Happy Birthday Lion!
Happy Birthday Lion!
I'd just like to pass on our birthday wishes and many happy returns to everyone at Lion Picture Framing Supplies..
Unfortunately with all the pandimonium over the terrorist attacks i haven't been able to book a flight down to join you all on behalf of our staff.
the card is in the post
Unfortunately with all the pandimonium over the terrorist attacks i haven't been able to book a flight down to join you all on behalf of our staff.
the card is in the post
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Never mind smarties, there was champagne all round as Martin addressed some of the many framers who attended this very popular event. (entirely funded by Lion)
Martin and his staff have shown the way. He is keen to show that our industry can advance and become much more profitable by adopting the latest techniques and technology.
Perhaps this is a one-of event, but the idea should continue in some form, wouldn't The Spring Fair attract many more to the framing hall if training seminars were a part of it? After all I know that they are hugely popular at the trade fairs in The States, Martin has shown that they would be equally popular here.
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I'm very surprised that you don't have workshops and seminars at your trade show. Every trade show I have attended since 1985 down here in Oz there have been workshops and seminars.
Perhaps you guys might want to come down later this month ans check us out. Details of the seminars available are at: http://www.theframingshow.com.au/content/view/12/27/
Perhaps you guys might want to come down later this month ans check us out. Details of the seminars available are at: http://www.theframingshow.com.au/content/view/12/27/
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Hi Ormond,
You certainly have a very interesting Seminar programme and tempting though it is I can't afford the bus fare ...... this year! Can anyone say why there is not a similar event in the UK or Ireland for framers? Is it just lack of interest or is it because we are happy to continue with the Spring Fair format?
You certainly have a very interesting Seminar programme and tempting though it is I can't afford the bus fare ...... this year! Can anyone say why there is not a similar event in the UK or Ireland for framers? Is it just lack of interest or is it because we are happy to continue with the Spring Fair format?
Here is how they do it in the statesJohn wrote: Perhaps this is a one-off event, but the idea should continue in some form, wouldn't The Spring Fair attract many more to the framing hall if training seminars were a part of it? After all I know that they are hugely popular at the trade fairs in The States, Martin has shown that they would be equally popular here.
80 lectures/demos - all the Grumblers attending hire a few limos and go out for a Chinese. I'll be doing my damndest to be there next Jan.
Check this pdf for the schedule from within that link. (Edit - you may have to zoom out to see it all - I copied the link after I'd zoomed in - sorry )
But that show is sponsored by Picture FRAMING Magazine.
The Spring Fair is run by TPS (Trade Promotional Services - a PLC) and framing is just a fart in its thunderstorm - their art and framing magazine 'The picture business', has one main aim - to get you to the Spring & Autumn fairs - buying or selling.
One of my biggest gripes is that we don't have a trade organisation (worth mentioning - there is one obscure one, which seems to have teamed up with TPB - maybe it will grow and outdo the FATG - wouldn't be difficult!) OR a trade mag with the word 'Framing' in it.
Our best framing magazine is the Lion catalogue!
Well done Martin - a big step in the right direction.
and our TPB is way down the food chain in its organisation.
TPS is indeed not a PLC but EMAP - which it is part of - is
So - a massive company organising alsorts of huge events, a smaller one within it, organising - or promoting some of them - then a magazine within that - promoting events - with a few token articles on framing.
"Yeah - bung in some stuff for those little guys - why not - all helps"
That's where we stand - it may not be exactly like that - but looking at some of the stuff I read in our trade mags and comparing it to PFM and TFG - probably not far off.
TPS is indeed not a PLC but EMAP - which it is part of - is
So - a massive company organising alsorts of huge events, a smaller one within it, organising - or promoting some of them - then a magazine within that - promoting events - with a few token articles on framing.
"Yeah - bung in some stuff for those little guys - why not - all helps"
That's where we stand - it may not be exactly like that - but looking at some of the stuff I read in our trade mags and comparing it to PFM and TFG - probably not far off.
The Picture Framing Magazine
http://www.pictureframingmagazine.com/
Have a look at the Article Index
Happy reading
http://www.pictureframingmagazine.com/
Have a look at the Article Index
Happy reading
FACTS and The Grumble showed me I was doing something as basic as attaching cord totally wrongly. I use Super softstrand wire now - attached as per FACTS
Search on FACTS for hanging.
Only problem you'll have is getting your customers to replace that one skinny nail that wobbles about in the wall, with 2 correctly positioned purpose made hangers.
I've had 'em back in complaining that 'THE NAIL' shows above the frame
Search on FACTS for hanging.
Only problem you'll have is getting your customers to replace that one skinny nail that wobbles about in the wall, with 2 correctly positioned purpose made hangers.
I've had 'em back in complaining that 'THE NAIL' shows above the frame
So - anyway - who is going to GIVE these seminars in our country?
What big names spring to mind?
Who is/are the 'recognised expert(s)' on ....
Shadowboxes
Business Issues
Preservation
Needlework
Mat (mount) decoration/embellishments
Fabric wrapping (mats and mouldings)
etc etc
Apart from one all-rounder, in the UK, all I see recognised experts in is POS systems.
We have no 'experts' of our own that share here and I see little being shared in the trade mags either and what is shared fails to inspire me.
Yet I can put a few names to each and more of those headings from the USA and I think we should invite some of them over.
What big names spring to mind?
Who is/are the 'recognised expert(s)' on ....
Shadowboxes
Business Issues
Preservation
Needlework
Mat (mount) decoration/embellishments
Fabric wrapping (mats and mouldings)
etc etc
Apart from one all-rounder, in the UK, all I see recognised experts in is POS systems.
We have no 'experts' of our own that share here and I see little being shared in the trade mags either and what is shared fails to inspire me.
Yet I can put a few names to each and more of those headings from the USA and I think we should invite some of them over.