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May Newsletter
May’s Framing Project of the Month
A pressed flower Ketubah
It was such a pleasure to help our customer create a unique ketubah featuring the beautifully pressed flowers from the bride’s bouquet.
Pressed flowers are delicate and need a special type of adhesive to be framed. They are also sensitive to sunlight so UV glass is essential for longevity.
Join us at Northampton Pride!
We will be handing out stickers and cheering with PRIDE for the wonderful parade marchers outside the shop on May 3rd at 11 AM!
The parade starts at Sheldon Field and ends at Craft Ave.
Learn more at www.northamptonma.gov
We will be opening for all framing and printing customers at 1pm.
Featured Vendor : Picture Woods
American Hardwoods from Colorado!
This frame is one of the many wood species we stock from Picture Woods in Boulder Colorado- They produce sustainable American hardwood moulding like this walnut frame. Crafted to last for generations, this exquisite frame is in stock and ready for your next project.
Picture Woods products set the highest standards of quality, beauty, and environmental stewardship. Using only sustainably harvested domestic hardwoods, Picture Woods mouldings are precisely milled to ensure that every frame goes together elegantly. Their hand-crafted finishes bring out the natural beauty of the highest grade North American hardwoods, including ash, cherry, maple, walnut, and white oak.
H+F is a proud sponsor of
Yet Another Queer Pop-Up Market!
May 10th from 11 AM – 6 PM shop more than 90 BIPOC and 2SLGBTQIA+ vendors, makers, and artists at the Florence Civic Center!
April Newsletter
April’s Framing Project of the Month
Life in Post-Its
Romance is alive and well in the valley! We framed these 48 Post-It love notes with archival tape, laying each one in place to look like a quilt. Now these sweet notes are a work of art that will be preserved and enjoyed.
NOW ON VIEW
Bits and Places: Journeys Through Collage by Kristi Colbert
Show runs April 5th to March 31st
Join us at the
Opening Reception During Arts Night Out
April 11th from 5:30 to 7 PM!
Causes We Care About!
H&F is a proud supporter of
Amherst Survival Centers Empty Bowls Event
and
Tapestry Health’s 2025 Gala!
Join us at An Evening Under The Stars Tonight from 5:30-8:30
& Empty Bowls this Saturday from 12-4
Bits and Places: Journeys Through Collage by Kristi Colbert
Bits and Places: Journeys Through Collage
by Kristi W. Colbert
“Bits and Places” is an exhibition of painted paper collage landscapes by Kristi W. Colbert, a Leverett-based mixed media artist inspired by country life in Western Massachusetts, as well as travels and wanderlust beyond. Composed of snippets from the recycle bin and bits of junk mail painted with gouache, colored pencil, and neocolor crayon, Kristi’s work explores and evokes a palpable sense of place, as transportive landscapes, seascapes, and cityscapes emerge from reclaimed paper fragments. As a self-identified perfectionist with the world closing in around her at the onset of the pandemic, Kristi turned to collage as an experimental means of breaking out – outside the lines, out of her perfectionism, out of the confines of her home. Right away, she fell in love with the freedom and duality of collage, in both process and aesthetic. It is painterly and sculptural; deconstructive and reconstructive; realistic and abstract; intricate and unfussy. Her work is a record of places traveled, and a map to what lies ahead. And, situated in a time of such global heartbreak and destruction, Kristi’s work is a meditative practice in, and energetic manifestation of, hopefulness and repair – gluing together pieces of a broken world to help remind us all of the beauty that surrounds us. Ultimately, through her work, Kristi invites viewers to revel in multiplicity, sink into the wonder of place, and make meaning from scrap.
