The Workshop Is Open: Custom Framing at AION, Now for Everyone
For twenty years, most of the frames leaving our Burnaby workshop have gone straight to set. Cleared art, camera ready, framed to spec and out the door on production time. That same bench is now open to everyone.
If you have something worth keeping, bring it to us.
The hands behind most of it belong to James Olson, our production floor manager. James does not do shortcuts or half measures. He cuts the moulding, joins the corners, mats and glazes, and stretches canvas by hand, one piece at a time, until it sits exactly right.
Nothing we frame is sent out. Frame selection, mat cutting, glazing, lamination and canvas stretching all happen on site, under our own quality control. That is how we hold a piece to the exact dimension, match the look you are after, and keep the whole job on time.
Any style, any period, any scale
We pull from a deep range of new stock and a collection of vintage frames, because the right frame does half the storytelling. A clean float frame on a modern canvas. A traditional gold moulding for a portrait. Whatever the piece is asking for, we can match it.
Bring us whatever you want kept
A canvas or a work on paper. A jersey or a memento. A diploma, an award, a poster, an heirloom. Interior designers speccing a project, collectors protecting a piece, or anyone who walks in the door with something that matters.
It starts with what you bring us, its size and the look you want. We recommend the frame, mat and glazing to suit it. We build it on our bench, and you pick it up ready to hang.
We get our frame material from the best suppliers in the Lower Mainland. Selecting, matting, glazing, stretching and framing, all under one roof in Burnaby, BC.
