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A client dropped off a photo of Ozzy Osbourne and 20 guitar pics, one for every band that he's seen on Ozzfest.

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I couldn't resist turning a beaded Roma fillet into lots of little skulls and making some of the pics magically "float" 1/2" above the mat. :)
 
Sharrrron!!!

Welcome to the Grumble

Nice design!! How'd your client (customer!) like it?

Smile Away

Nancy G
 
Honestly, he jumped up and down, swore a lot, and high fived his friend.

So, is there a specific forum here that I should be posting some sort of introduction in?
 
Absolutly love that! Nice job and welcome to the grumble! Did the client have input on that design...or did he just leave it up to you?
 
Bob Doyle said:
I think you found one that'll work! Great job, and welcome to the grumble.
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Fair enough. :)

I’ve been in the framing industry for close to 18 years now, long enough to know a bit, but short enough to not be quite set in my ways yet. I manage a mid/high end shop in a very cute and wealthy suburb of Seattle. On the art end of things, in addition to working in the industry, I also have a BFA from The University of Wisconsin – Green Bay in Studio Arts and several awards for my sculptural work.

I grew up in the UP (Upper Penninsula, Michigan), moved around in the Midwest, and settled outside of Seattle in the shadows of the Cascade Mountains. I have kids at home, a technologically advanced boyfriend, and two dogs that I will tell you are fantastic, but are probably destroying my couch as we speak.

As for that piece, the customer let me do whatever I wanted to after I suggested the skulls.
 
Welcome to the Grumble indeed!!!

Do you happen to have any close-ups of the skulls??? How did you do that??? Hand paint each one?

Really cool!!!!!
 
I did hand paint them all. Unfortunately I don't have any good close ups of the skulls on this computer. I might still have them on my laptop.
 
Awesome design, beta. Love those skulls!

Welcome to the Grumble.
 
Excellent job!!!!
Hey Beta! I'm also a UWGB grad...BA in Art....Class of '82. When did you graduate!
 
Great creativity, Beta, and welcome to the G.

I'm curious...how did you "magically float" those picks?
 
Val, the "how" behind the magic is rarely given up that easily! (Houdini past his magic on to his brother, and it was supposed to be destroyed when he died, instead they auctioned it off to the highest bidder.)

The other question might be, how did you mount the picks, and therein might lie the answer to the floating picks! :nuts:
 
Oh.

Alrighty then......

Beta, how did you mount the picks??
 
Julie, I graduated from UWGB in 1999.

Val, I have no problem with telling you how I made the pics magically float. It's a second piece of museum glass in the design with spacers. 8 of the pics are mounted to the museum glass, then the spacers are put between the mat and the glass. Another piece of museum glass is then placed above that, in this case I used a stacked frame to give me some additional space between the two pieces of glass, but spacers work fine of course too.

The pics themselves are mounted to the glass with a tiny dot of silicone on the back of each.

Magic. :p
 
The "s" word!!!

Boomerang...my first object frame.
It is float mounted using silicone to two fabric wrapped boards.

Ozzy
The pics themselves are mounted to the glass with a tiny dot of silicone on the back of each.

Not attacking anyone personally, but . . . . . . . . The use of the "s" word in two consecutive threads??? Um . . ., something's really wrong in this (these) picture(s). It didn't take but one thread for me to learn my lesson and know I don't ever want to be reprimanded like that again.
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By the way guys, I think both the Boomerang and Ozzy are great pieces.
 
Well, I obviously missed something in a previous thread.

While the use of silicone is not always the route to go, I do think that it has uses. I keep in mind that a little bit goes a long way, it has to cure for quite some time, and I never, ever, ever (I really can't stress that enough) use it on a porous material. :)

That being said, I'm certainly not against hearing suggestions regarding other adhesives that can be used.
 
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