Solid walnut frame with mahogany stain

Solid walnut frame with mahogany stain

This is a picture of The Barringer Crater outside of Winslow, Arizona taken by my client with his iphone, then printed and stretched on canvas. This 4 foot wide canvas needed something substantial, both visually and structurally. A thick, deep, solid walnut frame with...
Maple cube frame with charcoal gray stain

Maple cube frame with charcoal gray stain

Black and White photos are a great time to use a gray stained hardwood frame.  This is my concentrated charcoal stain on a 1″ maple cube frame (a cube is a square frame that has the same height as width).  Maple is such a hard, dense wood that it takes a...
Dark brown stained vintage frame with fabric wrapped mat

Dark brown stained vintage frame with fabric wrapped mat

My client traces his ancestors back to Ireland and he wanted to frame photos of 3 of his ancestors.  The mat is wrapped in a warm grey Irish linen, and the slim, old world frame is darkly stained and waxed like the dark wood paneling of an Irish pub.
Ebonized walnut cube frame

Ebonized walnut cube frame

A cube profile is as tall as it is wide.  When you stain walnut in a transparent black stain, you “ebonize” it, allowing the warmth of the walnut to come through and create a rich, warm black color without loosing the texture and grain pattern walnut...