Marco Pierre White's 'Luciano' Restaurant

Photography/ John Ross

This striking image of Naomi Cambell is by the late Bob Carlos Clarke and part of a series of images presented in Luciano restaurant, the joint project between Sir Rocco Forte and Marco Pierre White. The interior of the restaurant is designed by David Collins, so our brief was to marry the artwork with the interior. Taking the retro brass accessories as an inspiration, we designed welded brass frames that were patinated by hand to create seductive finishes.

All images are glazed with Ultra Violet protective plexi. Not only is this a lightweight alternative to glass, its also safer for the image, as should the glazing be broken it won't shatter and damage the image.

November House & Garden

We're delighted to be featured in the latest House & Garden magazine. In an article on Design Ideas, Cathy Strongman suggests ways to decorate your home in an environmentally friendly way, without compromising on style.

'John Jones is renowned for the quality of its framing service, but the company has impeccable eco credentials as well. Frames made from FSC certified wood are coloured with water-based paints, the mount boards are made from unbleached cotton, and the frame backings, from natural fibre, acid free materials. Even the premises are heated by a biomass boiler running on woodchips from its mill.'

Image shown: Tatjana Gerhard, Untitled 2008. Courtesy Rotwand Gallery

Frames and Racing Cars

We've just completed an installation of 84 framed iconic images for Speedmaster, the supercar showroom in Bradford.

Featuring a heroes wall of British Racing Champions, our team installed the entire collection in a day. http://www.speedmastercars.com/

New ideas from the John Jones Creative Team

Once a month our Creative Team meets at John Jones. Its a voluntary meeting and all our staff are invited to come along and contribute. We look at new trends and developments and generate ideas. For the last meeting we all brought along a design idea based upon a found object. There were lots of fantastic ideas and it was fantastic to see craftspeople from specialist departments sharing knowledge and ideas to develop new designs.

The vintage style frame shown here is a hand painted design on gilded glass with a white gold leaf frame - by our talented gilder Tabitha.


The frame on the right is a welded brass and aluminium frame made of three sections welded together.

Featuring a decorative welded corner design, it has been named the 'Neopolitan' by metal designer Paul.


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Art Car Boot Fair 2009

We made 100 flocked magnetic fridge frames for the famous Art Car Boot Fair that took place on Brick Lane, London last Sunday. In a range of bright summer colours, the frames literally flew off our van!

An opportunity for artists and arts businesses to step away from their normal practice, the Art Car Boot Fair is in its fifth year. This year saw artists such as Peter Blake, Bob & Roberta Smith and Gavin Turk peddle their wares at bargain prices to the 6,500 visitors.

Boxing Gloves

We are often asked to frame objects and have designed many bespoke presentation solutions over the years. As well as David Beckham's collection of football shirts and boots, we've also framed Elvis's first guitar. Most recently we designed display cases for two full length vintage kimonos.

The image here shows a display case designed to present a pair of Lonsdale boxing gloves. To achieve a classic, stylish look, its important to keep the presentation simple and use high quality materials and finishes.

Gloss finish frames

The high gloss finish on these frames has been achieved using eco friendly water based paints in a range of bright, almost neon colours. A deep museum standard mount in dark grey helps to tone down the overall effect, resulting in a stylish modern way to present classic Victorian medical imagery.