Framing Vintage Decals and Collector’s Items in San Francisco
Framing antique items like these vintage Meyercord decals is always great fun! For this Chilly Willi cartoon collector’s sticker set we floated the piece to show the wear and tear and create some depth in the frame. The actual vintage custom frame design is a wood frame with a brushed silver edge. As always and […]
Maple Frame With A Hard Edge For Earth Toned Art
We chose a maple frame for this beautiful @justinablakeney painting. We loved the straight line of the actual painting and wanted to keep that visual element in our custom frame design by adding the hard edge of the wood frame. We think that this maple frame with a hard edge works really well for this […]
Framing A Signed Lichtenstein Screen Print
Roy Lichtenstein signed this limited edition screen print from 1070 in pencil. We loved the limited color palette of black and white with a highlight of yellow and continued this in our custom frame design. Our double mat echoes these colors with a thin black and yellow core. The frame itself is industrial looking and […]
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 […]
We Love The Variety Of Art We See And Frame Every Day
The variety of Art we see and get to frame every day here at our frame shop in San Francisco is amazing. For this artist proof of “Positive and Negative Space” by Roderick Wells we floated the print on a dark mat that visually continues the artist’s theme of space. The floating technique allows us […]
3 Examples How Art Inspired Our Frame Choice
Here are 3 examples how art inspired our frame choice! Each of these unique paintings gave us enough inspiration and direction for our custom frame design. When we start looking at a new framing project we often look for texture, highlights, color and shapes in the art. For the first image, Danys y Liethis, 2005 […]
Conserving Prints and Paintings with Museum Quality Frames!
When we get prints and paintings to frame we want to conserve them and we still have the choice between so many custom frame designs! From ornate to contemporary frames, with endless color and shape options, with or without mat and many more factors to consider. We love all the art we get to frame […]
Simple Frame Designs for Art Prints
We loved framing these two art prints. Both have a fairly simple frame design. For the graphic print we chose to float the paper off the mat so it creates depth and some shadow. The colorful @jocelynhobbie print looks amazing in our off white frame design with a thick 8 ply mat which also creates […]
Contemporary Frame Design for Classic Wallpaper Panels
We loved these wallpaper panels and wanted to pick up the slim and elegant lines of the trees and birds and chose a deep beveled, matte black wood frame. This classic gold leaf wallpaper inspired us to just create an overall contemporary custom frame design and look. We wish everyone here in San Francisco a […]
Beautiful Detail from Lithograph inspired Frame Design
This mesmerizing lithograph from 1974 was made by Rabindra Danks. There is so much detail this artist brought to this piece and it inspired us to use a very subtle detail for this custom picture frame job. We used a heavy fabric that mimics all the texture and limited color in the piece and we […]