2006 competition Art/prints on Canvas

Jay H

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Here is the Art/prints on Canvas entries. Please check your entry and make sure its accurate. Email me about any problems. Please wait until all voting is complete before commenting. I don't want comments to effect the voting. Look for your chance to vote in the voting booth in the next few days. Thanks to everybody who entered.

Entry #1

1) Frame used: Xylo #85, modified.
2) none
3) Item framed: Acrylic on support composed of found objects including old frame, door knob, soap bottle, birds, slats.
4) Frame design: Sort of a pseudo-floater with a cove face. 5) Xylo #85 turned on its back (which was trimmed down to be flat) with a strip of 1/2 round added to the face so that it over hung the frame opening slightly making it neccesary to route a shallow rabbet to load the art from the back. The 1/2 round was then carved out to create a cove. The cove was decorated with gesso useing a pasiglia technique then 23kt watergilded and burnished. The back of the frame was mordant gilded with metal leaf , toned & patinaed as was the inner wall of the frame.

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Entry #2

Frame used: Sunset moulding 67-52
Mat used: Artcare Alphalinen #4027 (Gaugin Green)
Fillet used: Nurre Caxton #730-01
Description of item framed: An oil painting of a fisherman in his boat on a foggy day
Description of framing design: Although the fillet and moulding were not manufactured by the same company, they fit perfectly together; each having a reddish tone with gold accents. The reddish tones bring out the color of the sail and shadows in the water. There is a fine green/grey accent line on the frame which blends in well with the colors of the fog and water. There were both blue-toned greens and yellow-toned greens in the painting, but the colour of the "Gaugin Green" alphalinen mat seemed fit nicely with both tones of greens.
Technique used: The oil painting is on a canvas board and isn't tall and skinny like the frame. I basically created a sink mat out of Artcare foamboard and set the painting inside the sink.

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Entry #3

1. LJ552285 / N99-431
2. N/A
3. Limited Edition New Yorker Cover on Canvas
4. Stacked
5. Canvas is mounted using ArtCare Restore

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Entry #4

It's not much, but I just finished a triple stack with LJ fillet inside of Nurre Caxton 28510 Blue Patina inside of LJ 483G. Creates a very interesting Blue panel.

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Entry #5
1) Frame:
Frame is a reproduction of Rembrandt’s “working” frame. It was hand cut and joined with sliding dovetails and square pegs from behind to secure the dovetail armatures as documented at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France. The wood is period appropriate French Lime wood.
The finish is boiled varnish and oxide tinctures rubbed on in glazings to build up the depth. Near the last stages of the layers, the gold leaf is applied into the glaze and then sealed with the last few glazes. I have rotted back the finish with hydrochloric and sulfuric acid with a final wash of ascorbic acid for coloration. The washes are rubbed out with washing ash and bicarbonate of soda. A final finish is applied with four coats of brown, black and clear carnauba wax.
The inner rabbit was double gold [metal] leafed and sealed with shellac as a period appropriate barrier against possible acidic migration. The inner lip was then lined with cotton felting to cushion the canvas. The painting was then secured with stainless steel brads. A dust cover of black polyester Cambric was then applied using cold hide glue.
#4 screw eyes were attached to provide for museum hanging.

2) Description of item framed:
Oil on board. Portrait of Rembrandt van Rijn in his 60’s.

3) Description of framing design:
As many painters of that time worked on portraits over many months, patrons would stop by to view the progress. These “working” frames were merely a way to display the art in a “finished” light.

4) Other comments you would like to share about the project (like items used, techniques used):
Many woodworking hand tools were used in the making of this frame to lend an authenticity to it’s construction, as this was a “displayed as it was been made” demonstration frame of “How they were made then”.
Tools in order of use were, Rip saw, cross cut saw, back or miter saw, Jack plane, smoothing plane, harrow plane, rabbi ting or fillister plane, scribing knife, harrowing chisel, slick chisel, routing plane, spoon auger drill, carving knife, mallet, truing mallet, finishing plane, scrapers, paintbrushes, oxide rubbing sheets with felt blocks, rags and an awl.

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Entry #6

1) Frame used: Decor 9874 (outer) LeWinter 10-9582 (middle) Decor 8632 (inner

2) Matting used: N/A
3) Description of item framed: Basic Canvas

4) Description of framing design: A standard Stacked Frame setup with a twist.

5) Other comments you would like to share about the project (like items used, techniques used): We all like Canvas Liners on some pieces, We All like Float Frames on some pieces, well this one gives us the best of both worlds.

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THE WINNERS ARE!

Thanks to all that entered and voted. I hope the conversation will continue from here.

First place is entry #5 framed by Baer Charlton.
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Second is entry #6 framed by Uncle Eli.
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Third is entry #1, who’s name I can’t find on this computer. I can and will post it later.
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Great job folks. Please feel free to claim the rest of your projects. If you all request, I can reveal the rest of the participants, but it would save me considerable work if you will identify yourself!

Also fire away with any questions, comments or concerns you have about any of these pieces.
 
Baer. I'm working on a Fender Telecaster copy right now. I'm wondering. Would a finish like that hold up on a guitar and how much would that set me back? Seriously!
 
#1, that would be me. See I'm holding up my hand over here. That would be just like me to forget to include my name.
 
You did that in school too didn't you? Actually, I can't find the email. I saved them all on my PC at home and that is why I couldn't find it here. I actually did think it was yours but just as soon as I said it, I wouldn't have been!
 
Man when I was in high school there was certain teachers, didn't know I had a face. Just thought I'd fess up before I was outed.
 
Amazing work and congrats to the winners
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The finish work on Baer's and Terry's frames are awesome.

Uncle Eli's framing is excellent as well. May I ask how you floated the canvas on the liner? I just purchased a painting on a canvas from my artist friend in Calgary and thought it might look nice floated on a fabric wrapped liner.

p.s. My entry was #2 (oil painting of a fisherman in his boat)
 
Originally posted by Twin2:


Uncle Eli's framing is excellent as well. May I ask how you floated the canvas on the liner? I just purchased a painting on a canvas from my artist friend in Calgary and thought it might look nice floated on a fabric wrapped liner.

I Built the liner about 1 in smaller than the actual piece, then screwed through the backside of the liner into the stretcher bars. Thanks for your comments, I'm glad you liked it.
 
Thanks for your explanation, Uncle Eli. I'll file it away with the rest of the treasure trove of info that I've learned on the Grumble.
 
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