Ocean Waves Frame Design

The challenge of carving a frame for someone is one I enjoy, even with all of its uncertainties! I was approached by a client who had recently purchased an 8" x 10" painting by Anthony Thieme, a Dutch American artist from early 20th. century. The painting is on a panel and he really didn't care for the frame so sent me an image of a frame he did like. This one was a much larger painting so the design was modified to fit the frame material I had. Speaking of frame material, I couldn't find a suitable molding that would give me enough panel area to carve in so bit the bullet, designed my own profile, and had 100' of it milled here in Phoenix. It's 4" wide and 1 3/8" thick. In any case, thought I'd share it with you on the Grumble. The full picture is one the client sent me with the actual painting, the corner detail is an in-progress picture I took in my shop using a scanned image. It's composition gold with a yellow undercoat later toned with oil paints. I blogged most of the construction of this frame, here's a link to my posts: https://woodworksbyjohn.wordpress.c...e=post&action=-1&m=0&cat=0&paged=1&action2=-1

I dont think thats a good link, came up with a word.

simplymatted said:

I dont think thats a good link, came up with a word.

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When I tried the link, it took me to a login page.

simplymatted said:

I dont think thats a good link, came up with a word.

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Sorry about that simply matted! Maybe because it's cached on my computer but I came up with the blog listings about that frame. Try this one: https://woodworksbyjohn.com/2016/12/15/ocean-waves-frame-progress/ it's one of the main blogs on how the frame developed -- John

Larry Peterson said:

When I tried the link, it took me to a login page.

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Hi Larry, try this one for a post on the frames development: https://woodworksbyjohn.com/2016/12/15/ocean-waves-frame-progress/
for me that link went to the posts about the frame but maybe it's because it is "cached" on my computer, sorry 'bout that!

Works for me.

Works now. Thank You. Loved the armoire.

Ok, Ill have to book mark your page. Beautiful work.

I really enjoy seeing your frames. This one is beautiful, and it goes well with the painting.