At Master Framers, we have the ability to mill our own mouldings and create our own very custom frames to order. While we have over 300 different profile knives (shapes) to choose from, we often design new knives to use, based on drawings our customers bring to us, or from historical frames we have seen. This variety is what allows us to create special frames for your art. Our custom frames are built and finished one at a time, measured to fit precisely and to allow the proper depth for canvases or other special depth requirements. In addition, our staff can hand carve a frame or use a decorative corner or pattern from the collection of over 2000 composition molds that we own. We can also make our own molds by casting patterns from antique frames or by hand carving a design that we want to duplicate.
Our finish possibilities cover a wide spectrum as well, from natural woods, stains, paints, metal leaf and karat golds in white, yellow and hues in between. Each frame is toned to work with your artwork. Attention to detail is as important to us as it is to you.
This frame was made for the Minnesota Museum of American Art. The painting is by Frances Cranmer Greenman and is a \"Portrait of Dewey Albinson\". Our intent was to make it appear to have been made by the artist for the painting. Many artists designed and finished their own frames, and still do today. It is quite a large frame, approximately 73\" x 41\".
A detail of one of the corners of the new frame. We used multiple layers of paints as well as gold metal leaf to achieve a finish with depth. The wide panel was lightly carved and creates a nice pattern to break up that flat space. You can see this in a show at the Minnetonka Center for the Arts through March 26th.
For more information, see their website at www.minnetonkaarts.org