{"id":11783,"date":"2012-07-04T22:48:39","date_gmt":"2012-07-05T04:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/?p=11783"},"modified":"2025-11-27T07:35:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T14:35:46","slug":"tanner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/tanner\/","title":{"rendered":"Travis Tanner on Making a Good Presentation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tanner Frames’ new location at 18 East 800 South in Salt Lake City.<\/p><\/div>\n

Whether you\u2019re an artist, collector, or gallery owner, how to best present works of art is a concern. Colored mats or white? Simple frames or ornate? Gallery wrap or framed? And what about those large works on paper that you see tacked to the walls in museums? And if it\u2019s sculpture, an art book, or something else that can\u2019t be tacked to a wall, how to best display and preserve it?<\/p>\n

Sheesh\u2026so many questions\u2026I could write a series. That\u2019s exactly what I propose to do. For this first in the series I visited Travis Tanner, partly because he just moved Tanner Frames to a new location with more production space, and partly because he demonstrates his expertise at framing unusual assemblages with his own three-dimensional collages.<\/p>\n

The new location at 18 East 800 South is open for business, though it doesn\u2019t yet have a big sign outside — think “across from Sears and next to Mini’s Cupcakes” and it will be easy to spot. His storefront space, which features a gallery and moulding showrom, is a lot more visible than the former location in the Artspace complex on 500 West. And he has more production space for approximately the same price. \u201cWe\u2019re happy we won\u2019t have to raise prices to cover additional costs,\u201d says Tanner.<\/p>\n

If you take your art to a framer like Tanner, you not only can pick a frame molding but you can pick his brain as well. Tanner attends the annual West Coast Art and Frame show where all the framing companies display what\u2019s new as well as what\u2019s being phased out. In a sense, the framing industry dictates what Tanner can offer. At the same time, the industry is influenced by interior design trends, both in terms of color and style. For example, currently the rustic, weathered wood look is in, as well as contemporary, streamlined profiles.<\/p>\n

Of course, explains Tanner, there will always be the old standbys, like simple black frames. And there will always be a selection of \u201ctraditional\u201d and \u201chistoric style\u201d frames. But even the traditional changes with time. \u201cWhen the University has a portrait painted of their new president, they usually like to match the frames of the past presidents\u2019 portraits,\u201d says Tanner. But it may be impossible to find an exact match because the traditional frames have changed.<\/p>\n