Framing Big Painters At Underglass
Framing big painters at Underglass this week! These wonderful prints of works by French artist Matisse and Russian/French Chagall both highlight sublte but different approaches to custom picture framing. Just like no painting is like another, at our frame shop here in San Francisco we always look for individual frame designs. For Chagall’s Bella with […]
Custom Frame That Plays With Narrow Shape Of Print
For this sea scape painting we designed a custom frame that plays with the narrow shape of the print. Our client liked the idea of a modern, clean look, so we allowed a little bit of the actual paper to show before the bevel of the mat comes in. The gray narrow frame has a […]
Color and Style Choices for Wall Frames
We have so many options when it comes to color and style in picture framing! In the last days we happened to finish some white and off white frames for these great prints! We love the look of each of these frame designs and how the framing styles really work with the art! We can’t […]
Shadowbox Frame for Prints
We chose this thin white wash ash frame and floated this squid squad print on an off white mat in a shadowbox design. We love the floating technique in picture framing!
Happy Pride Month!
HAPPY PRIDE MONTH! We framed this signed @dannic100 print of the iconic Harvey Milk photo that was used for his famous postage stamp. Underglass Custom Picture Framing has been a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community from when it first opened its doors in 1982. In fact it is still owned by gay partners Matthias […]
We are featured in Picture Framing Magazine!
A few months ago we showed you our frame design and finished frame for Rush’s first album. …..well, industry leading Picture Framing Magazine PFM recognized our Manager Micah for outstanding design and approach to this frame job and interviewed him for a story behind this special framing project. Micah Ruiz is with Underglass as 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?