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Artist of the Month
Lissa Rivera, a photographer based in New York City, is Skyframe's November 2020 Artist of the Month. Our relationship was established through her curatorial work at the Museum of Sex with exhibitions such as The Incomplete Araki: Sex, Life, and Death in the Works of Nobuyoshi Araki and NSFW: The Female Gaze, continuing through Lissa's own personal body of work.
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The Halloween Home Edit
Tips and tricks to elevate your Halloween decor using art, picture frames, custom mirrors, chalk boards, and more.
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7 Custom Headboards
If you can dream it, we can build it! Sleep in style with these headboards that utilize picture framed art, fabric, mirrors, and more custom fabricated by Skyframe,
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Top Shelf
So you want to freshen up your home office space, bedroom, or living room? Now is the time to think outside of the gallery wall with these shelving ideas. Find easy ways below to interchange your art with the seasons without leaving too many holes in your wall. Grisoro Designs (above), featured in AD Spain, makes a case for repurposing the book shelf into a unique display featuring treasured objects and pictures frames by Skyframe. Utilizing the Rule of Threes, this setup makes for a harmonious, yet functional, design. Shop the look here. Want a gallery-style look without all of the hassle? Take cues from My Scandinavian Home & Lark and Linen with their picture frame ledge designs that make it easier than ever to swap art and photos as frequently as you wish. Make every square inch count and even utilize the floor! No man (or frame) is left behind with these make-everything-fit designs. Use picture frames and sentimental objects as multifunctional bookends and decor, while tying the room together with a pretty little bow. Design from Lark and Linen and Bates Smart.
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Love Shack, Baby
Something really special about Love Shack Fancy is the fact that being inside the space feels very much like walking into the most fabulous private wardrobe in Los Angeles. Skyframe is proud to have assisted with various facets of branding for their new Melrose Place store, including floor length dressing room mirrors, custom antique gold frames, mood boards made of cork, and more! The gallery wall below was custom designed just for this space, using an antique gold molding by Skyframe. We quickly got to work on these custom floor length dressing room mirrors, chosen for their perfect fit with Love Shack Fancy's very specific and unique branding guide. We appreciate all of the small details that can be found covering every square inch of the space which come together to form a transformative shopping experience. One of these details is the mood board on the left which Skyframe manufactured with our in-house cork board.
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A Cottage by the Sea
Featured in Architectural Digest this month is the Hamptons home of Skyframe clients Reinaldo Leandro and Patrick McGrath. We have loved following their journey of renovation and restoration of their weekend home, spotted for sale one day in the quaint hamlet of the Springs. Given their shared line of work, how could the Manhattan couple resist a shared project of their own? "Leandro took the lead on the structural design and McGrath drove the decor, artfully repurposing much of their existing furniture. The living room’s sofa, for instance, was slipcovered in white linen with crisp box-pleat trim, while the bedroom rugs were collected on trips to Turkey and Mexico over the years." “Everything has a story,” says Leandro, indicating the bedcovers (purchases from Paris) and earthenware pineapples (souvenirs from San Miguel de Allende). Art ranges from rare prints to pre-Columbian icons. A native of Venezuela, he concedes that McGrath’s New England roots set him at ease when it came to decorating in a cottage style—though they didn’t always see eye to eye. “At a certain point I did say, ‘If another urn comes into this house, I’m going to have a meltdown.’”
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NEW! Photography Services
Whether for your portfolio, or for your Instagram, Skyframe is now offering professional imagery shot in-house upon order completion. Simply request this service at the time of placing your order for an additional $25 fee. Contact us here!
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A Love Letter to Earth
"In the oldest desert in the world, the tallest sand dunes tower hundreds of meters into the sky. From dawn until dusk the colors of the dunes shift with the sun in stunning gradients of burnt reds and dusty pinks. From this perspective, the dunes bear a resemblance to the human form, an array of flesh tones blending and cascading in symphony, bringing to mind our complicated relationship with Nature and its magnetic pull on the human subconscious." -Brooke Holm From the oldest desert in the world, to the furthest depths of the Arctic, read more about Skyframe's August 2020 Artist of the Month, Brooke Holm's adventures in documenting the fine line between earth, architecture, and anatomy. Click through any image to be taken directly to the series. Get the look: Request a Quote or Schedule an Appointment "At one point, while I was standing on the bow of the ship, I was the furthest person North in the world." When I was a young girl, I read this book called ‘Northern Lights’ by Phillip Pullman. It was a fantasy of polar expeditions, science and talking polar bears. The book kept mentioning this place called Svalbard which I didn’t realize was a real place until later in life. When I found out it was indeed real, I made it my mission to go there. The expedition was such an incredible experience for me. Breaking through icebergs, hiking through the tundra, seeing a polar bear and other wildlife mere feet away and smelling the fresh crisp air of the Arctic. The smell is something I can’t forget. It was cold, clear and had a slight saltiness to it, where the wind had whipped up the scent of the sea. Everything was shades of blue and white and the textures of the ice and mountains were intense and varied. At one point, while I was standing on the bow of the ship, one of my guides told me that I was currently the furthest person North in the world. "What at first might appear to be a close-up of the human body is actually miles of cascading sand dunes that ebb and flow, each grain of sand playing its part in the bigger picture." My photographs are often exhibited in large-scale prints, highly detailed and influenced in part by architectural sensibilities and an appreciation for how spaces can impact us in emotional and physical ways. My vision is constantly being defined and redefined, and is often based on instinct and a certain feeling about things and their impact on me. The large scale of the works invites the viewer to almost step inside the frame. What at first might appear to be a close-up of the human body is actually miles of cascading sand dunes that ebb and flow, each grain of sand playing its part in the bigger picture. "We are not separate from nature, as much as we try to make ourselves believe this. We are connected, nature is within us, nature is us." My happiest and most vivid memories often involve being immersed in the natural environment. Something as subtle as the smell of pine trees or the feel of grass underfoot, or the sound of a trickling creek can trigger a deep emotional response for me. When I am working, a place will engage all of my senses. I am a very kinesthetic, emotional person - sensitive to touch, sounds, smells, sight. Even though the work ends up purely visual in its final presentation, for me it invokes the sensory experience of a place in its entirety. The power of that is inspiring. I have a deep respect for the force of nature. We are not separate from nature, as much as we try to make ourselves believe this. We are connected, nature is within us, nature is us. What does your process look like before, during, and after photo? I start with a lot of research. Research on places, histories, accessibility, significance to my practice etc. I scour a lot of satellite imagery and NASA’s archives. Once I know my place and my goal, I start planning logistics. For the actual shoot, I often need to charter a plane or helicopter and pilot to take me where I need to go. After the shoot it can take up to a year to edit, work through and finalize the final series. Who or what inspires you lately? Being in lockdown means I have had a lot of time for reading books I had started but never finished. Some recent gems that have inspired me are Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde, Dark Matter by Blake Crouch, Between the World and Me by Te-Nahisi Coates, Contact by Carl Sagan, Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brow and The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli. How has COVID affected the way you work? I have been working on personal art projects, exhibitions, writing and creating music during this time, but also have given myself time to just exist - I have tried not to put additional pressure on myself to do something other than to just ride out the pandemic. It’s an unprecedented time that comes with a lot of physical and mental health issues, so we all need to take care of ourselves in whatever way we are able to. *This interview has been condensed.
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