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Your photo. Framed in solid wood.

£69.00A3 · Framed poster · your photo

Gelato product render: an example narrowboat watercolour, standing in for your own photograph, printed and framed in a black frame
Gelato render with example artwork; yours prints your photograph.
Frame
Size

Your photo: JPEG, PNG or WebP, up to 10 MB. Every size is checked against its resolution.

  • Made to order
  • Free UK delivery, tracked
  • Arrives damaged or with a print fault? We reprint or refund it at our cost.
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Paper and print

Printed on 250 gsm uncoated off-white archival paper, the one paper we use for every paper print, at every size on this page: A3, A2. The frame is wood, glazed with plexiglass.

Which photo to send

Upload the original file, not a screenshot or a picture saved from a messaging app. Once it is uploaded, each size shows the sharpness your file gives it: 300 dpi or more is graded Sharpest, 140 to 300 prints well, and under 140 that size cannot be chosen.

Delivery and returns

Made to order. Free UK delivery, tracked. Arrives damaged or with a print fault? We reprint or refund it at our cost.Delivery and returns

Same photo, other ways

How it works

Printing your photo
Recorded on the photo print page: uploading a photo, the sharpness check on each size, and adding it to the basket. Read the transcript

Sizes and prices

Every price includes free UK delivery.
SizeYour photoName printBoat portrait
A3 · Black frame£69.00£69.00£74.99
A3 · Natural wood frame£69.00£69.00£74.99
A2 · Black frame£102.99£102.99£119.99
A2 · Natural wood frame£102.99£102.99£119.99
  • Solid wood, black or natural. A 12mm face on a 22mm-deep profile — the moulding Gelato's uid names, not an approximation — glazed with shatter-resistant plexiglass rather than glass, which is the reason it survives both the post and a boat that moves.
  • A3 or A2 only. The frame is made around the print, and the archival stock we use exists framed at those two sizes and no others. If you want a bigger piece it goes on canvas, not behind glazing.
  • Quality checked: No blurry prints. We grade your photo against each size and disable any it isn't sharp enough for, so the framed piece arrives crisp.
  • UK delivery, 4–9 working days. Made-to-order, shipped tracked in protective packaging.

Sizes

  • A3, black
  • A3, natural wood
  • A2, black
  • A2, natural wood

Why a framed print asks more of the photograph.

A frame invites people to step close, so softness that passes across a room will not pass here. Choose the sharpest frame you have of her, and be wary of one taken in a hurry from a moving boat. Pick bright, even daylight, with the name readable and the whole hull inside the picture. If the original is a good one, a small amount of empty water round the boat gives the frame a calm edge to work against.

A3 or A2, black or natural.

Those are the only sizes and finishes, so the choice is quick. A3 suits a galley wall, a gap between cupboards or a place where you will see it at arm's length. A2 needs a wall you can stand back from, such as the saloon end. Black works as a crisp line round the picture and sits well against painted cabin walls. Natural wood shows its grain and fits a varnished interior. Both have a solid wood profile with a 12mm face and shatter-resistant plexiglass, which matters on a boat that moves.

Choosing between this and its neighbours.

If you want something bigger than A2, a framed print is not the format, and canvas is the one to look at. If you prefer something softer in the cabin and nothing reflective, plain canvas is the alternative. If you want a formal piece on a wall that already has a mix of pictures, the frame is what gives it weight. The print arrives in its own folder, boxed with the frame, so you can slot it in once you have settled where it will hang.

Questions before you go

What photo resolution do I need?

300 pixels per inch at the finished size is the ideal and 140 is the floor — below that the size is refused rather than printed soft. A frame invites people to stand close to a picture, so softness that passes on a canvas across the room will not pass here.

Glass or plexiglass?

Shatter-resistant plexiglass, not glass: far safer on a boat and in transit, with near-identical clarity.

Returns?

Made-to-order from your photo, so no change-of-mind returns. If it arrives damaged we'll replace it: see our returns page.

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