Framing Vintage Decals and Collector’s Items in San Francisco

Framing antique items like these vintage Meyercord decals is always great fun! For this Chilly Willi cartoon collector’s sticker set we floated the piece to show the wear and tear and create some depth in the frame. The actual vintage custom frame design is a wood frame with a brushed silver edge. As always and […]

Framing a Canvas Painting

Framing this eye catching SEBO canvas painting we chose a floater style frame. We love the white wood frame that is separated from the canvas edge through the gap. For art like this that itself is full of movement and energy the frame only adds to that feeling.  Floater Frames for canvas art are only […]

Maple Frame With A Hard Edge For Earth Toned Art

We chose a maple frame for this beautiful @justinablakeney painting. We loved the straight line of the actual painting and wanted to keep that visual element in our custom frame design by adding the hard edge of the wood frame. We think that this maple frame with a hard edge works really well for this […]

Acrylic Custom Frame and “Pixelated” Mat Cut

Frames are not always made from wood or metal! For this limited edition Susan Kare print we chose a clear acrylic custom picture frame and “pixelated” mat cut. Susan is a famous Apple artist who designed many of the fonts, icons, and images for Apple, NeXT, Microsoft, and IBM. We love being picture framers here […]

Framing a Cross Stitch

We used a heavy linen mat to continue the texture of this cross stitch art . The orange wooden frame plays on the muted color pallet of the art itself and the gray of the mat. We are always excited to come up with a frame design for your and loved the opportunity to handwrap […]

Bold mats in picture frames

We love the traditional look of a bold mat! This black satin mat with a strong bevel really looks sharp with crow painting on music sheet! The ornate wood frame with its texture and dull black color complete this wall frame design. Underglass Custom Picture Framing in San Francisco is open daily from 11am to […]

Happy 4th of July with this stacked frame design!

Often when someone brings in a super colorful art piece they want to go more neutral with the framing to tone it down. But every now and again you have someone that wants to lean into it! We came up with a frame design and stacked a red and purple beveled wood frame to be […]

Happy Friday!

San Francisco keeps us busy with amazing art coming in! Have a look at all the different pieces and the frames we designed: This goopy, pink, lacquer frame stacked around this hammered metal frame is the perfect balance of soft and hard for these original Andy Warhol postcards! These postcards were used to promote a […]

Large Six Foot Tall Portrait Custom Framed

For this colorful portrait of Mexican revolutionary, Emiliano Zapata we opted for a custom frame design with a whitewash maple floater frame to pull on the pink tones in this 6 foot stunning painting and true piece of art. The frame itself is minimal, with a warm touch.

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 […]