FRAMES

Small Works Custom Framing

We build truly custom, closed-corner frames for artists, galleries, individuals, restaurants and establishments in the Bay Area. Unlike typical retail frame shops, we make our frames from raw wood, sustainably harvested in the US, and do all the woodwork and finishing in house with Zero VOC finishes. Almost all components of our frames are sourced from materials made here in the United States. We partner with local mills for much of our stock and keep ourselves to high labor standards, providing a living wage and healthcare.

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FAQs

Yes! Email us at office@smallworkssf.com with info about the frame job you need help with, including the size of the art work.
Send us an email at Office@SmallWorksSF.com to make an appointment. We are by appointment only but will do our best to accommodate your schedule.
Absolutely! Call or email to set up an appointment.
4-6 weeks on average
What do you like? What’s in your home? Do you like grain? Want a painted finish? Best bet is to make an appointment to come into the shop and have a look at some options alongside your artwork.
Definitely! We have a lot of tried and true styles as well as a number of original designs that we would love to show you. What sets us apart from your friendly corner frame shop (we’re totally friendly) is a full wood shop and a group of talented woodworkers who can make almost anything that you would like to see.
Yes! We have clients around the world.
Our focus right now is building frames and working with artists on special editions for sale on this site! However we can provide other art presentation pieces such as pedestals and vitrines.
Yes! We work closely with a partner to provide full service photo printing, mounting and framing. Discounts on printing and mounting are passed along when we do the whole job. Just send us your high res file and a size, design your frame and we will take care of the rest.
Yes! Galleries, Interior Designers and Art Consultants receive a 15% discount on retail. Artists framing their own work and paying directly receive a 20% discount.
Well, it’s almost a cliché that framing is expensive. We would encourage you to get quotes, but whereas many frame shops offer “chop and join” moulding of low quality and which are made with exploitative labor and environmental practices at very high mark-ups and where “off the shelf” mounting products are used to affix art into frames, we make everything here in our woodshop in San Francisco using the best materials sourced as ethically as possible and employ conservation best practices for mounting and preserving your art. So ‘expensive’ is a relative term in light of the difference in quality. Again, we encourage you to get quotes, often times we hear that we are the same price as other frame shops but for a superior product.
We're proud to work with some of the Bay Area's finest including SFMOMA, BAMPFA, Haines Gallery, Jessica Silverman Gallery, Geremia Design, Nicole Hollis, Chroma, and Studio Ahead.

Yes! Email us at office@smallworkssf.com with info about the frame job you need help with, including the size of the art work.
Absolutely! Call or email to set up an appointment.
What do you like? What’s in your home? Do you like grain? Want a painted finish? Best bet is to make an appointment to come into the shop and have a look at some options alongside your artwork.
Yes! We have clients around the world.
Yes! We work closely with a partner to provide full service photo printing, mounting and framing. Discounts on printing and mounting are passed along when we do the whole job. Just send us your high res file and a size, design your frame and we will take care of the rest.
Well, it’s almost a cliché that framing is expensive. We would encourage you to get quotes, but whereas many frame shops offer “chop and join” moulding of low quality and which are made with exploitative labor and environmental practices at very high mark-ups and where “off the shelf” mounting products are used to affix art into frames, we make everything here in our woodshop in San Francisco using the best materials sourced as ethically as possible and employ conservation best practices for mounting and preserving your art. So ‘expensive’ is a relative term in light of the difference in quality. Again, we encourage you to get quotes, often times we hear that we are the same price as other frame shops but for a superior product.

Send us an email at Office@SmallWorksSF.com to make an appointment. We are by appointment only but will do our best to accommodate your schedule.
4-6 weeks on average
Definitely! We have a lot of tried and true styles as well as a number of original designs that we would love to show you. What sets us apart from your friendly corner frame shop (we’re totally friendly) is a full wood shop and a group of talented woodworkers who can make almost anything that you would like to see.
Our focus right now is building frames and working with artists on special editions for sale on this site! However we can provide other art presentation pieces such as pedestals and vitrines.
Yes! Galleries, Interior Designers and Art Consultants receive a 15% discount on retail. Artists framing their own work and paying directly receive a 20% discount.
We're proud to work with some of the Bay Area's finest including SFMOMA, BAMPFA, Haines Gallery, Jessica Silverman Gallery, Geremia Design, Nicole Hollis, Chroma, and Studio Ahead.