Introduction to Frame Making
Introduction
A course by El Pez Enmarcado , Designer and Framing Artist
About the video: Introduction
Overview
“In this lesson I will tell you who I am and how I got to dedicate myself to this beautiful trade. ”
In this video lesson El Pez Enmarcado addresses the topic: Introduction, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Frame Making. Learn basic techniques to build frames that highlight your pieces and make them shine.
Partial transcription of the video
“PRESENTATION (WHO AM I?) Hello, welcome to the framing course. My name is Constanza Aballay and I have been framing for 13 years. I will guide you throughout the course so that, in the end, they can learn to make a frame. Since I was little I loved to play with wood, I liked putting things together, also taking them apart. Later, in high school, while studying in Bogotá, I began to be interested in everything that was art, design, architecture. When I returned to Buenos Aires, I started studying architecture at the UBA, but, well, it was a very difficult year for me, because the lap cost me...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Frame Making
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Category
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, Decoration, DIY, Interior Design, Woodworking

El Pez Enmarcado
A course by El Pez Enmarcado
Coy Aballay is the founder of the framing workshop El Pez Enmarcado. Throughout her career, spanning more than a decade and a half, she's framed everything from paintings and prints to photographs and objects using 100% handmade, custom frames. Before getting into the framing business, Coy studied graphic design and photojournalism, which helped her develop a keen eye for her craft and find the perfect balance between the artwork and its frame.
Her clients include illustrators, photographers, artists, and people who simply enjoy small-format art and decoration. She collaborates with Galería Mar Dulce and has built frames for a variety of exhibitions there; she has also worked with the brand VER making both classic and light-up frames in a range of sizes for their locations.
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