In early October, we left Carol Radin, owner of Castner Picture Frame Co. on Central Parkway, up to her elbows in her company's custom-made frames.

        She and the small staff of the business brought to Cincinnati by her late artist/father Peter Radin, were turning the front of the manufacturing facility into a showroom for their annual public sale. They were dusting off frames, some dating to the 1920s and earlier.

Radin

        This year's weekend event was special because it was also a tribute to her father and his work designing mirrors and frames. He died in April.

        “We had great attendance, and we sold a lot of framed mirrors from the showroom,” Ms. Radin says.

        “And quite a few people opted for some of the merchandise we had on hand and chose to order mirrors for them.”

        Though “less than 1 percent” of Castner's business is local, the company is thinking of opening to the public on a quarterly basis, due to the interest and the turnout at the sale.

        “We had a lot of artists and painters, some we had known in the past, some who were new to us,” Ms. Radin says.

        During the two-day event, guests toured the company's back shop and got a chance to see the artisans at work on the frames made entirely by hand.

        “It gives you a new perspective when you see the work that goes into each frame,” she says.

        “It was also nice to see people not afraid to come downtown to Over-the-Rhine. We were so pleased to see such a good turnout from that perspective.”

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