Framing A Painting With A Rough Paper Edge
At Underglass, we love framing paintings with a rough paper edge. When artists make a point of showing the edge of their paper we have a special technique to incorporate that edge into the frame design: By floating the paper of this abstract multilayered painting, we were able. to create some depth and show off […]
Custom Framing: How to design a new frame and taking hints for color choices from your art
When you are ready to custom frame some of your art that’s sitting around for a while and you get to your local frame shop you are sometimes faced with a lot of framing choices. So how to make this choice a little easier? Take a few hints from your art! Look at the colors […]
Framed Portrait of Volodymyr Zelenskyy by Joan Baez
Grateful for the opportunity to frame this portrait of Volodymyr Zelenskyy, painted by Joan Baez. The portrait was released in a limited-edition series of 250 prints signed and numbered by the artist with all proceeds to benefit the International Medical Corps. Our client was looking for a natural looking maple color frame and we love […]
We just build a shadowbox for acrylic paint covered silverware!
We love the creativity in this colorful in acrylic paint covered silverware. Our frame design is a sleek shadowbox: We mounted the knife, fork and spoon art on a fabric mat. The walls of the shadowbox frame are also covered with the same fine textured fabric that compliments the bold texture of the dried acrylic […]
Acrylic Painting in Classic Gold Frame
“Persecution of Adam & Steve, Acrylic” by @donavansgallery in classic gold frame. Our client brought in this amazing piece, so we looked up the artist’s page and we recommend you see it for yourself! There is so much to see! Also, we always get excited to see art by local artists here in our San […]
Digital Art Meets Custom Framing Craftsmanship
Meet Underglass’ team member Jeremy who just finished this beautiful digital art flower arrangement by British Designer Natasha Coverdale @studiocoverdale Natasha crates her art by digitally drawing with a tablet and pen. Jeremy is a woodworker and picture framer with us here in San Francisco. We love the combination of digital art and craftsmanship of […]
Framing Your Fine Art Large Painting
Framing your large painting? No problem, we love to work on designing a custom frame for any art. For this oil painting by @veridiana_leite , Vigilia, 2018, we loved the flow of shapes and forms and the color palette. So we chose a light wood floater frame with a small gap that clearly separates art […]
When A Frame Lets The Art Be The Focus
We love John Paul Fauves art! This painting has a lot of thin white strokes, so we continued the frame design with a thin white frame and let the art be the focus! At Underglass Custom Picture Framing in San Francisco we are proud to be a part of great community of artists, galleries and […]
Rice Paper Painting with Fabric Mat in Custom Frame
For this 6ft tigers rice paper painting in a new custom frame we used a hand wrapped fabric mat to keep the traditional feel but with a modern edge. We love that this art frame with acrylic glazing will protect the painting from Uv light! It won’t fade and generations to come can enjoy it […]
The Impact Of Custom Frames On Your Art
With these two images of our latest finished custom picture framing projects we wanted to show the visual impact a custom frame has on each individual piece of art! This impressionist seascape painting on a board has style way beyond its 4” stature and the rustic wooden frame we chose extends right into the art […]