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2012 Fall Meeting Great Lakes Chapter PPFA

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Randy Parrish CPF

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Fall Meeting Nov 18th 2012
Roundtable Chat & Meeting : What’s working in your front room or your back room. Participation welcomed by all framers and vendors.

Presentation by Paul Hickman of
Urban Ashes
Frames handmade in Michigan
from urban salvaged wood


Where: @ Radisson, Capitol Rooms 3 and 4,
111 North Grand Avenue, Lansing MI 48933

When: Sunday November 18th, 1 to 4 PM

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1. Post or message us on Facebook @ www.facebook.com/GreatLakesPPFA

2. Email us at greatlakes_ppfa@scbglobal.net

3. Call the Chapter President, Rob Gulf
@ 248-626-9844

4. Leave a comment on this page.
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More awesome door prizes are coming in!

Frame Tek is giving away spacers.
Larson Juhl is giving away a case of Museum Glass.
Nielsen Bainbridge is giving away a case of Speed Mount.
Designer Moulding is donating framed art and framed mirror and 2 dozen EZ Hinges!

Connect with us herehttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1oHFyaO_ls-dld_0u4nhMAFqUrCvtshIQfRJ-vmipui8/edit

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.wake up framers!:love:
 
The Urban Ashes Story

Story
The Mission
Urban Ashes is reclaiming a piece of America’s environmental legacy with hand-made fine picture frames created from Midwest urban salvaged wood while utilizing a transitional and disabled labor force.
The Process
Each stick of moulding is hand-selected for its character unique to urban wood as well as the story it carries from the neighborhoods from which it came. These are trees that grew on our streets, in our yards, in our parks and in our urban areas. The wood’s character is then enhanced when finished and rubbed out by-hand using
petroleum-free finishes. In this process we are reviving the hand-made art form seeming lost from our culture. To complete this Made-In-The-Midwest product, the glass, the paper insert and the backer
are also made in The Midwest.
The Start
In 2008, Furniture Designer Paul M. Hickman set out to design a product that would increase the utilization of urban salvaged wood while drawing from Michigan's transitional or disabled workforce. The answer was right in front of him. Since 2005, Paul had been working with his two young sons creating collaborative prints, framing them and selling them. The frames that they used were ready-made frames but were made out of the country and from who knows what kind of wood. It occurred to him that these very frames could be made from "urban" woods and engages this under-utilized workforce. Out of this concept, along with the blight of the Emerald Ash Borer, a whole new line of picture frames was then added to Paul's existing furniture and Urban Ashes was formed.
The Emerald Ash Borer
Since 2002, the Emerald Ash Borer has destroyed between 50 and 100 millon Ash trees in at least 15 states and 2 Canadian provinces. The blight threatens to destroy most of the approximately seven billion Ash trees growing throughout North America. While the Ash tree is the impetus behind the Urban Ashes name, our frames are not limited to Ash wood alone. We utilize a wide variety of domestic urban wood species that are often discarded as waste wood.


 
That would be great John! It wouldn't be the same without you. I think we are going to have a good turn out and our Round Table chat, bring a tip to share, what is working for you, is going to be great!


Also Nelson's has announced it next seminar to be held the the great city or Grand Rapids next April!

NELSON'S SPRING EDUCATIONAL SEMINAR 2013
Hosting the Great Lakes PPFA Chapter

SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2013
8AM-5PM

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MEET US IN GRAND RAPIDS AT THE GRAND RAPIDS ART MUSEUM (GRAM) FOR A WHOLE NEW SEMINAR EXPERIENCE!!!

Join us for a "Behind the Scenes" tour showing how art is handled and preserved at GRAM!
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Chris Overvoorde will speak on GRAM's preservation practices!!
PPFA Meeting!
PPFA "OPEN" Print Competition!
Educational Speakers!
Tour the GRAM Museum!
Lunch!

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Please mark your calendars for this exciting event on April 28, 2013 from 8am-5pm at the Grand Rapids Art Museum.

Call Yvonne at 1-800-289-2467 for further details and registration!​
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