A little history

:: Kay Rood began her business in Seattle in 1979 in an East Pike Street storefront between a tattoo parlor and a garage. Eight years later she bought a charming 1902 house five blocks away at 922 East Denny Way in the heart of the Capitol Hill neighborhood, realizing her “zero-commute” dream of working and living in the same building. She cultivated her home, shop and garden there for twenty-one years. Volunteer community work as a Cal Anderson Park advocate and activist was also a big part of those years. The property was taken through eminent domain in April 2008 by Sound Transit for a light rail station construction staging area.

A new chapter began in the summer of 2008 in the High Point neighborhood of West Seattle. This socially progressive community is the largest mixed use, mixed income sustainable community in the United States, with 120 acres and 1700 housing units, a library, clinic, parks, P patches and other amenities.

:: Kay has framed art works for many of Seattle’s best known and most talented artists, as well as everything from an antique Belgian lace handkerchief to a New Guinea witch doctor’s bag. Historic documents, family photographs, celluloid Disney cartoons, Nepalese tonkas, antique maps, Colonial samplers and Asian scrolls have been framed here.

A skilled artisan, Kay Rood has also had over thirty years of professional fine arts experience, making her a trustworthy consultant/designer. Because she is a printmaker who also makes drawings, her particular interest and enthusiasm is for works of fine art on paper.

:: Kay is fully dedicated to making each frame as good as it can possibly be, both aesthetically and functionally, in a shop ambiance that is informal and personable. A loyal clientele has counted on her knowledge, imagination and sound advice since 1979.