Signed and Framed 90’s Band Garbage
Black and gold provide the 90’s alt-rock vibe — when paired with the crimson back-drop in this signed group portrait of Wisconsin rock band, Garbage.
Gold Filigree Frame, Shadow-Box Style
We’ve floated this Jamie Ann Ratliff work, shadow-box style, in a gold filigree frame. The sea green mat ties it all together without upstaging the vibrant, tropical tones in the artwork. The piece is fitted with non-glare museum glass, ensuring clear viewing with minimal reflections…
Heart Frame for Hart Art!
A heart frame for “Eight of Hearts” artwork by Allison Mosshart. Mosshart, lead singer for Dead Weather, artist and fashion designer had her first solo New York art show in 2015. Detail shot, below.
Bespoke Beats All
Look no further than this piece to appreciate the nature of the bespoke experience of custom picture framing. Clearly, this is not the sort of picture frame you can buy off a retail shelf! A unique and elaborate frame surrounding a broad, textured linen mat,…
Nature Scene in Wood Frame
We love this florid, bold-colored nature scene. A wood frame with a slim, gilded internal border (detail below) — one that enhances but does not compete with the artwork — is just right. With highly detailed and visually complicated art, sometimes less-is-more applies to framing.
Peña Jersey, Mounted and Framed
Fastframe is Houston’s destination for custom sports memorabilia framing — because we frame it right the first time, every time. In addition to highly experienced framers, our framing materials and glues are acid-free, and our glass is 99% UV resistant. We’re experts at folding and…
Houston’s Art Framing Experts
For artwork that either runs completely to the edges of the material or has deckled or uneven edges — an on-mat mounting is a good solution. Mats generally sit on top of artwork, overlapping perhaps 1/4″, and help to keep the artwork in place. In…
Alvarez’s Big Blast
Yordan Alvarez may find himself ON a lot of walls after his unforgettable 450 blast (way) OVER the wall in the Houston Astros World Series victory. This piece, featuring Astros colors in the stacked matting is simply the Chronicle’s Sports Section cover page complemented with…
Astros Hot Off The Press!
Bring in your Chronicle covers, Sports Illustrated covers, jerseys — any of your Astros memorabilia — and see what Houston’s Sports framing experts (that’s us!) can do for you! Biggest selection of picture frame styles in Houston!
Texas Classics All Around
Like the World Champion Houston Astros, Texans know Whataburger. We love this graphic homage to an iconic Texas brand!
The Houston Astros win WS again!
For the second time the Houston Astros are world champions. The Astros brought home another title by dispatching the Phillies, 4 games to 2. Since their last WS win in 2017, the Astros have made it to the ALCS every year. Counting 2017 that means…
Expert Sports Framing
Just a reminder that we are Houston’s sports framing experts. Jerseys and like items are more challenging than framing, say, a simple flat poster. We know how to properly fold and mount jerseys or other memorabilia, and our materials are top-notch, durable, and protect your…
Trending: Oaxacan-Style Art
Here’s another example of beautiful, Oaxacan-style, woven-paper artwork — in the style of this circular framed piece featured in an earlier post. We have an enormous selection of frame styles, mat colors and glass options to choose from. Stop by our store at Woodway and…
Framing Cats & Dogs
Pet pictures are family pictures — and you can enjoy these images in a huge variety of custom-framed styles. Stop by our frame shop at Woodway and Voss Road to see what we can create for you!
PRISMA Frames – ultimate customizations
This “Houston” piece, featuring an off-square shape and a custom, radial pattern comes from the Prisma framing system, available at Fastframe Houston. Prisma acrylic frames combine engineering ingenuity with custom picture frame design. Part art, part science, Prisma’s ultimate-custom designs spill outside the limits of…
Get the Wallpaper, Hold the Glue
Wallpaper is back. Not your parents’ wallpaper with messy installations that “wrapped” entire rooms in the stuff, but rather as wall ‘art’ with custom framed wallpaper panels. There are a huge variety of wallpaper designs available these days, from classic florid to modern abstract, to…
Paper & Fabric Framing: Circular Wall Art
This woven-paper artwork (“circulo de papel”) is a show-stopper — but also poses design and practical challenges when framing for display. Evoking techniques from the Oaxacan people of ancient Mexico, the delicate weaving is partially see-through — so the mat upon which it is mounted…
More framing techniques for small artwork
We used a ‘gallery style’ picture frame to make this 7″x7″ piece of abstract art (center of frame) stand large. First, we “float” the actual piece of artwork up about 1/4″ inch uniformly off the surface. We then used a wide, tone-on-tone mat (meaning the…
Unique Framing for Small Painting
The dimension of the canvas in these images is only 6×6 inches — and 4 inches deep! In order to showcase the unique dimensions of this piece, we used a 3.5 inch deep floater frame presentation. The frame is “Spencer Float, Gold and Black” from Larson…
Versatile, Aged Steel Frame Styles
As we ready for the return of the Houston Rodeo and Livestock show, we wanted to showcase this Western photography piece, featuring Larson Juhl’s 1.5 inch “Anvil Aged Steel” as an outer frame. The piece is wrapped for delivery, so please see frame detail images,…
Protecting Your Art and Photos
Frame it once, frame it right You may not be thinking about protection when you’re anxious to put a nice piece of art on the wall. But we see the tragic results of saving a few dollars and cutting corners — and ignoring protection —…
Great Video on Gallery Walls: Tips & Tricks
This is a terrific method for designing a gallery wall from artist and art instructor Michelle Theberge — AND a great method for actually getting that design ON the wall! Thanks, Michelle!
Valentine’s Day – Great Framing Gifts
Why not frame something they love this Valentine’s Day? In lieu of (or addition to!) traditional flowers or chocolate, why not give a personalized gift? From cherished family photographs to mementos of your relationship, to hand-made artwork expressing love — Fastframe Houston can frame it….
Framing Tips for Astros in World Series
They’re back — and soon they’ll “take it back!” Tips from the Astros 2017 World Series: When the Astros became WS champs in 2017, we watched demand for framed posters, newspaper covers, and Astros “stuff” of all kinds go through the roof. Quickly, that “stuff”…
Broken Mirrors: Bad Workmanship, Not Bad Luck
Beautiful frame right? WRONG! I’ve written before about the difficulty in purchasing ‘custom’ framed materials online and even in the big box stores. Unless you know what to look for, and even sometimes when you do, you can end up with something terribly structured or…