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Custom Shadowbox for Delicate Paper Cutting
Posted on April 30, 2013 by framefactory in Best Of Custom FramingFor this delicate paper cut piece, we built a custom shadow box and lined it with cream colored satin fabric. The frame moulding is Italian crafted with a walnut veneer and beeswax finish. The art is suspended to give a “floating” appearance. This allows light and shadows to flow through and highlight the intricate paper [...]
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Beautiful Vintage Inspired Black Frame
Posted on April 16, 2013 by framefactory in Best Of Custom FramingThis is one of our favorite projects from last week. Though we offer the same pre-mounted fabric mats you may see at other frame shops, we also craft our own hand-wrapped fabric mats from scratch, which allows our clients nearly limitless choices in fabric colors and textures. We hand-wrapped this mat with a heavy textured [...]
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Framed Vintage Passport Photos
Posted on January 2, 2013 by framefactory in Best Of Custom FramingThese passports once belonged to the mother and father of one of our clients. After her parents passed away, she wanted to display their old passports side-by-side to honor the journeys they made together. We used a special order Nurre Caxton frame, and mounted each passport so they appear to be floating on fabric. They [...]
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Framed Sports Trading Card Collection
Posted on January 2, 2013 by framefactory in Best Of Custom FramingWe recently created this very large custom frame to fit our clients collection of sports trading cards. The custom design included archival floating of the trading cards within six symmetrical mat openings, each lined with a gold fillet.
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Our Frames After They Leave Our Shop
Posted on January 2, 2013 by framefactory in Best Of Custom FramingWe always love to see how our work has become a part of our client’s homes. A longtime client sent us these photos of several pieces we have framed for her over the years. The close up photo is of a painting she bought at our recent parking lot sale over the summer, and is [...]
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Hand Painted French Lines
Posted on November 2, 2012 by framefactory in Best Of Custom Framing, UncategorizedHere is a project we created to display our client’s collection of antique bird prints. The gold and powder blue lines on the matting, traditionally referred to as “french lines”, were hand painted by our staff.
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Custom Framed Lightbox
Posted on October 25, 2012 by framefactory in Best Of Custom FramingThis is a project we recently designed and built for a longtime client, to display the work of artist Faiza Butt. This piece was drawn in ink onto to translucent film and then mounted to an acrylic box by the artist. We built a custom-made light panel to illuminate the acrylic box from within, and [...]
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Framed Wedding Invitation
Posted on August 30, 2012 by framefactory in Best Of Custom FramingWe often frame wedding invitations as gifts for new couples, and this project not only serves as a great example of our work, but also has a special story behind it. The bride and groom are friends of one of our owners, and put a lot of thought into designing a playful and unique invitation, [...]
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Framed Artwork From Dumela Contemporary African Art’s Annual Summer Show
Posted on August 14, 2012 by framefactory in Best Of Custom FramingLeila Green and Nancy McDaniel, the partners behind Dumela Contemporary African Art’s Annual Summer Show, were kind enough to send us these images of the framing we did for their pop-up gallery this year. Nancy and Leila travel extensively throughout East and Southern Africa, and bring back incredible artwork from emerging African artists for [...]
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Ornate Framed Etching
Posted on August 14, 2012 by framefactory in Best Of Custom FramingOne of our custom frame designers, artist Matt Bergbauer, designed this frame to display some of his own work. He describes his process: “I finally decided to frame a tiny etching I had done a few years ago. I wanted to have the look of an extravagant renaissance masterpiece, since it is a copy of a [...]
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