My first "proper" frame* photos*

[sawdustmonkey]

I made my wife a picture frame for Christmas,I had the piece commisioned for her birthday(last April,better late than never :lol: )

I'm filing it under the "past mistakes" section of this thread Shes delighted which I'm chuffed about but I know I can do better,I was too rushed in the end and will be making it a new frame soon.....

 

[TrimTheKing]

Looks good, give us some details on it's makeup........



Cheers

Mark

 

[Waka]

Apart from the sunglasses I think that looks good, again we need the make up details.

 

[sawdustmonkey]

Thanks Mark,its made up of uprights leftover from my staircase(not sure of the correct name for them ) I had a local shop plane them down for me(no P/T yet) to try and get a slight warp out,which worked well.I bought a nobex mitre saw specially(a fine saw IMO which I'm very pleased with) it cut the mitres very well with great accruacy.
I cut a groove out of all sides on the TS,thankfully the width of the blade was bang-on for the thickness of the glass(2.5mm preservation clear glass)Then cut a rebate out of the back to take the mount board and backer board.

I glued and brad re-inforced the bottom mitres and set the whole frame in a €10 stanley stramp clamp which was ideal for the job. Once dry I slipped the glass in and glued and pinned the top rail? I was a liitle worried I might of broke the glass at this point but it was fine.

Prior to assembly I'd sanded and sanded and sanded,painted,sanded.............Because of the construction method I chose(not ideal now that I've finshed)it meant I had to touch up the top mitres with paint once made up.Up on the wall its not noticable :wink:

I'm looking forward to making another one now,I'll have much more confidence and certainley learn from this one!!

I used conservation glass,preservation mount board and preservation barrier behind 6mm hardboard.The job of sourcing this specialist stuff was a real pain(only one supplier of the glass in Ireland!!!!) once found I had to overcome them only supplying to the "trade" and in large volumes.

I've several bits of art and prints which demand framing to preservation standards so It'll all be used eventually :lol:

 

[sawdustmonkey]

Ta Waka!! Thats the great thing about art.....Its by a French "graffiti "/urban artist. One of the pioneers along with the likes of Banksy. Not to eveyones taste but hopefully will be a good top up to my none existant pension!

Forgot to add,I dripped purple spray onto the inside of the frame to contrast with the main purple of the piece.This is one of the bits I'm not happy with as a few "dots" ran into squiggles.

 

[MickCheese]

Is the glass sandwiched between the outer mitred face and the square section sides?

It appears that I can see some of the bare wood?

For the Mk2 version you may chose to paint the groove so that bare wood does not reflect through the edge of the glass. If that is what I can see?

I actually like the print and I think the way you have mounted is is spot on.

Mick

 

[sawdustmonkey]

Thanks Mick, it is bare wood you can see Its only visible from the sharp upwards angle I took the photo from :wink:

When I make a new frame for it,instead of cutting a groove into the frame to slip the glass in,I'll make a really deep rebate and use a thin slip to hold the glass in place(does that make sense,clear as mud to me :lol: )

 

[Ironballs]

Nicely executed, well done. One of my early pieces was a large picture frame, not as simple as you first think when you haven't done one and easy to cock up! Keep it going

Cheers

Damian