15 YEARS
“Fluctuation” Photographed at Waterton Lakes National Park, AB. One of Wong’s favourite places to photograph.
which means they can supply to the customer very quickly, even with large orders. “A 100 frames or a 1,000, we can supply them,” he says. “Our competition will have to order materials from distributers, but we already have the stock.” Is your company hosting a golf tournament and wanting to create memorabilia for the occasion? Vestate can design and build a complete framing package with your company logo, a laser-etched signature and photo of the event – as many as you need – and deliver them on time. Or maybe you’d like your clients and staff to receive a keepsake to commemorate your company’s 50th anniversary. These are just two examples of the kinds of custom products that Vestate, with its ability to design, print, etch and frame, excels at creating. While Wong has worked hard to create a company you can depend on, it is perhaps the Vestate team that makes him the most proud. “Anybody can source and buy and set up a business,” he says, “but it’s our people that set us apart. It’s our service that got us where we are today. It’s not just what you sell, it’s how you sell it. Customers know us by our first names, and we know them well enough to know exactly how to help them. When you call us, you’ll talk to staff members who know the product from beginning to end and when it’s time to do the job, they’ll roll up their sleeves and do it.” Wong’s passion for painting and photography led him to form W2 Gallery, which works hand in hand with Vestate. Throughout his travels, Wong has developed a unique photographic style, frequently
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focusing on the subtle beauty within patterns of water. When he prints these images onto canvas, they take on the colour textures of an oil painting. But unlike an oil painting, W2 can make them any size, and of any number. “It’s been hard for customers to find pieces that are large enough,” Wong explains, “even for some of the big houses you’re seeing now. You could hire a painter, but it takes a long time and you won’t have volume. You’ll get a piece at a time.” W2’s start-to-finish framing and installation now provides interior designers, galleries, corporate clients and hotels with a perfect solution to their needs. “I started W2 as a hobby,” he says, “but it’s turned into a growing business.” This month, the celebration of Vestate Mouldings’ 15th anniversary carries with it the lesson that following the paths that you choose, learning as much as you can along the way and cultivating your passions with each step can take you to more places, and create greater things than you ever dreamed.
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