Modern Art with Classic Ornate Frame and Linen Mat
We love Turin based Artist Federico Cortese and his complex pieces of art. For this visually striking psychedelic octopus painting our client was happiest with an ornate gold painted frame and a classic linen mat that supports the texture of the painting and gives a rich feel to the overall picture frame design we came […]
Framing a Cross Stitch
We used a heavy linen mat to continue the texture of this cross stitch art . The orange wooden frame plays on the muted color pallet of the art itself and the gray of the mat. We are always excited to come up with a frame design for your and loved the opportunity to handwrap […]
Big Bold And Strong
Big, bold and strong are the colorful characters by Argentinian Artist Sebastian Curi. We admire this Illustrator’s work and wanted to complement our client’s limited edition Yoga print with a museum quality conservation frame design. So we kept it clean with a white on white design and played on dramatic proportions using a chunky frame […]
Framing an abstract art print
We found a mat color that perfectly matched the color of this abstract art print and cut an 8-ply mat to create space and depth for this print in its new frame! The paper is floated for even more depth and movement. We opted for a whitewash wood frame that supports the overall frame design […]
What is sink float mounted art?
Look at this amazing small watercolor we just sink floated! To frame art in sink float style, all we do ist create depth with one mat that is mounted significantly higher up from the other mat and place the art right into that space that we just created. With this special technique the art floats […]
Stepping into the new week like Kraftwerk
KRAFTWERK is an experimental electronic band formed in Germany in 1970. They are innovators and pioneers of electronic music and among the first successful acts to popularize the genre. Looks like they were also the first to use Gorilla Glue in their hair, but we couldn’t find any concrete evidence about that. This welded frame […]
Simple elegance in art and frame
We love the sense of calm that this photo brings. We kept with simple elegance using a thin whitewash frame straight to the edge; no distractions. Underglass Custom Picture Framing is one of San Francisco’s oldest framing business. We started out on Townsend in the 80s, moved to Church Street in the early 90s, opened […]
Straight out of our neighborhood – The Castro Theater
This print really has us missing going to the theater! We especially miss the 98 year old San Francisco landmark; the Castro Theater, only a 5 minute walk from our shop through the neighborhood! Rather than playing on the obvious red or gold, we chose the color that’s created by the gold overlapping the red. […]
Two is better than one
Two is better than one, with this beautiful @corey.rood photo that we cut into two to create a diptych and fill the space better. For these beautiful color photo prints we chose a warm wooden frame and an off white mat; a frame design that complements art and space and in this case keeps it contemporary. We […]
Individual frame design with texture, depth and beautiful art!
We love all the texture in this rusted out deep frame for this beautiful print floating on a metallic gold mat! It’s nice to see great elements like depth and texture come together in this frame design for this art! We get to frame really great art in our San Francisco frame shop and can’t […]