Philippa Enever bought the old Weaverbird Gallery, learned the trade from its founder Geoff Benson, and moved it here to Wells Road. Twenty years on, she and Nik Walford make every frame on the bench, never sent away. It is why we can frame the same day when you need it.
Photographs, maps, certificates, oils, textiles, posters and prints, framed to your piece. Every frame is cut and joined here on Wells Road, not sent away. Wood and metal mouldings, conservation mounts, the glass to match.
The only framer in Ilkley that can turn a job around the same day when you need it. A gift for the weekend, a certificate for Monday, a print for an exhibition. Bring it in, tell us the deadline, and we will work to it.
Box and float frames for things with depth. Football shirts, jockeys silks, medals, christening shoes and plaster casts, even a mounted scorpion on velvet board once. If it matters to you, we will work out how to hold it.
Full conservation framing for work that needs to last, including 18th and 19th century pictures. Acid-free mounts that lift the work off the glass, UV-protective glazing for daylight rooms, materials chosen so the piece is safe for decades.
Philippa grew up in Ilkley and trained in textiles in London. She came to framing by chance, met Geoff Benson who ran the original Weaverbird Gallery, and learned the trade from him. When he retired she bought the business, moved it to 6 Wells Road, and renamed it The Weaverbird Workshop.
Twenty years on, Nik Walford works the bench alongside her, a framer and a portrait painter. Everything is made here, nothing is sent away, and the window is a monthly show for one local artist.
“Each person’s artwork is special. It needs to be treated with care and attention, and deserves to be presented in the best possible way.” Philippa Enever, The Weaverbird Workshop
Hundreds of mouldings lean by the bench, and the cutting and joining all happens here on Wells Road. Because we are not waiting on anyone else, a job can be done the same day. It is the difference between a deadline kept and a print that misses the exhibition.
For work that needs to last, we frame to full conservation standard, including 18th and 19th century pictures.
The window changes every month to show one local artist, and we stock work by Yorkshire painters, printmakers and feltmakers. Philippa needlefelts the moor and the Cow and Calf rocks, Nik paints portraits and the same rocks in oil. We donate unused frames and give exhibition discounts to artists at the Solar Art Gallery and Ilkley Arts Studio.
Send a short note for an indicative quote by email. The proper quote happens at the bench: bring the piece in to 6 Wells Road, a short walk up from the station, and Philippa or Nik will help. If you have a deadline, say so, same-day is often possible.
6 Wells Road
Ilkley
West Yorkshire LS29 9JD
Phone · 01943 817784
Email · info@weaverbirdworkshop.co.uk
Getting here · on Wells Road in the town centre, a short walk up from Ilkley station
With Ilkley Moor and the Cow and Calf rocks on the doorstep, a lot of what crosses the bench is the moor itself, in oil, in print, and felted in wool.
Yes, when you need it. We are the only framer in Ilkley that makes frames on site, so we are not waiting on anyone else. Tell us the deadline at the counter, a gift, an exhibition, a certificate, and we will say there and then whether same-day is possible.
Yes. Box and float frames are made for objects with depth: football shirts, jockeys silks, medals, christening shoes, a child’s plaster cast. We have framed all of those and stranger things besides. Bring it in and we will work out how best to hold it.
Yes. We frame 18th and 19th century works to full conservation standard, with acid-free mounts that lift the picture off the glass and UV-protective glazing to slow fading. We match the materials to the piece so it is safe for years.
We are a gallery as well as a workshop. The window is a monthly show for a local artist, and we stock work by Yorkshire painters, printmakers and feltmakers. Philippa needlefelts the moor and Nik paints portraits and the Cow and Calf rocks.
We are at 6 Wells Road in the centre of Ilkley, a short walk up from the railway station. Open Monday to Saturday, ten to four, closed Sunday. Pop in with the piece and we will quote it at the bench.