"I wanted to be an architect when I was a kid, said Holton. I was born and raised in Berkeley, so Bernard Maybeck's houses and the city's Arts and Crafts tradition were very important to me from a young age. Holton got into frame making in 1975 while he was still a student at Berkeley High School and said he fell in love with the craft. Frames are architecture at its most refined, he said."
"Holton attributes his shop's uniqueness to heeding the Arts and Crafts movement's rebellion against industrialization and its call to get back to handwork. While other frame shops cut down factory-made, pre-fabricated molding to size and assemble frames with metal fasteners, Holton Studio works in the preindustrial tradition of what Holton calls joiner's frames frames made by real woodworkers using proper joinery (the shop specializes in mortise-and-tenon joinery) and handwork, including carving."
About two dozen local artisans and craftspeople will open their doors with free tours during Berkeley Manufacturing Week, Oct. 3-9. Two businesses in West Berkeley, Holton Studio Frame-Makers and Stained Glass Garden, celebrate 50-year anniversaries. Tim Holton owns Holton Studio Frame-Makers, a custom frame shop in West Berkeley's industrial district. Holton cites Berkeley's architectural heritage and the Arts and Crafts tradition as formative influences. Holton began frame making in 1975 while a Berkeley High School student and emphasizes joiner's frames made with mortise-and-tenon joinery and handwork. Frames are produced from domestically sourced woods such as white oak and walnut, and finishing includes carving. His frames can be found in homes and galleries.
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