Central Oregon expansion and will complement our retail art galleries in Redmond and Sisters, Oregon as well as our new gallery scheduled to open in the Oxford Hotel this summer,” states Myrna Dow, owner of High Desert Gallery. “Our Frameworks! location will provide all services of a custom picture framing gallery including on site manufacturing, conservation custom picture framing, consultation, design, layout and installation services. Additionally, we'll represent Pacific Northwest artists working in three dimensional glass, clay, silver, wood and other mediums. We are excited about the opportunities that Bend brings us and are looking forward to partnering with its art and business communities.”

High Desert Frameworks! is open Monday through Friday 10am to 5:30pm and Saturday 10am to 2pm. For more information on the gallery please visit www.highdesertgallery.com or call High Desert Frameworks! at 541-647-2191.

About Myrna Dow: Myrna Dow, owner, director, and professional picture framer of High Desert Gallery and High Desert Frameworks! has a background in the arts and framing industry spanning more than twenty years. Earning a BFA in Graphic Arts from Portland State, Dow first started in the graphic arts field working for several large agencies and type houses. In the early 80's she began her career in the gallery business as a sales associate and gallery manager. After several years, she migrated to the custom framing industry and mentored with an accomplished professional picture framer. In 1999 Dow moved to Central Oregon and soon thereafter established High Desert Gallery of Central Oregon.

About High Desert Gallery & High Desert Frameworks!: High Desert Gallery, The Art & Soul of Central Oregon™ is an award winning fine art and custom picture framing gallery with three High Desert Gallery retail locations in Bend, Oregon (Open Summer 2009), Redmond and Sisters Oregon and High Desert Frameworks! located at 431 NW Franklin Avenue at Lava in downtown Bend, Oregon. The gallery specializes in Central Oregon Artists & Beyond™ and Stellar Custom Framing. High Desert Gallery honored in 2005, 2006 and 2007 by Decor Magazine as a "Top 100 Art and Framing Gallery in America" and voted "Best Art Gallery" in Redmond, Oregon (2006, 2007 & 2008) and Sisters, Oregon (2005, 2006, & 2008). International Framing Awards earned by High Desert Gallery include First Place and Top Honors in the Professional Picture Framing Association (PPFA) 2007-2008 International Open Framing Competition and Third Place in the Professional Picture Framing Association 2008-2009 International Print Framing Competition. For more information please visit: www.highdesertgallery.com or call toll free 1-866-549-6250.

Myrna Dow of High Desert Gallery Receives Honors at the PPFA 2009 International Framing Competition

The winners of the Professional Picture Framers Association (PPFA) 2009 International Framing Competition, held in Las Vegas, have been announced. Myrna Dow, owner of High Desert Gallery and High Desert Frameworks! walked away with a coveted third place in the International Print Competition. All participating professional framers framed the same vintage necklace and were required to win at their local chapter to qualify for entry into the International competition. Bonnie Dietering of Art Incorporated in San Antonio, TX, took first place and a Judges Award for Best Use of Fabric in the Print category. Judy Niewald and Mike Bettmann, CPF, Colorado Frame Co., Lakewood, CO, won second place, High Point First Time Entry, and a Judges Award for Best Shadowbox. Myrna Dow, High Desert Gallery, Sisters, OR, came in third.

Dow who was honored in 2008 with a Top Honor, First Place, and a Judges Award for High-Point First-Time Entry in the Open Competition was thrilled to participate again this year. “When you challenge yourself and enter a competition it allows for critical feedback and you are judged with your peers. It's humbling to receive Third Place in the PPFA 2009 Print Competition and to be critically judged amongst so many great professional framers," states Myrna Dow.

The custom framing entries in the Print Competition were judged on four critical components including, overall impressions, design and creative elements, technique, and critical assessment of skills. The Professional Picture Framers Association (PPFA) hosts custom picture framing completions in several categories during their Annual International PPFA 2009 - Leadership in Framing Convention held in Las Vegas in March 2009.

Dow, owner, director, and professional picture framer of High Desert Gallery and High Desert Frameworks! has a background in the arts and framing industry spanning more than twenty years. Earning a BFA in Graphic Arts from Portland State, Dow first started in the graphic arts field working for several large agencies and type houses. In the early 80's she began her career in the gallery business as a sales associate and gallery manager. After several years, she migrated to the custom framing environment and mentored with an accomplished professional picture framer. In 1999 Dow relocated to Central Oregon and soon thereafter established High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing of Central Oregon.

