Blue Silk and Gilded Mount

The inner mount is gilded in 23.5ct gold leaf using an acrylic gold size on dark brown painted base, it is then sealed with shellac. The top mount is blue silk. 

Bamboo frames and silk mounts

Here are two of the silk mounts from a few posts ago. 

Bamboo effect frame

Bamboo style frames are not something we use very often but they can be great for framing some Oriental and Far Eastern work. This moulding comes unfinished, it is obeche with the bamboo pattern made from moulded pasta material (wood pulp/binders) I made the frame and sprayed it with gesso, it was given a red base colour and then gilded in metal leaf. The gilding was distressed and then given a coat of button polish, a coat of black paint was applied all over and wiped off. Next it was covered in dark wax which was also wiped away with a cloth, finally some raw umber pigment was dusted over and the whole frame was given a good polish.