Woodworks by John
CGF II, Certified Grumble Framer Level 2
Probably many of you look to websites like Pinterest to get inspiration for your own work -- I know I'm guilty of that. Not too long ago I came across a frame that caught my eye, it was originally from The Frame Blog and featured artists from Australia and the work they produced in the late 1800's. The painting I had in mind was a recent one my wife completed for a show at her gallery, Meyer Vogl in Charleston. It's their tenth anniversary and to celebrate it they asked their artists to create a 10" x 10" painting for the show. This is a smaller sized painting than Diane usually uses so I thought a frame based on the one I saw on Pinterest could be appropriate -- I think it was.
The molding was created from Basswood, the spandrel is masonite, and the finish is oil gilded Dutch gold over a yellow burnisher sealer. After lightly buffing the leaf with 4/0 steel wool it was sealed with Platinum Blonde shellac sprayed on with an air brush. To tone down the high gloss of the shellac I use wax and a 2500 grit pad.
As usual, I like to write my own blog on the process I went through to make this frame, here's a LINK to it if you're interested.
Here's the picture of my frame along with the one I copied.
The molding was created from Basswood, the spandrel is masonite, and the finish is oil gilded Dutch gold over a yellow burnisher sealer. After lightly buffing the leaf with 4/0 steel wool it was sealed with Platinum Blonde shellac sprayed on with an air brush. To tone down the high gloss of the shellac I use wax and a 2500 grit pad.
As usual, I like to write my own blog on the process I went through to make this frame, here's a LINK to it if you're interested.
Here's the picture of my frame along with the one I copied.
