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neilframer

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This is a design conceived by the youngest and newest member of our shop.
He is young and has less than 2 years of framing experience, but he has an artistic background.

He designed this "Captain America" frame as a Christmas present for a family member.
He spent many hours at the Wizard and prepping and cutting and painting, all done after hours when we were closed.

The main frame was gold and was painted blue.
The outside frame was cut on it's side and then pinstriped with red and joined to the blue frame with the stars.
The red and white stripes were made from linen matboard bevelled and joined together.
All of the blue pieces of matboard that look like scales (part of Captain America's uniform) were cut on the Wizard and glued and applied by hand.;)

We gave him some technical help along the way, but this was his project and he ran with it.
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Very cool! Looks like we'll be seeing his name in the industry mags in the near future! PPFA competition winner down the road...
 
Wow - that is quite the engineering project! Kid is gonna go places in this industry (until he has his heart broken by the "just four sticks" crowd).

Two thumbs up!!!
 
VERY NICE !~

Honest hours , material (not including drying time for paint) = Price tag?
 
VERY NICE !~

Honest hours , material (not including drying time for paint) = Price tag?

This is a job that really can't be priced.
It's not a very large frame, about 20" x 36" (I'm just guessing, I don't have the exact info at hand)

It was done by our newest framer as a Christmas gift for a family member.
He did it on his own time and paid for the materials at a wholesale price.
The hours involved are off the chart.:eek:

Designing and cutting all of those scales on the Wizard and then lining them up and gluing them one by one took a lot of time.
The designing and cutting of the gold mat with the stars and special corner cuts took time.
Also the pinstriping and the assembly took a lot of time.
As I said, he did all of the work himself with just suggestions and technical info from the other two of us in the shop.
We have about 72 years of combined experience (I have 47 years):eek:

The two frames involved, the one with the stars that was painted blue and the white Studio outside frame that was cut sideways and pinstriped with red, was probably the easy part.

Just off the top of my head, if someone actually ordered this, it would probably be at least $1000.

We do a lot of very custom work and it is awesome that there are folks who are willing to pay the cost of producing what we can design based on what they want.
We also get the customers who just want "What is your least expensive (cheapest) frame?
I always want to tell them "Four thumbtacks":rolleyes:
 
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Looks absolutely incredible! I have to wonder though, why cut out each scale individually when he could have done rows of "scallops", since the tops get covered by the next row anyway, like this:
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I mean, absolutely the way he did it is how armor would have been done, but that's because it needs the material to be riveted into place. ;)
 
This is a design conceived by the youngest and newest member of our shop.
He is young and has less than 2 years of framing experience, but he has an artistic background.

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Incredible work. I love seeing these types of projects.
 
Give that kid a raise. He's going places!
Ha!
He got one as of January 1st.:p

He's still very much learning the trade about working with customers, cutting and building the frames and knowing the mouldings and mats and the equipment.
Of course, when you're the "young apprentice" you get to putty the corners....;)
Hey, we all had to start somewhere.
I was once the "young apprentice" but that was 47 years ago.:eek:
 
Wow! Looks like you have a great apprentice!
 
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