Clean and modern look for a Japanese painting on rice paper with torn edge
We floated this beautiful Japanese piece on a metallic gold mat and cut an 8ply mat around to expose the rice paper’s torn edge but keep it clean and modern. This custom frame job is all Museum quality, from glass to hinging and mounting. We love what we do here at Underglass in our San […]
Happy Memorial Day!
Happy Memorial Day! We have been custom framing so many great art pieces lately! For this very sweet and colorful painting we kept it nice and neutral with a black silk mat and an aluminum frame so your eyes are drawn right into the canvas. There are so many choices even for canvas framing!
Floater frame for a highly designed Aztec-esque painting
We framed this Aztec-esque painting in a distressed wooden floater frame to show the edges of the art work and play on. This way the geometric design on the edges of the painting are kept fully visible and the gap between art and frame creates a nice separation. That and so much more we can […]
Feeling spooky framing this crow!
Halloween is coming up and this crow from our friends at Creativity Explored here in the heart of San Francisco has us feeling spooky!! For this outstanding watercolor painting we designed a custom frame consisting of a thin black frame with silver accents for a bit of shine and some matting with a black bevel […]
Classic Picture Framing with a modern twist
We frame so many different pieces of art here at our shops in San Francisco and each photo, painting, canvas or object gets a frame that will be a good housing for the piece itself and also fit the clients taste and needs. For these three images we wanted to show you how a classic […]
Watercolor paintings from Burma
Look at this amazing work from Burma! These watercolor pieces have amazing detail so we used a thin walnut frame and a double thick mat to give them a clean look. Framed right here in San Francisco with solid wood from our friends in Colorado! This is what we love about custom picture framing: They […]
Framing with natural tones and adding a bit of dimension!
For the first image shown we framed this awesome painting made on a drink menu for a new local sushi bar in Hayes Valley, literally half a block from our shop on Gough St. in San Francisco. We used one of our new deep rose gold frames, just floated it on a white mat and it’s […]