Rice Lake Frame Shop and Custom Engraving was founded in 2025 by Master Certified Picture Framer Clare Polencheck. Clare has been serving the custom framing industry since 2012. She earned her Certified Picture Framer’s designation in 2019, and her MCPF in 2023, both certifications overseen by the Professional Picture Framer’s Association. Clare was also awarded the Vivian C. Kistler Scholarship toward study and industry experience, and has served as a PPFA volunteer. Rice Lake Frame Shop and Custom Engraving is a proud member of the PPFA.

Clare served for ten years as a professional portrait photographer and registered yoga instructor, and has worked in graphic design, digital restoration, and web development. She loves framing artworks of all kinds, as well as artifacts of personal and collective history.

Our Legacy

Formerly Nature’s Gallery Custom Framing, Rice Lake Frame Shop and Custom Engraving is located in the iconic Deco styled building at 314 N. Main St. in historic downtown Rice Lake. This building dates to the 1940’s when it was built and operated as McGinnis Signs.

Since then, the building has served as a restaurant, office space, and a frame shop— first Deutsch’s Custom Framing in the 1970’s, then Nature’s Gallery since the 1980’s. Rice Lake Frame Shop and Custom Engraving is proud to build on the the legacy and the values of the previous frame shop owners, Rick and Mary Vesper of Nature’s Gallery. The Vespers treated their customers as friends, their community as a fellowship, and each custom projects as a one-of-a-kind opportunity of service and craftsmanship.