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!

 

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.

 

Another collection of pet portraits from various clients.

Stretched canvas in brown wood frame, no glass

Preserve Ultra heat mount, no mats, glass in brown wood frame

Painted canvas board, no glass, traditional wood frame

Painted canvas board, no glass, ornate gold frame

Watercolor painting, preserve ultra heat mount, double mat, light wood burl frame

Watercolor painting, Preserve Ultra heat mount, no mats, traditional black frame

 

A client brought in five full newspapers from the day of the historic headlines. We cut the front page along the side seam and mounted it on acid-free black mounting board (words from opposite side won't show) and matted with a single acid free black mat and put into matching beveled black frames, all under Conservation Clear Glass with 99% UV protection. Designed to have all five frames the same height, yet different widths due to sizes of newspapers. We folded the remaining newspaper and place inside of cellophane bag and slid into envelope pocket on back of frame.

Moon Landing--NY Times July 21, 1969

Lee Harvey Oswald shot--Dallas Times Herald
November 25, 1963

Nazi Invasion of Poland--Detroit Times
September 1, 1939

Hiroshima Atomic Bomb--NY Times
August 7, 1945

President John F. Kennedy assasinated--
Dallas Times Herald November 22, 1963

 

Many stitchers are referred to us by the Local Needlework Shop (LNS) Acorns and Threads that is located in the Raleigh Hills neighborhood of Portland. They bring us beautiful hand stitched needlepoint pieces to be blocked and hand stretched. These two were stretched over quilt batting to give them a more three dimensional puffy look. We added single mats and then lifted the Museum Glass with spacers to not squish the stitching.

Circle cut mat in a light gray textured wood frame.

 

Single red mat in a cream textured wood frame.

6x6 small frame on the left
10x10 frame on the right

A beautiful sunset photograph of Pacific City, Oregon. We mounted in the heat press with Preserve Ultra which is acid-free and fully reversible with a single mat in an etched black metallic finished wood frame under AR glass with 78% UV protection and anti-reflection.

 

RPG players love their collectible cards, but they especially love an uncut sheet of Magic the Gathering (MTG) cards. This oversize sheet received a single black mat and Museum Optium Plexiglass with 99% UV protection and anti-reflection to give this piece shatter proof and lightweight manuverability. All museum mounted and framed in a textured dark brown wood frame to show off it's many colors.

 

From London England in the United Kingdom we have a collection from a client's recent visit.

Map of the London Underground rail system or the "Tube" floated on top of a red mat with a cream top mat under Museum Glass in a cream colored textured narrow frame.

 

Postcards from the collection of the Crown Jewels located at The Tower of London.  Each framed under Museum Glass in a beautiful white and silver frame that is textured with hundreds of tiny dots.

A print of the London skyline that came in a white mat. 
We framed under Museum Glass in a high gloss navy blue frame

A beautiful cross stitch on white aida fabric with a shiny black mat under museum glass in a narrow gold frame.

 

Today is National Superhero Day so here are some fun pieces we've framed over the years, even actual comic books!

 

A signed and numbered print is matted with a white mat that has been hand black cored under museum glass in a gold frame with a twisted texture. Such an adorable piece!!

 

Here in Oregon we love our trees!! This imprint of a slice of tree is an Artist's Proof that was on very thin paper. We used Preserve Ultra acid-free mounting in the vacuum heat press to make it lay nice and flat. Then it has a single black mat in a rustic black frame with UV70 glass that is 70% UV Protected with the anti-reflective coating similar to museum glass.

 

Small 4x6 original colorful abstract portrait of our client is mounted on foamcore to raise and float atop a black mat with a maroon suede single mat surrounding it that is raised with spacers to highlight the three dimensional feel. Framed in a wooden frame featuring a contemporary metallic black finish and using 99% UV protected Museum Glass for that invisible look. What a fun little piece!!

 

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.

 

Religious art is very popular...this print was mounted using Preserve Ultra and acid-free mounting board used in the vacuum heat press which is reversible without leaving any adhesives on the print. Matted using a single gold metallic mat with regular glass all in a contemporary flat, square, black frame.

 

This original watercolor painting was mounted using Preserve Ultra with a single white mat under museum glass in a 1" inch wide rustic brown frame.