Artshop Fine Custom Picture Framing and Art Restoration

04/09/2026

Supporting our arts community: Toowoomba Studio Art Trail opens today

There is a side of artmaking that an exhibition at a gallery cannot easily show: the part that happens in the studio.

Pieces in progress. Finished works. Materials, tools and traces of earlier projects. It invites a deeper appreciation of the creative journey behind each body of work.

This is why ARTSHOP is delighted to sponsor once again in 2026, supporting the artists we are so privileged to work with and who enrich our region’s culture and community.

This year’s Trail brings together 23 artists across 20 studios, timed alongside Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers and Downlands Art — a vibrant month and a rare opportunity to meet makers, see work in the environment where it takes shape and perhaps find a piece to bring home.

Learn more about why we love sponsoring this event and what’s in store for us all on the Trail this year — https://shr.pn/ARTSHOP-2026-Art-Studios

We look forward to seeing our wonderful community wander and enjoy the 2026 Toowoomba Studio Art Trail this month.

02/09/2026

Many come into our studio wanting to honour the people who’ve shaped their lives — fathers, sons, grandfathers, uncles, or a mentor who’s always been there.

It might be framing a photograph full of childhood memories, a treasured ancestral object, an achievement to be commemorated, memorabilia from a concert attended, a portrait of a beloved family pet, or a painting of a place they love that brings them joy.

Celebrate these treasured loved ones and events with conservation-standard custom framing by ARTSHOP.

With Father’s Day just around the corner, if time’s gotten away, our gift vouchers are available in any amount, and valid for three years.

Reach out to our team to learn more.

📞 +61 (0)7 4639 2771
📧 [email protected]
📍 Visit our studio at 12 Bowen St, Toowoomba

30/08/2026

🌺 Flowers 🌺 September 🌺 Toowoomba 🌺

21/08/2026

There is something wonderful about helping our clients preserve the stories, memories and pieces that hold personal meaning for them. We recently restored, digitised and conservation framed this beautiful historical photograph, an irreplaceable connection to generations past.

Damage from humidity, insect ingress and UV light is very common in photographs of this age, especially as conservation framing knowledge and materials were not widely understood or accessible at the time.

This project began with a gentle dry document cleaning method, followed by professional digitisation so the image could be shared with the wider family without handling the original.

For the conservation framing, we retained the original mounting board to preserve historical integrity and used an Artcare Archival Foamboard which absorbs environmental and airborne pollutants within the framing package, creating a safer microenvironment.

A gorgeous Espresso Crescent RagMat Noir was selected, which is a premium cotton matboard with exceptional acid free qualities, fade resistance and lifetime warranty. Conservation Clear Glass was added to protect the photograph from harmful UV light while offering excellent clarity.

To complete the design, we collaborated with the client to select a beautiful Italian Mantilla hardwood moulding, lace inspired to echo the matriarch's Victorian era garments in the photograph, along with a delicate silver beaded fillet that reflects the period appropriate character and craftsmanship suited to a piece of this age.

This treasured ancestral photograph is now protected, beautifully presented and ready to be passed down to future generations. We are so grateful to our client for trusting us with this irreplaceable piece of their family history and we thank them for their kind words.

To read the full story behind this project, visit our blog: https://shr.pn/ARTSHOP-Historical-Family-Photo-Project

📞 +61 (0)7 4639 2771
📍 12 Bowen St, Toowoomba QLD
✉️ [email protected]

12/08/2026

'Glimpse of Tabletop', an original landscape in oils by Alison Murphy, is also a most beloved view of ARTSHOP’s from our region.

If you love art and wandering, make time for the Toowoomba Studio Art Trail, including Alison’s, this September—it’s going to be wonderful!

✨🎨 Alison Murphy 🎨✨
Oil painter/landscapes/seascapes and florals.
✨Alison is an award winning artist whose stunning work has been widely collected and recognised through major exhibitions including the Lethbridge Landscape Prize and The Doyles.
We are so proud to have Alison on this year’s Toowoomba Studio Art Trail!
🎨Follow Alison at Alison Murphy Artist amurphyart
✨We are proudly Sponsored by Artshop Fine Custom Picture Framing and Art Restoration

23/07/2026

Conservation framing protects the pieces that matter to you by focusing on long‑term preservation while presenting them with considered beauty, ensuring they can be appreciated for generations to come.

This infographic series steps through seven ways conservation framing helps safeguard artwork, objects and artefacts from damage, deterioration and environmental fluctuations, and, in doing so, illustrates how it differs from regular framing.

To learn more, you can read our blog entitled ‘What is conservation framing?’ via https://shr.pn/ARTSHOP-What-Is-Conservation-Framing-Blog

You can also click the save icon behind the three dots on this Facebook post so you can easily revisit these insights later.

If you’d like guidance on a piece of your own, the ARTSHOP team would love to help you.

🏠︎ 12 Bowen St, Toowoomba
☎ +61 (0)7 4639 2771
✉ [email protected]

05/07/2026

An annual tradition in recent years has seen ARTSHOP entrusted with conservation framing an illustration of an heirloom jewel our friends at Hogans Family Jewellers have designed and donated for the Toowoomba LifeFlight Gala Fundraiser. There is always much anticipation amongst the ARTSHOP team when we see the piece award‑winning jeweller Keelie Skou has crafted for the Balloon Pop — one of the Gala’s most anticipated philanthropic moments.

This year’s most sublime piece lived up to that excited expectation. The 'Fleur de Lune' illustration arrived with a vintage styling that immediately shaped the framing conversation in the studio. We responded with a palette built from Italian warm silver‑leaf Deco‑era moulding and luxurious warm pewter suede matting to further elevate the illustration, never competing with it. The design was completed with an antique silver‑bead inner frame sourced from Range Antiques, and fine hand‑colouring was added to the outer frame moulding to gently lift contrast.

To read the story of 'Fleur de Lune' — how it was imagined, crafted, illustrated by Keelie, and then conservation framed by ARTSHOP in support of LifeFlight’s vital work across the Darling Downs — click here: https://shr.pn/ARTSHOP-Framing-Fleur-de-Lune

A very warm thank you to Keelie for so generously sharing her creative process behind bringing 'Fleur de Lune' to life 🙏

01/07/2026

Some objects hold a moment so completely that looking at them feels like stepping back into memory or story itself.

New to the ARTSHOP blog, we’re sharing a case study of object conservation framing behind one of the most privileged commissions to pass through our studio — a signed riding crop and race photograph from a history‑making victory ride by the world’s best jockey, James McDonald (J‑MAC).

Our heartfelt thanks again to Carroll Truck Sales Queensland for their generous sourcing and donation of this memorabilia to the recent LifeFlight Toowoomba Gala, helping raise funds for a truly vital cause. Preparing the final presentation — work that was also donated by ARTSHOP — was a wonderful privilege for our team. A huge thank you to everyone who joined the bidding and stayed in the running right to the final call 🏇

Whether it’s personal treasures or heirlooms, organisational artefacts, sporting memorabilia or objects of corporate significance, conservation framing protects the pieces that carry important moments, identities, histories and stories. And with over half of ARTSHOP’s conservation work involving the correction of damage caused by non‑archival framing, projects like this reveal what preservation‑led design can achieve when it’s considered from the very beginning — safeguarding assets of significance for custodians, collectors, institutions and organisations alike.

📖 Read the full story: https://shr.pn/ARTSHOP-Framing-Objects-J-MAC-Blog

22/06/2026

06/06/2026

Winter in our Alberi garden. 🍊