Texas Bird Stamp print.  This particular design includes a fillet between the two rag window mats. 

About

Grey Owl Framing is a one person frame shop that is owned by Russ Wood / Grey Owl.


Russ is internationally known for creating unusual and unique mat style designs for paper-based media.  This includes original art, prints, photography ,and antique cards.  And grand-kids sketches are certainly original art, and he does those too!


For his mat designs, he uses various elements including hand-painted single and variegated colored bevels, hand-inked lines via  ruling pens, hand-painted and unpainted decorative papers, hand-laid metal or gold leaf bevels and panels, gold lines and hand-painted or gesso laid mats, and marble mats.


He teaches classes on elements of decorative mat design, and has demonstrated French Mat techniques at the International framing convention (WCAF)  Russ has written articles for the Picture Framing Magazine, PPFA, and FATG. Russ is a member of the Society of Gilders, the Professional Picture Framers Association (PPFA),and also a Guild Member of the Fine Art Trade Guild (FATG), London, U.K.


An unusual greeting card makes a wonderful framed piece. The objective for this 5" x 7" card was a simple mat and frame. The 22k gold leaf, hand-laid on the bevels are the only mat design element needed. And the simple black frame doesn't have to be black matte, as this example shows.