Steel frames for mirror and art

Framed — steel angle frames for mirror and art, made in Vancouver, Washington

Cut, welded and finished in Vancouver, Washington
A tall black steel-framed mirror installed in a finished home, reflecting a staircase with wood treads and black balusters.
Installed, Vancouver WA

The stair in itis ours too

A frame we made, hung in a house, reflecting a staircase we made. Everything drawn further down this page is drawn to the section this one was built to.

Not a frame.A section.

It is hot-rolled steel angle, mitered on a fiber laser and welded closed by hand, and the glass rests down inside the L. What faces the room is an eighth of an inch of steel, with the glass recessed in shadow behind it. No stocked frame holds that line, because no stocked frame is made from structural angle.

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WALL ⅛″ edge, all the room sees mirror ¼″ backer ¾″ steel angle ⅜″ REVEAL 1½″ off the wall

Drawn with ¾″ backing. On a shipped wall piece the backing is yours to pick, and it sets how deep the shadow reads: thinner backing, deeper reveal.

The depth isnot a style

The reveal is what the section produces: the leg stands an inch and a half off the wall, the glass sits inside it, and the steel is left standing proud of the glass. Nothing is applied, nothing is trim. The drawing is the product.

How it’s built

  1. 01

    Scanned

    The opening is captured with a 3D scanner, not a tape. The frame is built to the wall it will hang on.

  2. 02

    Cut by light

    Every miter is cut on a fiber laser. The four corners close because they were never approximate.

  3. 03

    Welded closed

    Each corner is welded by hand into a single continuous line of steel.

  4. 04

    Ground flush

    The joint is ground until it disappears. Run a finger over the corner. Nothing.

Close-up of a mitered corner on a black powder-coated steel frame, the glass sitting recessed behind the steel.
The corner, ground flush

Four pieces, drawn to scale

The Signature Series — four catalogue sizes, cut, welded, ground and numbered in our own shop, priced and ready to order, frame only. Any other dimension is cut to your opening and quoted.

Custom

Any opening between 24 and 144 inches, either finish, wall or floor. Cut to your dimensions and quoted inside twenty-four hours.

Build your size
Floor mirrorShips anywhere, complete. The mirror is set in our shop and the piece leans, so nothing is hung and no glazier is needed.
Wall piece, Portland or VancouverArrives complete. We supply the glass, set it, and hang it on the wall it was drawn for.
Wall piece, shipped elsewhereThe steel frame only, with a dimensioned drawing. Your glazier cuts and sets the glass. This is what the catalogue prices are.

Every Signature Series piece is stamped and numbered on the back before it leaves the shop. Four is where the catalogue ends, not the shop. Larger openings are cut to order and delivered, and the same section takes a canvas or a print just as well.

How ordering works
  1. 01

    Send the size

    Pick a catalogue size, or type your own opening into the bench below and see the price move as you do. Nothing is paid at this step.

  2. 02

    Approve the drawing

    A dimensioned drawing comes back to you inside one business day. Nothing is cut until you have signed off on it.

  3. 03

    Two weeks to ship

    Counted from the day you approve. Mitered on the fiber laser, welded by hand, ground flush, powder coated.

The guaranteeThe drawing is the contract. Nothing is cut before you approve it, and when we scan the opening ourselves the fit is on us.
Shipping$125 flat on every catalogue size. Each one crates under the parcel limit. Custom pieces are delivered locally or quoted.
Made whereCut, welded, ground and finished in our own shop in Vancouver, Washington.
Made to orderNothing is stocked and nothing is cut before you approve the drawing, so orders are not returnable. Anything that arrives damaged, or does not match the drawing you approved, is ours to put right.

Four sizes iswhere others stop

Every frame is cut to one wall. Give us the opening and the section builds to it: the eighth-inch edge, the inch and a half off the plaster, held at any dimension you name. Pick the backing and you pick the shadow.

Your opening

Type any opening from 24 to 144 inches. The price updates as you type.

× inches
Finish
The piece
How deep the shadow sits
  • Your price$850
  • Glazier cuts glass to35½ × 47½
  • SupplySteel frame only, or complete if you are local
  • Reveal this gives⅜″
  • Steel14 ft · 17 lb
  • Wall load once glazed57 lb
  • Lead time2 weeks to ship

Frame only, before shipping and tax. This number is an estimate that follows the catalogue; the figure on your drawing is the one that counts.

Get this drawn and priced

Nothing is cut until you approve the drawing. You see the exact dimensions, the finish and the reveal before any steel is touched, and the price above is the price on the drawing.

Trade pricing. We come back inside twenty-four hours with a number and a drawing, and nothing is cut until you approve it.

Specify it once,repeat it anywhere

One section, any dimension. You set the reveal by choosing the backing, and the drawing carries that number, so the glazier, the installer and the client are all holding the same sheet.

Macro detail of a mitered corner on a matte black powder-coated steel angle frame, showing the ground-flush joint and the glass recessed behind the steel.
The joint, after grinding

Every Signature Series piece is made in our own shop in Vancouver, Washington — a shop that has been cutting and welding steel since 2002. The same hands, the same floor and the same fiber laser that cut stairs and structural steel cut these frames.

2002Cutting steel since
212Customers served
2 weeksDrawing approved to shipped
VancouverCut, welded and finished in WA

Questions

What exactly do I get?
A floor mirror arrives complete, mirror set, anywhere. A wall piece in Portland or Vancouver arrives complete too, because we supply the glass and set it ourselves. A wall piece shipped anywhere else is the steel frame alone, and your glazier cuts and sets the glass to the drawing that ships with it.
Do I need a glazier?
Only for a wall piece shipped outside Portland and Vancouver. Locally we handle the glass. Floor mirrors never need one.
How deep is the shadow around the glass?
You choose it. The frame stands 1½″ off the wall, and whatever the backing does not fill becomes the reveal. A ¾″ backing leaves ⅜″. A ½″ backing leaves ⅝″. A ¼″ backing leaves ⅞″. A ⅛″ backing leaves a full inch.
What does shipping cost?
A flat $125 anywhere in the United States, for any catalogue size. Every catalogue size was designed to crate under the parcel limit, which is why it is one number and not a calculator. A custom piece larger than that is delivered locally or quoted as freight.
Can I send it back?
No. Every piece is made to order, cut to a drawing you approve before any steel is touched, so nothing is stocked and nothing is returnable. What is covered: if a piece arrives damaged in transit, or does not match the drawing you approved, that is ours to fix and we pay the freight both ways. Tell us within 48 hours of delivery and send a photograph.
What size can you make?
Any size. Four catalogue sizes run from 40 × 40 inches at $775 to 24 × 72 inches at $1,000, frame only. Anything else is quoted from the dimensions you send.
How long does it take?
Two weeks to ship, counted from the day you approve the drawing. Nothing is cut before that.
What happens if the glass does not fit?
When we scan the opening ourselves, the fit is on us. When you send us dimensions, the frame is built to the drawing you approved, so the drawing is what both sides are holding.
What is it made of?
1½″ × 1½″ × ⅛″ hot-rolled steel angle, mitered on a fiber laser, welded by hand and ground flush. Powder coated matte black or warm white.
Where are they made?
Vancouver, Washington. Every frame is cut and welded in our own shop.

The drawingis the contract

Nothing is cut until you approve the drawing, and it ships two weeks after you do. When we scan the opening, the fit is on us. When you send the dimensions, the frame matches your drawing to the thousandth.

Get your price

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