We absolutely love it when a client decides to do something a little different. This Grateful Dead poster is matted with a single black mat and Conservation Clear glass with 99% UV protection. All framed in an ornate silver tone over black moulding that features hearts, roses, and skulls! I think Jerry Garcia would love it!

 

A vintage piece of hand quilting done by a client's family member. Hand stretched under Conservation Clear glass with 99% UV protection in a rustic whitewashed flat frame.

 

Various clients brought in many different styles of stitcheries, needlepoint and cross stitch.

Hand stretched, no mat, ornate white frame only

Hand stretched, single mat, museum glass, metal frame

Hand stretched, double mat, museum glass, wood frame.

Hand stretched, single mat, beading, spacers, Conservation Clear glass, white wood frame

Hand stretched, single circle cut mat, beading, spacers, Conservation Clear glass, white wood frame.

The two pieces by the same client

Customer stretched, no mat, Museum glass, wood frame only

Customer stretched, no mat, Museum glass, ornate wood frame only

Hand stretched, no mat, Museum glass, ornate white frame only

Hand stretched, no mat, ornate white frame only

The two pieces by the same client

The two pieces by the same client.  Hand stretched, one with single mat, one without matting,
both have Museum glass and colored wooden frames.

Hand stretched, double mat, Museum glass, wood frame.

 

From Egypt came these beautiful pieces. The first is a drawing on a tablet and the second is a painting on papyrus.

This small tablet is framed without glass in a small 3/4 inch wide
wood frame that is textured and painted black and gold.

 

This large papyrus is floated on top of a coordinating blue acid free mat board
and framed with Museum Glass that has 99% UV protection
and a non-reflective coating to look nearly invisible. 
Surrounded by an ornate gold frame.

A treasured collectible "Critical Role" print with autographs is preserve ultra mounted. This is all acid-free materials and completely reversible, but it makes a rolled print on paper lay nice and flat inside a black frame with thin painted silver edging on the inside and outer edge of the frame all under museum glass with 99% UV protection and an invisible look for no reflections.

 

One of the fun parts of custom picture framing that the clients rarely get to experience is the thrill of seeing each element of the design being added. Clients usually bring in their unframed pieces and then come back to pick up their completed frame jobs.

Picture one is the art after its been mounted in a vacuum heat press onto Acid Free Preserve Ultra mounting board which, by the way, is completely reversible.

Picture two has the acid free double mat added.

Picture three has the frame laying on it without the glass added.

Picture four is of the completed frame job after the glass, paper and wire has been added onto the back of the frame.

It's such a lovely view of Mt. St. Helens from Scappoose, Oregon.

A client brought in this print of an old Russian Orthodox Icon that he received from a family member. He was advised to go to a local custom picture framer and make sure that they put Museum Glass on it. So, after mounting it on Acid Free Preserve Ultra, to make sure it stays nice and flat (and it's reversible), we framed it in this gorgeous traditional brown, black, and gold wood frame that has an inside double lip also in gold. It turned out beautifully and the client was very happy when he came to pick it up!!!

A colorful batik from our client's travels is showcased in a place of honor in their home.

Halloween cross stitch on hand dyed fabric. Matted with purple and black mats and framed in an ornate black frame.

A sand dollar mounted in a shadowbox. Client's picture of it hanging in their bathroom.

An antique metal sign mounted on mat board with screws. Framed in a stacked frame using thick black moulding and a thin gold embossed moulding.

Matt Poletiek--Autographed Mastodon band poster

Nancy Meyer