About High Desert Gallery: High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing, The Art & Soul of Central Oregon™ is an award winning fine art and custom picture framing gallery with three High Desert Gallery retail locations in Bend, Oregon (Open Summer 2009), Redmond and Sisters Oregon and High Desert Frameworks! located at 431 NW Franklin Avenue at Lava in downtown Bend, Oregon. The gallery specializes in Central Oregon Artists & Beyond™ and Stellar Custom Framing. High Desert Gallery honored in 2005, 2006 and 2007 by Decor Magazine as a "Top 100 Art and Framing Gallery in America" and voted "Best Art Gallery" in Redmond, Oregon (2006, 2007 & 2008) and Sisters, Oregon (2005, 2006, & 2008). International Framing Awards earned by High Desert Gallery include First Place and Top Honors in the Professional Picture Framing Association (PPFA) 2007-2008 International Open Framing Competition and Third Place in the Professional Picture Framing Association 2008-2009 International Print Framing Competition. For more information please visit: www.highdesertgallery.com or call toll free 1-866-549-6250.

About PPFA: Serving the art and framing community worldwide, the Professional Picture Framers Association™(PPFA®) encourages artisans to hone the time-honored skill of custom framing. As the professional trade association for the custom framing industry, PPFA connects frame shops, art galleries, and suppliers to a network of knowledge and support. PPFA, a PMA® member association,builds on its 37-year history of establishing best practices for framing and providing programs and services essential for entrepreneurial success. Through education, certification, business services, industry research, and events, PPFA leads its members to discover, understand, and act on new business opportunities.

Redmond Oregon Construction Bucks on sale: www.constructionbucks.com

High Desert Gallery Construction Bucks Sale -- Save $110 on your $250 custom framing order.  Or save 30 percent on any art purchase by using Redmond Oregon's Construction Bucks!  It doesn't get any better than this!  Come Frame with Us!

While Downtown Redmond is receiving a much-needed facelift, High Desert Gallery - Redmond is helping you save on our award winning framing with our Construction Bucks Sale.

During May receive $50 off your custom framing order of $250 or more. Plus, we're offering Daily Twitter Specials (Tuesday-Saturday) to all of our tweeple. Each day, High Desert Gallery will announce a special on Twitter good for that day.

Want to know how to save even more dollars?  Purchase Redmond's Construction Bucks* at the Redmond City Hall for an additional 30% savings.  You pay $140 for $200 of Construction Bucks!  A $60 savings plus our $50 coupon for a grand total of $110 in savings!   It doesn't  get any better than this!  Come frame with us!

Remember you can use Construction Bucks just like cash at High Desert Gallery in Redmond Oregon.   Want the great deal?  Then visit:  www.constructionbucks.com for more information.

Not one of High Desert Gallery's tweeple yet? Just sign in here, or check out our new Construction Bucks website daily to see what piece of artwork or other goodie is offered at remarkable savings. For more information, visit www.constructionbucks.com.

High Desert Gallery
453 SW 6th Street
Redmond, Oregon 97756
541-388-8964 / 866-549-6250
Open Daily: Tuesday - Saturday 11am to 5pm, (Special Construction Hours)
www.highdesertgallery.com

* Please note:  You can not use Redmond's Construction Bucks at High Desert Gallery in Sisters Oregon or online.  You must present them and make your purchase at our Redmond Gallery. 

About High Desert Gallery: High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing, The Art & Soul of Central Oregon™ is an award winning fine art and custom picture framing gallery with three High Desert Gallery retail locations in Bend, Oregon (Open Summer 2009), Redmond and Sisters Oregon and High Desert Frameworks! located at 431 NW Franklin Avenue at Lava in downtown Bend, Oregon. The gallery specializes in Central Oregon Artists & Beyond™ and Stellar Custom Framing. High Desert Gallery honored in 2005, 2006 and 2007 by Decor Magazine as a "Top 100 Art and Framing Gallery in America" and voted "Best Art Gallery" in Redmond, Oregon (2006, 2007 & 2008) and Sisters, Oregon (2005, 2006, & 2008). International Framing Awards earned by High Desert Gallery include First Place and Top Honors in the Professional Picture Framing Association (PPFA) 2007-2008 International Open Framing Competition and Third Place in the Professional Picture Framing Association 2008-2009 International Print Framing Competition.

For more information please visit: www.highdesertgallery.com or call toll free 1-866-549-6250. Follow us on Friend Feed -- track and follow all our activities in one easy location! Visit:  High Desert Gallery Friend Feed.  The Art & Soul of Central Oregon™ and Central Oregon Artists & Beyond™ are trademarks of High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing of Central Oregon.

