Framing and Floating Art on Mats
We always try to work with the whole piece of art and that includes the actual paper or medium. For the colorful flower vase painting from @creativegrowth the frame appears to be just a clean gallery cap, but when you see it at an angle you see that beautiful warm wood tone on the side […]
A hand carved Art Deco frame!
We used a beautiful hand carved art deco frame and a bold double mat design for this print of the famous @chezpanisse cookbook cover. We love how the wood grain in the frame adds so much detail to the overall frame design. Proud of this custom framing project right here in our San Francisco Picture […]
Keith Haring
Art is for Everybody. That was Keith Haring’s philosophy and Shepard Fairey really took it to heart. This is a limited edition letterpress print of his hero based on a @paulo_fridman photo and a portion of the proceeds went to @aliforneycenter And Happy belated Birthday to Keith Haring, he would have been 63 yesterday!
Elegant hand wrapped mats and hand carved gold leaf frame
Donna Schuster was an award winning watercolor artist born in 1883. She moved to California in 1913 and this painting is from that era. We used two hand wrapped fabric mats and a hand carved gold leaf frame to pull on the tone and keep with the period. We also love how this custom frame […]
Small picture frames? No problem!
Who says custom picture framing has to be always big?! We just framed this beautiful small painting. We designed around scale and shape rather contrast and came up with a 3 ½ inch frame. We think this warm silver looks so elegant and clean and is just perfect for the art! Underglass Custom Picture Framing […]
Local Art framed right here in San Francisco!
We always say we are proud to be one of San Francisco’s oldest local frame shop and we are super proud to show you when we get a chance to frame local art! Local legend and style icon Billy Bragman looking like a million bucks in this photo he found of himself from a few […]
Dark frames for ( mostly ) black and white art
This week we framed this amazing Fruit Stripes Zebra in Joshua Tree and these original storyboard drawings from the Lucifer comic! Black and white art can be framed in many different frame colors but if you want to keep it dark but don’t want a satin finish black frame, what are some options? Why not […]
Why we like to use mats for your art
Look at this amazing photograph of a pack of wild African dogs, also known as painted wolves! We could have chosen a frame design that is even more simplistic and not used a mat. So why did we use it? For visual reasons we really liked how the mat helps to draw you into the […]
Classic look of frames in grey and silver
For these cool color paintings we chose a classic look: grey and silver frames to support the hues of the art and a simple white over mat to separate art from frame and art from glass. You can read more about these two pieces on our instagram feed, along with hundreds of other frame projects […]
When the pattern of the frame plays on the art…
Love how this frame plays with the pattern in this commissioned print from @shop.pixelandink! This piece makes me smile because it reminds me of a Doris Day song my grandma use to always sing to me “I love you a bushel and a peck, bet yer purdy neck I do…”