We're only half way through 2024 and look at all the different maps we've framed this year!! Some are religious, topigraphical, of rivers, of train lines, of wineries, of Disneyland, of Oregon and Portland. Some are small and some are narrow and some are huge!! But they're all interesting!!

 

In honor of #RSD2024 (Record Store Day 04.20.24) here are some music themed items and art we have framed over the years. From The Police to U2 to Taylor Swift and Marilyn Manson, we'll be happy to help you design your items or make into a shadowbox with CDs and tickets.

 

This canvas print of the Taylor Swift "Eras" tour poster is mounted onto foamcore and put into a traditional white frame with no glass because it's printed on to canvas. Makes for a very safe and lightweight poster size art.

 

Have you got a concert poster needing to be framed? Check out one we recently finished of Trey Anastasio Band from September 25, 2022 at McMenamins Edgefield here in Troutdale, Oregon. We dry mounted this to a foamcore board in the vacuum heat press. It is framed in a traditional one inch black frame under regular glass.

 

Are movies your thing? Do you love the art of movie posters? How about "Fantastic Mr. Fox"? This was dry mounted onto foamcore board and framed under regular glass in a rustic brown frame that accents the look nicely.

 

Are you a boat person? Check out these two different boat paintings by the same artist that were brought in 18 months apart by two different customers! The first one is a stretched canvas in a traditional dark brown frame with a double gold lip. The second one is a canvas heat mounted on to acid free foamcore with a double mat under museum glass in a unique brown burl textured frame. Which one is your favorite?

 

Are you a sloth person? These adorable coordinating prints are for Collin's baby room. The prints are dry mounted on to foamcore board to lay flat after coming rolled up in a tube. We then double matted them and used regular plexiglass for safety in a child's room. All framed in a contemporary flat black frame.

 

The latest craft trend is Diamond Painting where you "paint" by number with rhinestones and beads to have a more three dimensional feel to your art. This religious art has two rows of beads along the outside edge just inside the double mat and larger beads accenting the halo and clothing. We mounted the canvas to foamcore board in the heat press and then used regular glass in a traditional dark brown frame with a gold lip. The second photo is from our client after they got it home.

 

Are you needing a way to preserve a family vacation? This multi-opening single black mat is a great way to showcase parts of maps highlighting a family skiing trip. With an additional opening to hold a family photo it gives it balanced proportions. Utilizing two maps to mount images from each side onto foamcore board makes them lay nice and flat. With regular clear glass and a contemporary flat black frame, the design is kept simple enough for the maps to be the focal point.

 

Did you know that having an image printed on canvas can then be framed without any glass? This NBA player of the Portland Trailblazers reminded our client of his own family member in this stylistic portrait. We mounted the canvas in the vacuum heat press to foamcore board and placed it in a contemporary flat black frame with no glass. It makes it light as a feather (not really, but still lightweight!)

 

This is a piece of fabric that was dry mounted to lay flat and framed in a metal frame with no glass.