Rice Paper Painting with Fabric Mat in Custom Frame
For this 6ft tigers rice paper painting in a new custom frame we used a hand wrapped fabric mat to keep the traditional feel but with a modern edge. We love that this art frame with acrylic glazing will protect the painting from Uv light! It won’t fade and generations to come can enjoy it […]
Framing An Unfixed Charcoal Drawing
We mounted this unfixed charcoal drawing on canvas in a floater frame and stacked a hammered frame and added a silver fillet for an extra highlight. To protect this delicate art in its new custom picture frame we used a museum quality framing acrylic! We love the art of custom picture framing and get excited […]
Fun Framing Project!
This fun framing project for a sardine knit-work piece brought lots of smiles to us ! We used bright red, extra deep shadowbox walls to keep it as light and playful as the art. We love building custom picture frames for all sorts of art and objects! A shadowbox like the one in this photo […]
Custom Frames We Just Finished This Week
Our custom frame shops here in San Francisco are busy! This week we finished building frames for a beautiful, delicate glass sculpture that was completely broken to pieces in shipping. We were able to reassemble the entire piece and create this deep shadowbox to show respect to what is still an amazing piece! For the […]
Welded Steel Frame for Ulrike Arnold’s Art on Canvas
Ulrike Arnold has travelled to all continents to paint with stones and earth and meteorites on site, mixed with binder to produce works on canvas. We designed a custom welded steel frame with a heavy linen mat to keep with the organic material feel for this piece of art from Broken Arrow Caves in Utah. […]
Photography And The Art Of Framing
As custom picture framers we love the combination of photography and the art of framing. For this amazing photo of what might be a starling we took inspiration from the wings of the bird and chose a frame with detail that mimics the feel of the feathers. We rounded out this classic looking picture frame […]
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 […]
Framing An Antique Map
Framing an antique, bend up, out of square and wrinkly map! We chose a green mat to highlight the region our client’s family is from and built a traditional looking custom frame with movement to continue the nostalgic approach to this frame design. This map is now framed for future generations to come, with conservation […]
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 […]
A Custom Frame For Contemporary Art
We really love framing contemporary art! For example this eerie, dreamlike art by Mark Ryden : We wanted to frame it in the best way to continue the mood and feel in the painting with an ornate frame that has depth and texture and compliments the colors that the artist chose for his print. This […]