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BUDDY

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I'm going to give a brief description, since they weren't done in steps and it may be difficult to understand what I've done.

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The first is a cross stitched piece called "Angel of autumn." All of the leaves and vines and branches are carved in the top mat and paper from coordinating mat boards were adhered with atg to the under side of the top mat. The leaf design was taken from a Chart Pak design and enlarged and transferred to the back of the mat where it was cut out with a Dexter-3, hand cutter. The scallops were also cut with the same cutter which meets the straight cuts.

The next two pictures are examples of what can happen when decoration gets carried away.

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The piece is a Jazz&Heritage Festival Official poster of 1993 , held in New Orleans by the artist John T. Scott. It was framed for an Art Auction at a local PBS station, WYES.

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Although it may look simple what was done was the three-D bevels on the two sides met stripes of geometric patterns matching those of the print. The geometric pattern in the three-D bevel were made by cutting small segments of mat and inlaying them together to form the strip that was placed under the three-D bevel. Each color except for the checkered pattern is cut separately. You will also notice in the half photograph that the upper right corner glass etched jazz musicians which correspond to the same images which are hidden in the colorful center geometric of the print.

All of this was done in alpha board and met as well as we could all conservation standards.

I agree with MM that this is what makes framing fun. But as you might be able to see, it also can be time consuming and when done for profit needs to be priced properly. I hope you can print these and I'll try to forward them on to MM also.

I hope I haven't seemed to vain but I enjoy hearing what other people think of my work. Buddy
 
I think they're terrific! And as for getting carried away on the jazz poster, it seems completely appropriate to the artwork. Obviously, you did the glass etching also, and HOW? The bigger problem with this posting of stuff is that some of us who don't have something so elaborate might be embarrassed to submit it. But I'd sure like to see some of this type of thing on this forum because it's a springboard to more creative thinking. Framer has posted some really good ones, now BUDDY. Anyone else? Hope so.
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MM: You're right! My pictures are going to stay in the album.

Buddy: You should be proud. Even vain would be forgivable. Those are beautiful.
 
Hi Buddy,
Wow, absolutely stunning. Just how many hours went into those two, could you get anyone to pay what they are worth and would you want to part with them even if they did?
I thought all hand carving was done from the front and wondered how to stop the Dexter from marking the mat. Do you do all your carving from the back? How did you manage to mark out the double mats in the wiggley corner sections as both mats line up perfectly.
Terry
 
Although i must confess i loved hearing from all of you you all are much too Kind .Please don't hold back what you have done .You really don't think I sent you my screw ups ? And I like everyone else make plenty of those.Thanks again you all have maid my day.Buddy
 
All of the work in this section has been nothing less than stunning. Eventually, I would like to do that kind of work myself. As far as this venue is concerned, how might I show work for critique from the 'masters', (as simple as that work may be)? I think it would be valuable input for a newbie to get the opinions of those of you with experience to comment on more basic concepts of color, design, and harmony between art, mat, and frame.

Perhaps the grumble could implement a new section for this purpose (That way we of lesser experience need not put our graffiti among the Picasso)
 
as a framer who loves doing handcutting on mats and being creative when appropriate to the piece to be framed, I thought your works were great Buddy. The glass etching is an idea that I've heard about but haven't tried yet. You've used it beautifully in the design. The white of the etching on the black of the mountboard is a good contrast from all the colour in the poster.
 
WOW! As a newbie, I am truly humbled. A 3-hand cutter? Maybe I didn't read that right, but that's amazing you did that by hand. My first thought was you must have some fancy machine.
 
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