Custom Framing: 3 Reasons To Use Multiple Mats And Make A Stunning Statement
Custom Framing gives us an opportunity to pick a beautiful frame and make a visual statement with your art! One of the elements when we design a frame for someone’s art is using mats and here is why: A mat prevents your art from touching the glass, so it doesn’t stick to the glass and […]
Float Mounted Watercolor
Zoom into this watercolor we just framed and discover the mood and little details apart from the mushroom! For this custom wall frame we float mounted the painting on a mat and chose a textured frame that picks up the shape and detail in the mushrooms! We love our job as custom picture framers in […]
Classic Woodblock Print Framing
For this Woodblock print we thought immediately of a classic frame look. The olive veneer frame brings a warm tone and texture that works so well with this kind of art. A double mat in creamy tones finishes this custom frame design perfectly and fits on any wall. As custom picture framers in San Francisco […]
Original Edward Curtis Photo Framed
We framed this original Edward Curtis Photo on tissue from 1908! Curtis traveled by foot and by horse deep into the Indian territories at the beginning of the 20th Century, he worked in the belief that he was in a desperate race against time to document the North American Indian before white expansion and the […]
Showing Old Maps With Folds And Wrinkles
We love old maps. We love the folds and the wrinkles and the holes and the charm of seeing they’ve been used and letting it all hang out! This Island of Maui map has all of the characteristics of use and age. We floated it on a cream mat that goes well with the color […]
Framing a 70’s Art School Project
This was an art school project from the late 70’s. The goal was to look like a storyboard for a book about birdwatching. We recreated the exact mat openings that the artist originally had to cut by hand; we added the squared openings around each grouping to add a bit more structure. The actual 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 […]
Bold mats in picture frames
We love the traditional look of a bold mat! This black satin mat with a strong bevel really looks sharp with crow painting on music sheet! The ornate wood frame with its texture and dull black color complete this wall frame design. Underglass Custom Picture Framing in San Francisco is open daily from 11am to […]
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 […]
Framing art prints for a “clean” look
We loved designing and framing these two prints here in our San Francisco Frame shops. The artists both chose to print on beautiful art paper with an interesting edge that we definitely wanted to show. So we hinged the papers to a mat that lifted the art up and kept the rest of the frame […]