MEET THE TEAM
Homestead is a family-owned and run picture framing business. Our framing team can boast of over 30+ years of invaluable experience to ensure you receive a high-quality framing experience.
Richard Edeson
Director
Richard has over 30+ years’ experience in the framing trade from framing artworks to owning and managing framing businesses. As well as having a wealth of knowledge Richard’s eye for detail is second to none and he is very well known in the framing industry and has worked with many of New Zealand’s major galleries and artists for numerous years. As well as being the man at the forefront of this team, Richard’s framing skills are exceptional and with your framing needs left with Richard, you can be absolutely assured your artwork will be meticulously cared for.
Mark Quinn
Framemaker
Mark has over 30+ years of framing experience. He is a specialist in his field and is always adaptable in all areas of framing as his years in this industry has provided him with a vast wealth of knowledge. Mark is the man who ensures we always stock the best frames and checks that each frame that is put together is of the highest quality.
Mark Corliss
If you ever see our van delivering and picking up from or many customers then that will be Mark. Mark is the rock of Homestead. With over 30+ years of framing experience, Mark is the man that knows whats going on and where. He is always adaptable so if there is a job that needs doing before you know it it will be done. He is only a little guy, but we call him the big man!!!
Dane Taylor
Need a rugby shirt or your tapestry framed, Dane is the man! With over 10 years of framing experience, Dane’s eye for detail is exceptional and he will stop at nothing until it is perfect. Dane is extremely creative and also an artist in his own right. Dane has amazing ideas and definitely offers creative ways to display and highlight your piece of work.
Frances ‘Fran’ Welsby
With also over 20+ years in the framing industry, Fran has an amazing breadth of expertise, she is our finisher and quality controller. Nothing gets past Fran until it is of the highest standard. Whether it is making sure the frame is exactly what you asked for or that you have hooks attached to your frame to display in your home. Fran is the boss in this department.
Cristina Beth
MFA (Hons)
Cristina brings to Homestead an absolute wealth of experience of over 20+ years in the industry not only is she an outstanding framer, but also a fantastic artist and restorer. Cristina works part-time with us, and also has her own business as an art restorer cristinabethart.co.nz which she operates partly from Homestead. Because of this, we are very lucky as Homestead also can offer this service to all our customers.
Meg Baker
Meg has 20+ years as an exceptionally well-known framer. Meg is multi-talented and is a massive part of the Homestead team. Meg happily takes the time to provide outstanding service for our clients. Meg is a top-notch framer who understands the framing process from beginning to end and is such an amazingly hard worker. Meg is also the Homestead style queen; every day she arrives looking amazing; her attention to detail is superb. Meg is part of our front of house team.
Graham Henwood
Graham has 20+ years in the industry; he is an ultra-organised all-rounder. Graham enjoys the precision cutting/joining of putting a frame together and has such a can-do attitude. Graham is an integral part of the Homestead team and loves nothing more than rolling up his sleeves & getting stuck in and working as part of the Homestead team. He said his wife said he is good at nothing, but we think he is fabulous as we are sure you will also.
Caitlin Brogden
Caitlin has a degree in costume design & management. She is our COVID casualty as she was working in the West End of London for five years until the job ceased to exist, so she came back to home, sad for London, but fabulous for Homestead. Caitlin is a team all-rounder, from looking after customers, putting frames together and finishing. Caitlin is organised, meticulous and has the most incredible set of talents. Caitlin has worked on needleworks, but also can provide you with great ideas for any of your framing needs. Caitlin is part of our front of house team.