Framing Coupon Extended through April - High Desert Gallery

Our very successfully March custom picture framing coupon has been extended through April.

If you didn't take advantage of our $25 or $50 savings or maybe you have another framing project then plan on stopping by High Desert Gallery in Redmond Oregon prior to April 31st! For coupon programs and requirements please visit our previous post! This is a web only special program only and you must print this coupon to qualify!  Coupon valid through April 31, 2009 and must be used at our Redmond Oregon Fine Art Gallery!  For directions to the art gallery visit:  Find Us or call 541-388-8964.  Remember:  If it's not alive and moving then we can frame it!

High Desert Frameworks!  Your best value in custom picture framing in Central Oregon.

No Better Value! Custom framing coupon extended through March

High Desert Frameworks!  No Better Value and Save up to $50 on our award winning designs and archival picture framing.

Follow these easy steps to great custom picture framing, great value and savings up to $50.

• Print High Desert Gallery's Framing Coupon (above)! Save $25 on any custom framing project from $125-$249 or save $50 on any custom framing project over $250.  Hurry as our framing coupon expires March 31, 2009.
• Gather your new framing projects – Holiday or family pictures, special art purchases made on your last vacation, or how about the needle point or family heirloom? If it's not alive and moving we can frame it!
• Bring your new framing projects to High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing, 453 SW 6th Street in downtown Redmond Oregon – We are open Monday through Saturday 10am to 6pm. We'll provide you the best in customer service, award winning designs and craftsmanship, and the best value in custom framing in Central Oregon – Hands down!
  
• Reservations are not required but you can call us at 541-388-8964 if you would like to set a framing appointment.

Please note: Award Winning designs and great conservation framing doesn't mean your framing project will be expensive. Yes, we known for our unbelievable hand crafted custom picture framing but we also have creative designs that will fit your needs and desires.

Check us out – You won't be disappointed and there is no better value in Central Oregon!

About High Desert Gallery: High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing, The Art & Soul of Central Oregon™ is an award winning fine art and custom picture framing gallery with retail locations in Bend, Oregon (Open Summer 2009), Redmond and Sisters Oregon specializing in Central Oregon Artists & Beyond™ and Stellar Custom Framing. High Desert Gallery honored in 2005, 2006 and 2007 by Decor Magazine as a "Top 100 Art and Framing Gallery in America" and voted "Best Art Gallery" in Redmond, Oregon (2006, 2007 & 2008) and Sisters, Oregon (2005, 2006, & 2008). International Framing Awards earned by High Desert Gallery include First Place and Top Honors in the Professional Picture Framing Association (PPFA) 2007-2008 International Open Framing Competition and Third Place in the Professional Picture Framing Association 2008-2009 International Print Framing Competition.  For more information please visit: www.highdesertgallery.com or call toll free 1-866-549-6250. The Art & Soul of Central Oregon™ and Central Oregon Artists & Beyond™ are trademarks of High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing of Central Oregon.

Ask A Picture Framer - Conservation Framing

“What the heck is archival framing and why should I care. Isn't all framing the same?” -- Common questions at High Desert Gallery & Frameworks and on our “Ask a Picture Framer – Ask High Desert Gallery” blog.

Just a couple questions from our Ask a Picture Framer – Ask High Desert Gallery

Becky W from Salem, Oregon wrote to us and asked: “Hi Myrna. What type of glass should I use on our family pictures. I've heard about UV glass. Can you help us out?”

Victoria P from Boring, Oregon wrote to us and asked: “We have a watercolor we purchased on the Oregon Coast about 20 years ago. The back of the frame appears to be mounted in cardboard. Should we be concerned?”

Holly C from Bend, Oregon wrote to us and asked: “What type of glass should we use in our new nursery?” (please note: We are going to assume Holly is asking about her baby's room and not her greenhouse.)

Stephen B from Austin, Texas wrote to us and asked: “What type of spray mount should I use on my watercolors to get them flat?  What do you recommend?”

So what is conservation, preservation or archival framing?  Well ... Watch Myrna Dow's overview of conservation framing for some insight as well as the following text.

If you have more questions please feel free to ask away on our Ask a Picture Framer – Ask High Desert Gallery site.  We will post more video blog posts as they become available -- Stay tuned! If you have a subject matter request --  Ask a Picture Framer – Ask High Desert Gallery    You can Follow Us on:  RSS email Twitter Facebook HDG Events Calendar

Conservation Framing (sometimes called Preservation Framing) refers to the materials and techniques used by High Desert Gallery to frame valued art and objects to the highest standard. From matboards to glass to the paper cover on the back of the frame, we can provide a variety of specialized products and methods to display art and objects in the best possible environment.

