Japanese woodblock triptych in cork frame

For this colorful Japanese woodblock triptych we used a grey cork frame to play on the texture in the art. We liked using a clean but thick 8-ply mat with a wide margin to create this window effect. 

Happy Friday!

Before the weekend comes here are some of this weeks highlight we framed right here in San Francisco! We love photography, especially black and white and we couldn’t be more thrilled to pick mats and frames for these wonderful pieces of art. First a photograph by Ralph Eugene Meatyard (1925-1972), Photographer from Kentucky . And […]

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 […]

Artist proof print framing

As custom picture framers we are lucky to be working with so many original art pieces!  This colorful Artist proof print from Antarctica is floating in a white-on-white frame design consisting of a wood frame and a solid mat for the background. The floating technique creates a nice shadow line around the edge of the […]

Talking about Custom made…

Watch this video below how we customized this @pauljacksonlives print!  We hand-stippled the bottom mat to go with his meticulous shading style. Good way to keep the design unique and simple, yet effective in the welded steel frame.