Deep Shadowbox Painting for Original Abstract Painting
We built a deep custom shadowbox for this beautiful original abstract. The grey wash ash flood frame allows the texture and color in the art to really stand out. We floated the art for light and shadow play. Underglass Custom Framing in San Francisco is open daily. We design and build custom solutions for your […]
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 […]
Frame design for mixed media art
LOVE the shapes and tones in these beautiful mixed media pieces from Munich artist @jenjakobart The frame we chose plays on both juuust right! Frame design and picture framing is our expertise and we love to play with shapes and colors. Come check out our San Francisco frame shops! We follow all state and local […]
Using color as an option in Picture Framing
For some art pieces a hand wrapped purple silk mat is way too much, but for this @theartistshag piece it wasn’t enough, so we doubled down and used a purple fillet, too! We have so many options as picture framers, why not use them?
Color and warmth
We love this Turkish Mosaic with its rich colors and opted to frame it in a warm burl frame with an added a gold fillet. The fabric itself is floated on a satin mat! When we get pieces like this to custom frame into our San Francisco Frame Shops we instantly get our creative design […]
A little more than a custom frame for this Papyrus painting
For this papyrus painting we really mixed it up! We used two different frame colors: the sides are gold and the top and bottom are black frame legs. Then we floated the art on black fabric to show off the handmade paper. As usual in the background you can see a small part of our […]