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, thoughtful 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.

Framed & Fermented 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 Framing underpins the visual and technical standards of the project. This collaboration allows Framed & Fermented to offer museum-quality framing and a consistent approach to how work is finished and shown, while remaining flexible and artist-focused.

To date, Framed & Fermented has operated from its Brighton gallery base, hosting intimate exhibitions 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 bring artwork into lived, social spaces.

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