Framing Custom Art - Artifex Art Articles

Framing custom art can be a creative challenge! We think inside AND outside the box when creating the perfect display for your custom art pieces.

All Aboard! Framing Historic Train Sketches

All Aboard! Framing Historic Train Sketches

This week in the frame shop, Russell takes an historic "train trip" to Sachse Station, Texas! Brandi Meyers and Kirsten Dawn with B2 Architecture asked Artifex to help with their multifamily project in historic Sachse, Texas.  In the video, Russell shows off some of...

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Get Your Gucci On (Your Walls)! Framed Gucci Wallpaper Mural

Get Your Gucci On (Your Walls)! Framed Gucci Wallpaper Mural

You don’t have to paste designer wallpaper to the wall. You can frame Gucci wallpaper as wall art! This week, Russell takes us into the frame shop to see the process of framing a huge Gucci wallpaper mural. The piece featured in the video is very large - 80" by 96"....

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Light It Up! Curved Wall Installation With LED Lighting

Light It Up! Curved Wall Installation With LED Lighting

A curved wall requires curved art. To make that curved art really stand out, light that baby up!  #ThisWeekInTheFrameShop, Russell leaves the frame shop to show you a lovely curved wall installation with LED lighting. We’ve done curved art installations before. We've...

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Framing License Plates Can Rock Your She-Shed / Man-Cave

Framing License Plates Can Rock Your She-Shed / Man-Cave

Rock your personal space with a collection of personally meaningful items - like license plates! This week Russell shares a collection of license plates framed in a shiny silver frame with a black suede background. We think they look great! We used a reflective mirror...

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Wallpaper as art? Yes! Chinoiserie Wallpaper Panels

Wallpaper as art? Yes! Chinoiserie Wallpaper Panels

Today's #ThisWeekInTheFrameShop example is a series of three individually framed chinoiserie wallpaper panels.  What an elegant option for a dining room or living area! These chinoiserie panels have a paper substrate, then a sheer layer of silk, and then hand-painted...

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Hail to the Chief – Presidential Stamps as Postage Stamp Art

Hail to the Chief – Presidential Stamps as Postage Stamp Art

On March 3, 1847, Congress authorized United States postage stamps. Stamps have featured collectable images ever since, including presidents.  So it's not a surprise that collectible stamps can make great postage stamp art. This week, Russell shares a framed artwork...

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Tips for Framing an Antique Doily

Tips for Framing an Antique Doily

This week "In the Frame Shop", Russell presents a video (below) on framing an antique doily. He details our approach to handling textiles for framing. Whether you are preserving an antique doily or framing a new decorative piece, the same techniques and considerations...

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More Thinking Outside The Frame – Framing Dallas

More Thinking Outside The Frame – Framing Dallas

Wow, that happened quickly!!! It's really beginning to feel like fall. Do you need something unique that’s not entirely framing, Dallas? This week Russell presents a shelving unit inspired by wine crates. Beehive boxes become a beautiful display area for fitness...

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Digital art from Etsy printed onto… wood!

Digital art from Etsy printed onto… wood!

This week in the frame shop at Artifex, Russell shows us some beautiful wood panel prints in various sizes and shapes that were created for a client from an Etsy digital art download. Artifex can work with you to create beautiful solutions for your digital art...

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