Prabhat Arts International

Our shop is tucked away on 5th A Main in Obalappa Garden, just off Krishnarajendra Road. If you walk inside, the first thing you notice is the smell of wood shavings and old paper. We have been doing this for a long time at number 17. There are frames stacked against the walls and half-finished projects sitting on the tables. It is a bit of a mess, to be honest, but we know where everything is. People come to us with all sorts of things they want framed or fixed up. Some are old family photos that are falling apart, and others are just posters they bought online. We don't use any fancy machines; most of the work is done by hand with basic tools and a bit of patience. The light isn't great in the back of the shop, so we do most of the detailed stuff near the front window where the sun comes in. KR Road is always humming with traffic, so there's a constant background noise of horns and engines while we work. We don't have a website or anything like that. People mostly find us because they live nearby or someone told them about us. It’s a slow kind of business. You can't rush things when you're working with delicate materials. We just take it one day at a time, making sure things are done before they go out. It’s a living.