Idea 9: Musical Show Memorabilia Collage

Jersey Boys (Live Musical) Collage Frame

One of our clients really enjoyed the Franki Valli and The Four Seasons live musical showing here in Chicago at the LaSalle Theater and went with a family member who also enjoyed it immensely. This composition shown here ended up as a Christmas gift for the family member. It consists of a promotional poster for the show autographed by all the cast members, a complete Playbill program (held in place in a sink mat) and the two original tickets for the show.

The frame is by Studio Moulding, called "Array Ebony". It has a red undercoating under the mat black lacquer, and they have exposed this on the edges, giving it lovely red accents at the angle changes. Into this, we have stacked a Larson-Juhl enhancer that comes in a silver beaded pattern, what I like to call "Marquis Lights" (like you'd see around the marquis of a movie house or live theater). Glass is True-Vue Conservation Clear u/v filtering glass. The mat is a red-core black mat by Crescent (#BR34921). Glass size is 26 3/4 x 26 3/8" (overall size is about 2" wider in each direction).

The tickets were surface mounted on black paper peeled off a piece of the same mat board and adhered to the acid free foam core backing board behind the mat, into which we cut the sink mat hole for the playbill. There is an additional layer of board behind the sink mat layer. The frame is deep enough to accomodate all this.

Designed and executed by Brian Flax. Images by kind permission of our client.