Artistic Edge Art & Framing

Craftsmanship is alive and well in Long Beach. The owner is very patient, accommodating, and offers great artistic ideas. Her vision of the finished, framed art built upon our ideas perfectly.
This is not a low end off the shelf frame joint. The work here is totally custom and professional. If you have art that you want framed elegantly this is the place.

Kris has completed several fantastic and brilliant framing projects on top of my wet bar, and my bedroom for the BACHELOR PAD. To say the least, she truly has the ARTISTIC talent with excellent customer service. The name of her store fits the talent. A GEM near 4^th street. KUDOS. I have pending framing projects downrange.

Kris is awesome! We have had and will continue to have many things framed by her. She always does a beautiful job and always works within our budget! I wouldn’t go anywhere else, really. Thanks Kris!

I found a sweet little Disney comic book at one of the thrift stores on 4^th and needed it matted and framed as a gift. Not being from Long Beach, I searched Unilocal and found this great shop. Kris at Artistic Edge helped me out and did a great job. It wasn’t anything super fancy so I figured she’d just spray mount it on foam core, throw a mat around it and call it good. Wrong. She built a beautiful mat frame around it and treated it as if it were an original print. I would recommend the Artistic Edge to anyone looking for quality work — for whatever treasures you come across!

My husband and I recently moved to Long Beach, and as a couple who loves to travel internationally and buy art during our travels, we were in need of a new place to take our art for framing. We’re so thankful to have found Artistic Edge this summer!
We initially took one piece of fine art to Kris, and we quickly realized she would be our new go-​to framer! We quickly brought in several more pieces, all original art. Thanks to her talent and professionalism we have some really stunning pieces in our home. Kris worked with us on each piece, taking as much time as necessary to determine the right frame and matting. She completed all work at the price and within the time she initially quoted. She is such a gifted framer, and I trust her completely to deliver a quality product.
Kris is an artist who does custom framing. Her products are not kitschy, and she runs this business with a lot of heart, skill, and professionalism. Prior to our move to Long Beach, we had our art framed in Washington, D.C. and Seattle. Kris’ work surpasses that of what we had done before… if only we had met her sooner!

Excellent job on all my framing projects!
Owner is an artist… literally. So, I appreciate her sense of proportion and style.
Thank you!

I cannot rave enough about Artistic Edge! There truly is no place like it, and I have been to a lot of framing shops, because I have a continuously growing art collection. Chris and Leslie are the absolute best, they are artists, and approach framing in a unique way, striving to tell the story of each individual piece, listening to what it means for you, not stopping until everything is just right — sounds nutty, but in fact the final result is stupendous, everything is framed exactly perfectly, I always — always — leave with finished work that give me great joy. I trust their judgment 100%. In the past six months, I had seven frames done, one came out better than the next, all very different, I cannot imagine any of them done better, exceeded my expectations. And amazingly, their prices are very reasonable.
I recently had to make a temporary move to NYC, and I miss them terribly! I had something re-​framed here, and while I got a perfectly good job done mechanically, I could tell they don’t have the brilliance to make things soar, and their collection of frames was nothing compared to Artistic Edge, they have really unique pieces. I have a bunch of unframed art here, and I am determined to figure out a way to have the ladies frame it all.
One great innovation in the shop is the angled mirror hanging over the front desk area, I’ve never seen that before, your piece lies flat on the table as they try different mats and frames and you can look up and see how something will look hanging, instead of leaning over a table, straining to imagine how something will look finished, which isn’t always easy to visualize. It’s the kind of touch here that makes all the difference.
And Chris even did some wonderful repair on a piece I have that suffered water damage.
You would be foolish to bring art anyplace else!

Kristina and her staff has done a tremendous job with framing a rare proof of Patrick Nagel’s — Texas. In this contemporary design, they did a fantastic with selecting the best color for the mat and the framing material is the best you can find.
The labor with putting it together to create the finished look is 100% quality. There are not too many proofs in existence and I chose Artistic Edge because They are the best in what they do. With that said, I highly recommend Artistic Edge. They have the best combination of materials and skilled artists who create the finest frames. Greatly exceeded expectations. BRAVO!

I’m so lucky to have found this little gem! I’ve had a handful of my art framed from these ladies, and I couldn’t be happier. The do impeccable work, the price is right and they have the most fabulous frames!
If you do want your work done quickly, then you’ll need to pay more to have it bumped up. I love how reasonable and amazing my art works, so I’m patient.

This place!
I had a hand drawn photo of Bob Marley that was taped together on about 8 different sheets of paper. The owner of the shop took the tape off carefully and she put on better tape and also filled in some of the shading and put the piece together absolutely PERFECTLY and framed it PERFECTLY and gave me a good deal for it. I was expecting more. I am extremely happy with the service. I love going into the shop just to look at art and interact and I think that before you go to some place like Aaron’s Bros to get custom framing that you should do yourself a favor and come here! I will come here for all of my framing needs.

I came to Artistic Edge primarily because of the stellar reviews, but also due to its proximity to my apartment. I couldn’t have made a better choice. During my consultation, I said that I wanted a basic framing job for the two mandalas I picked up in Nepal this summer. However, with some convincing and artistic vision I was steered toward a framing arrangement that I never would have conceived of on my own and I couldn’t be happier (see photo I uploaded). This place truly does place a high value on «thinking outside the frame» so to speak. The result is an incredibly unique complement to the painstaking effort it took to create the mandalas. My expectations were surpassed and I would absolutely go to Artistic Edge in the future for a very personal experience where the framing will wind up being a conversation piece in and of itself.

