This very nice 19th Century French made swept had lots of missing sections, especially at the corners.
Tuesday
Nice French swept frame
This very nice 19th Century French made swept had lots of missing sections, especially at the corners.
Exhibition by Melvyn Warren-Smith
Long time no post, just have not had the time for the last few weeks. We recently framed some paintings for the artist Melvyn Warren-Smith, for his annual exhibition, this it is on Saturday 14th to Sunday 15th May 2011. More info on the website:
http://www.melvyn-warren-smith.com/menu.htm
Sunday
A corner sample
This corner sample is made from a moulding that comes pre-finished with gesso, this is then ready to be painted with bole and gilded, or finished in some other way. The fact that the moulding is already gessoed, means it saves time not having to apply the gesso by hand and then sand it down. Although the overall finished look is not quite the same as a frame made from barewood and prepared in the traditional way, it is a good alternative.
Lamb update
It has been very warm and sunny this week, the average for April is about 12 oC, but it has been over 20 oC for most of the week. The lambs use the shade behind the workshop to chill out.
Saturday
Friday
More float mounting!
This mixed media work on aluminium is float mounted in a 12ct white gold box frame. I've spent some time trying out different methods of float mounting these aluminium panels. This method uses an aluminium channel which is bolted through the 3mm mountboard and 3mm back. The artwork is fixed with a specialist acrylic foam tape which is designed specifically for bonding aluminium to aluminium.
Thursday
Wednesday
Finishing the walnut frames
Both were glazed with Artshield UV acrylic, the mount and undermount is cotton mountboard, then there is a foamboard filler, and the backing is MDF. The long frame has an aluminium brace on the back, to provide strength and secure the long lengths of the frame.
Tuesday
Long mount
This 70" long mount was too big for my mount cutter so I had to use a long metal rule and a hand bevel cutter that runs along a channel in the straight edge. The standard size for mountboard is 32" x 44", with a good selection of boards available in the 'Jumbo' size of 44" x 64". Over this size and the choice of mountboard is extremely limited, with only museum quality cotton board in a couple of colours. The board I used for this size of job was 48" x 72", in white. Although for even bigger jobs there are larger sizes available at 48" x 96" and 64" x 86". Above these sizes, or if colours other than white are required, then mountboards can be spliced together.
Big walnut frames
These walnut frames were made for two large limited edition prints, the smaller one is 32" x 50", and the long narrow frame is 23" x 70"
Walnut is a lovely wood, but it was quite difficult to get the long lengths required for these frames without knots or other faults in the timber. The corners were joined with dovetail key joints.
John Hammond at John Noott Galleries
Here is a small selection of lots of paintings by John Hammond which we recently framed. In the photos some are nearly finished and others are ready to be wrapped up and delivered. They are all for the John Noott Gallery in Broadway for a solo exhibition starting on Saturday 9th April. They have all been framed in water gilded and painted frames.
Lots of gilded and painted frames
Here are various contemporary gilded, painted, and distressed frames at various stages, nearing completion.