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Mat Border Widths

Did you know that mat borders do more than add color around your art? The original intent of mats was two fold. First was to create a space so the glass wouldn’t come in contact with the art and second was to provide a field of visual relief that prevented the frame from crowding the art and to set the art apart from the rest of the room decor to easily focus on it without distraction. Those concepts are still important today, so keep them in mind. Generously proportioned mat borders will help present your art, making it look its best.

The New Simulation Center at Maine Medical Center

Our latest corporate framing and installation project was at the new Simulation Center at Maine Medical Center. We were contacted by Paul Lewandowski and Erin Anderson from the architect firm SMRT to frame and install 22 pieces in time for the grand opening at the beginning of October, 2010. With only two weeks from start to finish we met with them in the gallery to finalized frame choices, mat design and hanging hardware. The job included building five extra-deep shadowboxes for pictures of medical instruments. The "stent" shadowbox is fabricated in-house using two stock frames, removing the lip from one and joining them back-to-back to get the 3.5 inches of depth. These two large photographs are framed with Neilsen Florentine Silver aluminum frames and hung using a three-point secuity hanging system. In addition to deterring theft, the hanging system eliminates shifting of the pieces against the wall. Down one of the hallways we hung 6 historical photos of emergency ro

Fish Tank- "after"

Here is the fish tank complete with frame:

Fish Tank Frame August 2010

This is a project we did for Brett Johnson of Maine Street Design for a client of his. The challenge was to build a frame to fit around a four foot by 8 foot fish tank. Here is the "before" shot of the tank:

Latest Corporate Installation

Board Room of Michaud Distributors, Saco, Maine August 2010

Custom Mat Cutting

We offer custom mat cutting to fit all of your needs. Here is a recent job for Maine Medical Center.

Custom milling

Inside my old livestock barn in Bowdoinham, I have set up a woodshop to mill framestock. With a router table, joiner, tablesaw and a thickness planer, I can produce some great simple profiles. Today's from was produced with pine I recycled from a house we renovated in Topsham. Boy did it smell good.

Shadowbox

Custom shadowbox of an antique pocket watch made with a 2.5 inch solid cherry frame from Vermont Hardwoods. We can do something similar for your treasured heirloom. E-mail me at cox@cascobayframes.com for a personal quote. Thanks, - Tony

Custom Shadow Box Frame for Antique Sword

This is a custom shadow box frame we built for an antique sword. The box is lined with suede matboard and we built custom wooden hooks to the swords specs. The box is hinged to allow the owner to remove the sword to show.

Corporate Work

On Monday, February 10, 2010 Mike and I hung 16 pieces at the Magellan Petroluem corporate offices in a beautiful building at 7 Custom House Street. The job took three hours to complete. Learn more about our corporate work at http://www.cascobayframes.com/contract.php
Welcome to the Casco Bay Frames and Gallery Blog. We offer quality custom picture framing using archival materials. We have been conveniently located in the Hannaford Plaza in Portland for over 30 years. Corporate orders, art sourcing, repairs, ARTIPLAQ mounting, framing supplies, installation, delivery and pick up. Fine American Crafts and unique art from emerging local artists. www.cascobayframes.com