A great neighborhood framery (is that a word?). I don’t usually frame my paintings so my experience with framing is limited, but I had an occasion where I needed a couple of paintings framed, so off I went down the street. Kris, the owner, is really cool and was very helpful in determining the right frame for what I wanted and I was very pleased with the results. If you’re looking for bargain framing this isn’t it; while her rates are reasonable (I thought), good framing ain’t cheap, so ask her for an estimate before you commit. Also, this place is pretty much a one-​woman show and sometimes Kris has to step out or whatever and you may find that the place is closed when it shouldn’t be (something I experienced on my first visit). Just call ahead to let her know you’ll be coming over and she’ll be sure to watch for you.

Kristine is da kine brah!
Billy Knows art! And dis place is Billy approved. Billy Knows!
There is even some of my art dere!
Aloha
BK

What a great framing store. I am an artist, so I really care that my frame compliments the picture, not just the décor of the house. Ideally, it will do both. The owner here has a good eye for something cool and interesting and was so nice and helpful. I needed my project for a gift, and she got it done in a week, which is not her standard turnaround – and did not charge extra, either. I will definitely be back!

I used to go to a place down in Seal Beach to get all of my framing done, but they had gone out of business so I used Unilocal to help me find a new place to get art framed. Unilocalers, you have let me down.
First off, the place was a mess when I walked in, which should’ve told me something about how the operation was run. There are frame samples everywhere, it’s totally unorganized, and there are just pieces that have been framed lying around. I thought that I wouldn’t judge a book by it’s cover and continued.
I brought in two pieces for her to frame and she told me about 3 weeks. No problem. I wasn’t in a huge rush. After about 4 weeks, I decided to call. Long story short, it took about 6 weeks for me to finally get my pieces back.
She didn’t do a bad job, but i don’t think that she did a great job either. I personally think that her eye for framing and what looks good is not that great. Just my opinion, but I left the framing up to her, and I should’ve just gone with my gut. One of the pieces I’m going to leave alone, but I will be bringing the other to another framer to get redone. She didn’t put a mat around it, cut away the poster board that it was mounted on (it’s a vintage WWII propaganda poster mounted on a stiff board to help preserve it), and overall just didn’t impress me.
Like the two stars say, «Meh. I’ve experienced better.»

Great frame shop with a really nice owner (Kris). A great thing to have in any neighborhood!
I will be back!

Fantastic. Stress free happy place! Great store, great home, great host.
Go and have fun.

BEAUTIFUL CORPORATE WORK!
I found Kristina and her wonderful shop on Unilocal.I wanted an artist to do my framing since one of the pieces I was having framed was a certificate from the trademark office trademarking the slogan I created for my company. I also wanted other corporate certificates framed and needed them to blend with our beautiful office space. I would describe myself as a corporate, creative artist.
To my delight, I found Kristina is an artist in her own right and has a degree in graphic design. During the course of our visit she told me when she graduated (10+ years ago) she wanted a venue in which to display her art and chose framing to do it. My 5 pieces turned our fantastic! They are truly framed works of art. She suggested perfect matting and the frames were just right. I met with her during the holidays so, needless to say, she was quite busy. Since I did not need my certificates right away I agreed to wait and she gave me a discount for doing so. It was so worth the wait and her prices were more than reasonable.
I will return for my personal framing and highly recommend this shop to anyone with any framing need.

For my mom’s birthday, I decided to have a painting that she absolutely loves framed for her. I didn’t want to take it to just anywhere (read: Aaron Brothers or some other ridiculous place like that), so I did my homework and found this place in Long Beach. Logistically, I knew that it was going to be hard to frame it well. It had been rolled up for 30 years, some of the paint had started to chip and show damage, and the paper that it was painted on was also showing damage from being rolled up for so long…
From the moment I walked in to Artistic Edge, I could tell that it was going to be a good experience. I could tell that the owner really cares about what she’s doing, and the quality of the work that goes out the door. She helped me pick a PERFECT frame (which took well over an hour to pick), and even gave me a 20% discount when I admitted that it was more costly than I had anticipated.
She was able to get it back to me, perfectly framed, in under two weeks and she even touched up some of the damage. Overall, the painting couldnt have come out better. She did an absolutely fantastic job.
(My mom loved it, of course!)
I would highly recommend taking anything you need framed to Artistic Edge even f you don’t live near Long Beach. It’s well worth the drive to know that someone else will care about your project as much as you do.

I recently obtained a bunch wonderful music memorabilia that I wanted to have framed. And the first thing that came to my mind was to check out Unilocal to find a local frame shop. I wanted find a mom and pop store versus going to a Aaron’s or Michaels. If anyone knows anything about custom framing, is that It’s not cheap! And if you really love the artwork that you are getting framed, it is imperative to take it to a reputable frame shop.
And after reading Duncan’s review, I decided to check Artistic Edge out. What a wonderful find! As soon as I walked in, the owner greeted me with a smile. I showed her the items that I wanted to be framed, the budget for each item and the look I was going for. She then showed me the absolute perfect frames and it was all within my price range. :) It did take a few weeks to get my items back, but beautiful framing cannot be rushed.
Overall I was very happy with the work she did and customer service was stellar.