The right picture on the wall can make a striking first impression. The right photo collage can tell a story or showcase a meaningful event in your life: a birthday, a wedding, a once-in-a-lifetime trip. Collage framing takes those old photos you have sitting in drawers and gives them a new home on the walls of your living room. It’s a form of framing that’s endlessly creative, eye-catching and unique, you just need the right techniques to make it a success.
Mobile Frames 2 U brings our framing services directly to your door in the South East Queensland region. If you live in Brisbane, Toowoomba, the Gold Coast or the Sunshine Coast, we can visit you in your home or workplace, show you through our framing options and let you pick out the frame that best suits your works of art. If you need style tips, we’re happy to show you the most attractive ways to decorate your walls as well.
Here’s Mobile Frames 2 U’s brief guide to how to liven up your own living space with collage framing.
What is collage framing?
A collage is a work of art assembled from different forms, where separate but usually related elements are combined to create something new.
Collage framing is displaying your photographs inside frames that have space for multiple images. Rather than just having one opening for a single image, the matboard of these frames – the paper between the frame and the picture – has openings for multiple pictures. This is why collage frames are also called ‘multi-opening photo frames’.
Collage frames are just as eclectic as any other style of frame, and available in a wide range of materials, shapes and sizes with the potential for elaborate custom creativity. From classic to modern to rustic, collage frame styles can blend in with all forms of home décor.
Themes that you can celebrate with the right collage frame include weddings, anniversaries, holidays, accomplishments, faith or spirituality, school photos and other special moments in your life. It’s no wonder that a framed collage makes the perfect gift.
How to make a great impression with collage framing
Making the most of your new collage frame isn’t too hard. Sometimes the simplest approach is best. Here are some tips to help you use collage framing to make a powerful impact:
Choose a cohesive theme
The theme of your collage can be something literal, like an event, or it can be more about creating the right mood or impression. Your photos don’t all have to stick to the same subject matter or even the same time period in your life, but having a unifying theme makes your messaging consistent.
Add some personal touches
You don’t have to stick with just images. The right inspirational quote or caption or a few fitting non-photo elements like memorabilia or postcards can make your photo collage feel more uniquely you. But when it comes to text, don’t overdo it. Keep the design simple and keep it easy to read.
Keep it balanced but dynamic
Combining photos of different sizes is more interesting than only working with one size photo, which look a bit dull. Make sure there’s a sense of balance, though, to avoid throwing the display into chaos.
Achieving a sense of balance (even if the collage is asymmetrical) involves paying attention to factors like colour, tone, shape, texture and size. Similar colour schemes look good together, but you can also use contrast to engage the viewer and create aesthetic appeal.
Freshen up the display
One of the blessings of photo collages is you can swap some of the pictures when you feel like a change. By adding new images, your collage becomes less a time capsule of memories and more a dynamic look into your current life.
Incorporate décor and lighting
The environment you hang your photo collage in makes a huge difference to how it looks. The use of lighting both natural and artificial and the rest of the décor in your room complement the collage’s aesthetics, and it’s worth looking at how they all hang together.
Collage framing with Mobile Frames 2 U
You don’t have to go scouting through department stores to find the right collage frame. Mobile Frames 2 U is South East Queensland’s original mobile framing company and if you’re in Brisbane or its surrounding regions, we can bring our framing services to you.
With more than 25 years’ experience, Mobile Frames 2 U are skilled in all kinds of framing including collage framing. We’ll show up on your doorstep, take you through our full range of framing options, provide you with a quote, put together the finished framed photo collage in our workshop and deliver it back to you when it’s done. You choose the selection of images for your photo collage and the frame to go with them, but we’re more than happy to offer our input.
To find out more, call Mobile Frames 2 U on 1300 157 720 or request a free quote.
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