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I finally got this piece done after about 3 months of waiting for the customer to come in and make up her mind how she wanted to proceed.
I used a bamboo roll-up shade for the mat overlay and thought I would simply cut an opening in the shade, laminate it onto a piece of matboard, and finish the piece. As things go, that didn't work out and I had to disassemble part of the shade and glue each individual stick of bamboo onto the matboard!
I charged her for 3 hours design work on the mat and it took every bit of that to assemble everything I needed to build the mat. But it was a good learning experience since this was the first bamboo mat that I have attempted to build from scratch.
WARNING! Do not try this at home without adult supervision!
The frame was LJ's Taichang in a 355093 profile and color. Conservation clear, Artcare foamcore, and Mylar mounting corners finished the package along with a blue Lineco dust cover and WallBuddies.
Did the corners not work out for the frame?I try to match the bits of bamboo so that the mitres are with the same part if you get my meaning??
You have the roundy bit and the scoopy bit.They usually work out ok.And I know you chuck away a lot of moulding but you charge the punter for it.
I,m going to do that with the mat using the roller blind thing though.Thats great.I might just spread some PVA glue down and let it set first before cutting it.
Very cool, Tom. Gives me an idea for when I have some "down time".
BTW this forum is HIGHLY underutilized. There are lots of great design and construction ideas that we could all share with one another. We'll do our part to share some of our "cool stuff".
I didn't get the moulding miters to work out like I planned because I had to modify the original sizes and I did it on the fly as I worked on the piece. I actually had cut the frame back in December with the miters matching and had to settle for a quick rechop to get it to the eventual size. I guess I could have taken the time to work out a little off of each end of the legs but I was pressed for time. (Isn't that always the case when the customer waits for a couple of months to make up their mind??)
Mitered corners on the mat would have taken the whole look to something else that would have not been what the customer wanted. She wanted to hang the rest of the blind above the framed print and be able to let it down over the framing for some reason unbeknownst to me. Having the left and right sides running vertically to a mitered joint would have destroyed the look she wanted.
Mark, it was a "piece 'a cake" as usual. You would have liked to watch the assembly of that mat. We could have cussed together over it!!
Originally posted by Framerguy: I didn't get the moulding miters to work out like I planned because I had to modify the original sizes and I did it on the fly as I worked on the piece.
Framerguy
In other words, "I woulda mitred the corners, but I was drunk..."
Really, though, Tom, it looks GREAT!! With the corners NOT being mitred, it sorta gives you the perspective of looking out a window of a hut on the Serengeti at the zebras.