our services
Framed properly, since 1995
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Custom Picture Framing
This is where it starts. Bring in your piece — print, photograph, painting, or anything in between — and we’ll design a frame around it. Moulding, matboard, glass, fillets, depth, finish — every decision is made with your specific artwork in mind. No two frames are the same here.
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Handcrafted & Bespoke Framing
When nothing available off the shelf is quite right, we make it ourselves. Our framers handcraft custom mouldings, oversized profiles, painted finishes, handmade linen accents and stacked frame combinations — built entirely to your brief in our Ashmore studio. This is where 30 years of craft really shows.
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Gold Leaf Gilding & Period Framing
Master Framer Graham Reynolds has spent decades perfecting the art of gilding. We apply genuine gold and white gold leaf by hand, crafting period frames that honour the work they hold. If your piece has history, its frame should too.
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Conservation Framing
Some works need to outlast their owners. We use museum-grade conservation materials — archival mounting, UV-protective glazing, acid-free matboards — to ensure your artwork is protected for generations. If longevity matters, this is worth doing properly.
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Canvas Stretching & Float Framing
Rolled or loose canvas, painted or printed — we’ll stretch it onto timber and have it ready to hang. If you’d prefer a float frame, we make them in timber, black, white, metallic, and custom finishes, or entirely bespoke if the work calls for it.
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Custom Painted Frames
Can’t find the colour you’re after? We custom mix and hand-paint frames to match a specific tone, complement a piece, or make a design statement. Bring us a reference and we’ll get it right.
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Textile & Object Framing
Scarves, jerseys, tapestries, quilts, three-dimensional objects, fossils — if it means something to you, we’ll find a way to frame it beautifully. Textile work is hand-pinned for perfect tension. Objects are mounted and displayed so they can be appreciated properly.
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Archival Fine Art Printing
Professional-grade Ilford papers, large-format Epson printers, up to 1600mm wide. Bring your file print-ready and we’ll produce a print worth framing. We’ve been serving photographers and artists for over 25 years.
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Tech-Enabled & Mirror TV Framing
READ MORE HERE >We introduced mirror-framed TVs to Queensland and have been refining them ever since. When the screen is off, you see a beautiful framed mirror. We also design frames incorporating lighting and other integrated elements for pieces that deserve to be experienced, not just hung.
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ARCHIVAL FINE ART PRINTING
Taken a photo you love, or want to sell high-quality prints of your paintings and illustrations? Dawsons Fineprint can take your images straight from your device to your wall.
We’ve worked with professional photographers for over 25 years. Our studio prints on Epson large-format printers using Ilford archival stock, including rag, gloss, matt and canvas.
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HANDCRAFTED FRAMING
For clients who want something truly one of a kind, Dawsons Framing designs and makes custom handcrafted frames. We’ve been doing it since 1995, in gold gilding, leather or something entirely your own, and in any size, shape or finish.
Past commissions include frames gilded in 24ct gold and 12ct white gold, leather finishes and Hollywood-style frames with built-in lights. We haven’t met anything we couldn’t frame yet, and we love a challenge.
We make handcrafted frames for private and business clients on the Gold Coast and across Australia. Contact us to start designing yours.
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ART COLLECTIONS, DELIVERIES & INSTALLATIONS
Once your artwork is framed, we can help you get it home and on the wall. Dawsons Framing works with trusted partners who handle artwork transport, delivery and professional hanging, so your piece arrives safely and is installed properly.
Contact us to talk through what you need, and we’ll connect you with the right service.