Shadowbox Frame for Lobotomy Kit
We built a shadowbox for this lobotomy kit and used a painted hardwood frame with matching wood spacers, linen covered mat and a museum quality acrylic to keep it clean and sterile. We are getting real close to the Holiday Season! Come in now with your wall frame projects you would want to be ready […]
Dried Flowers Framed After 35 Years Kept In A Book
Our client kept these dried flowers from her wedding for 35 years in a book. Now her son is getting married and she wanted to give them to him as a wedding gift. We wanted to add dimension to the flatten flowers so we built a white wash maple wood shadowbox, sandwiched the flowers between […]
Deep Shadowbox Painting for Original Abstract Painting
We built a deep custom shadowbox for this beautiful original abstract. The grey wash ash flood frame allows the texture and color in the art to really stand out. We floated the art for light and shadow play. Underglass Custom Framing in San Francisco is open daily. We design and build custom solutions for your […]
This week’s framing projects at Underglass
We had some very special custom framing projects this past week: From a special gold leafed mat for a California Rodeo poster; we built a shadowbox for some items that were collected from the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles; we played with depth and no color at all because we wanted the full focus to […]
Shadow boxes are one of our specialties!
Uuunderglass Costume Framing! We made these angular, deep shadowbox frames for these costume sketches and the fabric swatches used to make the designs! Also, if you are still looking for a perfect gift: e-gift card are available here!
The Best Parts About Being A Customer Picture Framer…
One of the best parts of being a custom picture framer is you never know what you’re going to work on next. If you asked us this morning if we planned on hand sewing a crocheted corndog into a shadowbox we would’ve said….maybe… Our two picture frame shops here in San Francisco have seen pretty […]
Antique portrait drawing re-framed
Charcoal Beethoven portrait re-framed in a light wood shadow box. Look at the nice shadows and the depths this frame style creates for this antique drawing. We do love how this modern frame design works on a classic piece of art. We can’t wait to show more very soon from our new San Francisco neighborhood […]
Museum quality shadow box for an antique book
Wow, this antique book from 1887 really needed a new housing! So we custom built this shadow box for it not only to protect it from light, dust and moisture – we also made it shine in a gorgeous muted gold frame. There is almost no reflection with the museum quality glazing either! San Francisco […]
Museum quality shadowbox
We love custom framing projects like this one: For this old wood-handled knife and it’s matching wooden sheath we created a shadow box with black matting and a contrasting whitewash ash wooden frame. We think it’s looking pretty sharp! Museum quality picture framing done right here in San Francisco!
Framing and conserving a Navajo Tapestry
This beautiful Navajo tapestry has been in our client’s family for years. We sewed it to a 4-ply mat and siliconed the mat to the acrylic. In order to not squish the tapestry and to conserve it we built shadowbox walls in the frame between the acrylic to create room. This custom frame is made from […]