Frames for Mirrors
"The purest, most perfect mirror available, however, probably comes from Bark Frameworks, New York, where perfectionist Jared Bark works with three-quarter-inch-thick, low-iron glass ... and silvers it with a 100-year-old formula, for mirrors that recapture the mystical quality such objects had in earlier times."
Mirror and Miracle share the Latin root mirare, to wonder at. Mirrors derive their symbolic importance from the ancient belief that people were magically linked to their reflections.
At one time, mirrors were objects of illusion and mystery; they celebrated reflection and beauty. Appearing in mythology and poetry, mirrors have symbolized vanity and self-absorption as well as representing the human soul and the virtue of self-knowledge. Until the nineteenth century mirrors were precious objects, rare and difficult to make. As such, they were highly treasured, and passed on from generation to generation.
Our mirrors pick up the thread of this tradition. The quality of the glass itself is an essential element of our mirrors. The glass may be cast and polished by hand, and mirrors are hand silvered in our shop. We design the mirror and frame in concert, so that both are integral to the finished piece.