Framed & Fermented is an art-led project exploring how artwork is presented, shared, and experienced beyond the traditional gallery model.

Rooted in Brighton, it brings together original artworks, considered framing, and informal moments of hospitality. The focus is on slowing people down, creating space for conversation, and allowing work to be encountered with care, context, and time.

The project is led by Thomas Rainsford, whose background spans fine-art framing, art consultancy, and gallery direction. Each project is shaped around presentation and proportion: how a work sits within a frame, a room, and a moment.

A close working partnership with Patrick Ireland Frames underpins the visual and technical standards of Framed & Fermented. This collaboration ensures museum-quality framing and a consistent approach to how work is finished and shown, while remaining flexible and artist-focused.

Hospitality plays an equally important role. Framed & Fermented works in close collaboration with Butlers Wine Cellar, whose thoughtful, producer-led approach to wine mirrors the values of the project. Together, art and wine are curated to complement one another, not as spectacle, but as a shared experience that encourages attention, conversation, and enjoyment.

To date, Framed & Fermented has operated from its Brighton gallery base at 8 Arundel Mews, hosting intimate exhibitions, tastings, and open viewing moments. The project is now evolving toward a broader format, with plans for curated art-and-wine trails, vineyard collaborations, and site-specific events that place artwork within lived, social spaces.

Framed & Fermented is not about scale or spectacle.
It is about good work, well framed, and shared properly.