Custom Picture Framing Toledo Ohio 43615, Holland 43528, Maumee 43537, Perrysburg, Sylvania 43560, Whitehouse, Waterville, Swanton, N.W. Ohio & S. E. Michigan

The first place blue ribbon was for our totaly custom built cedar frame with gambel roof style to mimic a bird feeder. The compound angles were second nature to us, as we use to be professional cabinet makers. An interesting twist on this piece was the double glass which allowed for the placement of the sunflower seeds within the frame and yet isolating them from the cardinal print.

        

We are proud to have taken 3rd place in a framing competition sponsored by Nelson's Moulding in Traverse City Mi. 5/16/09. Framers from Wisconsin, Michigan & Ohio participated. All entrants were given a copy of the same print to frame. Then the creative fun began.
The first step after receiving the print was mounting it to a solid 8 ply backing.		We also wanted to add depth and texture to the print so we added a Z-Gell Texture to the piece. This treatment simulates brush strokes to make the print look more like the original oil painting.
I sourced this beautiful silk fabric with a small leaf pattern to bring out the fall colors in the original artwork. This faric was wrapped over 8 ply Artique Matboard for both the top and lower mats	Next, after finding just the right fabric with the fall colors and patterns to enhance the art, I created hand wrapped bevel accents also out of 8 ply mats. After the bevel accents were made they were custom cut and installed as the second mat layer.	Finally two additional mat layers were added and the reverse beveled print was floated on these. With the addition of Museum Glass, this prize winner was finished.