As in any skilled craft, each professional framer develops an individual style of Conservation Framing, but there are a few principles generally regarded as standard:

• All materials used in the framing should be stable, non-staining, and acid-free.
• All attachments used to support art or objects in the frame must be completely reversible, with no harm to the art or objects.
• If glass is used in the framing, there must be space between the art and the glass.

What deserves Conservation Framing? Anything being framed that has value to you, its owner. This might be fine art or investment art, or it may be a family heirloom. It may be a college degree—or it may be a child’s crayon drawing of a sunny day.

Conservation Framing helps to preserve the value and condition of the framed art and objects you display in your home or office, and it usually doesn’t cost much more than standard framing. We hope that you select High Desert Gallery as your custom framer but if not please make sure to ask about conservation services any time you have something framed that is valuable to you.

About High Desert Gallery: High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing, The Art & Soul of Central Oregon™ is an award winning fine art and custom picture framing gallery with retail locations in Bend, Oregon (Opening Summer 2009), Redmond and Sisters Oregon specializing in Central Oregon Artists & Beyond™ and Stellar Custom Framing. High Desert Gallery honored in 2005, 2006 and 2007 by Decor Magazine as a "Top 100 Art and Framing Gallery in America" and voted "Best Art Gallery" in Redmond, Oregon (2006, 2007 & 2008) and Sisters, Oregon (2005, 2006, & 2008). In February 2008, High Desert Gallery was awarded Top Honors in the Professional Picture Framing Association 2007-2008 International Open Framing Competition. For more information please visit: www.highdesertgallery.com or call toll free 1-866-549-6250. The Art & Soul of Central Oregon™ and Central Oregon Artists & Beyond™ are trademarks of High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing of Central Oregon.

No Better Value! Custom Framing Coupon and Downtown Dollars - Save $100

Now lets talk about Value and Great Savings! If you want to save $100 (or more) on award winning custom picture framing from High Desert Gallery then ....

Follow these easy steps to big time savings!

• Print High Desert Gallery's Framing Coupon (above)! Save $25 on any custom framing project from $125-$249 or save $50 on any custom framing project over $250. You Just Saved $25-$50! Hurry as our framing coupon expires February 28, 2009.
  
• Gather your new framing projects – Holiday or family pictures, special art purchases made on your last vacation, or how about the needle point or family heirloom? If it's not alive and moving we can frame it!
  
• Go to Redmond City Hall (716 SW Evergreen) and buy “Redmond Downtown Dollars” at a reduced value. Walk in with $150, and out with $200 Redmond Downtown Dollars! You just saved another $50! Use the Redmond Downtown Dollars just like cash at High Desert Gallery. You saved 25%! Hurry – Redmond Downtown Dollars are limited and the saving of 25% is a limited time offer.  You can purchase more than $200 of downtown dollars and save even more!
  
• Bring your new framing projects and Redmond Downtown Dollars to High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing, 453 SW 6th Street in downtown Redmond Oregon – We are open Monday through Saturday 10am to 6pm. We'll provide you the best in customer service, award winning designs and craftsmanship, and the best value in custom framing in Central Oregon – Hands down! Reservations are not required but you can call us at 541-388-8964 if you would like to set a framing appointment.

Hurry – Coupons expire at the end of February and Redmond Downtown Dollars are limited!

About High Desert Gallery: High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing, The Art & Soul of Central Oregon™ is an award winning fine art and custom picture framing gallery with retail locations in Bend, Oregon (Opening early 2009), Redmond and Sisters Oregon specializing in Central Oregon Artists & Beyond™ and Stellar Custom Framing. High Desert Gallery honored in 2005, 2006 and 2007 by Decor Magazine as a "Top 100 Art and Framing Gallery in America" and voted "Best Art Gallery" in Redmond, Oregon (2006, 2007 & 2008) and Sisters, Oregon (2005, 2006, & 2008). In February 2008, High Desert Gallery was awarded Top Honors in the Professional Picture Framing Association 2007-2008 International Open Framing Competition. For more information please visit: www.highdesertgallery.com or call toll free 1-866-549-6250. The Art & Soul of Central Oregon™ and Central Oregon Artists & Beyond™ are trademarks of High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing of Central Oregon.

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