MULTIPLE MOULDINGS
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elsa
CGF II, Certified Grumble Framer Level 2
I love mixing moldings-wood and metal can be so cool together. Watch your depth of your outer frame, you want a nice fit. Rounded profiles of metals don't work well as an innerframe-flats just fit better. If your putting a metal on the outside your inside wood has to fit inside. Don't forget that enhancers are another option.
You simply measure the outside of your innerframe and cut your outside frame to that measure. Dose that make sence?
Do you have those new metals by Neilson-Elements?
They are great to put wood inside!
Now start grabbing samples off your wall and mixing them together! Create a display to show your customers and Happy Framing!
Elsa
You simply measure the outside of your innerframe and cut your outside frame to that measure. Dose that make sence?
Do you have those new metals by Neilson-Elements?
They are great to put wood inside!
Now start grabbing samples off your wall and mixing them together! Create a display to show your customers and Happy Framing!
Elsa
HannaFate
SPFG, Supreme Picture Framing God
I usually make the inner frame, measure it, and build the outer frame to fit. I use 1/16 instead of 1/8 allowance on some things, to get the best look.
If you aren't going to be able to cut both frames, measure your inner molding width as if it were going to be a mat. Measure the BACK of it, not the front.
Multiply by two, add it to your frame size, add your allowance, and there you have it.
Mixing and matching molding samples for stacked frames can be a lot of fun, and create a unique look. Also, some wide, shallow moldings can be turned sideways to use as a liner for shadowbox moldings, instead of strips of matboard and fomecore. Turn them inside out, and use as a really fancy fillet.
It's a challenge to your spatial relations skills, but worth it for the creative results.
If you aren't going to be able to cut both frames, measure your inner molding width as if it were going to be a mat. Measure the BACK of it, not the front.
Multiply by two, add it to your frame size, add your allowance, and there you have it.
Mixing and matching molding samples for stacked frames can be a lot of fun, and create a unique look. Also, some wide, shallow moldings can be turned sideways to use as a liner for shadowbox moldings, instead of strips of matboard and fomecore. Turn them inside out, and use as a really fancy fillet.
It's a challenge to your spatial relations skills, but worth it for the creative results.