Vietnamese Propaganda Posters

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These are three communist propaganda posters that a couple acquired on a trip to Vietnam. The paper was rather soft and pulpy, so I used Crescent 1717 - Searstone - as the top mat. The flecked surface of the mat matched the paper very well. The bottom mat in each frame is a Crescent Britecore -- the colored bevel accentuates one of the colors in each piece. We used LJ's Ferrosa for the frame, because the hammered metallic finish had a kind of Stalinesque, industrial feel to it.



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Yes, but I'll have to post the translations tomorrow. The translations were rather clunky and amusing, and the client wanted me to include them on the backside of the frames.

thanks!
 
Great frames! The moulding does indeed have an industrial feel to it. Good idea to use the color core mats to bring in that hint of colour, yet making the 3 frames still unified in design.
 
Goods and Bads...

The Good -- getting the mat windows lined up perfectly by cutting them as stacked layers on my Wizard

Also Good -- already having all the Britecores in stock as scraps, so I didn't have to order

The Bad -- I wish the Ferrosa was easier to join. For some reason, this moulding just won't join without gaps in the corners that require lots of putty. This is after sanding, too. Most other mouldings I have no serious problems, but with Ferrosa (and the LJ Veranda white mouldings), I consistently have to use alot of putty.
 
They look great, Paul.

I don't know why you have problems with the Ferrosa line. It's one of my favorite mouldings and I stock most of the pewter and iron and some of the copper. Love to sell them stacked and the look goes with most any decor.

I join the old fashioned way with glue, drill nail, fill and have no problems. I've mixed up special wood filler to match the finishes too.
 
Maybe the Ferrosa just doesn't take kindly to my Cassesse underpinner. In any case, once I've puttied the corners it usually looks respectable. It's still one of my favorites, especially with black & white photography. It does a much better job of bringing out the subtleties of color and tone in a photograph than a "plain black frame."
 
I always liked the iron Ferrosa on B&W photos until I discovered the ebonized walnut hardwoods.

Black frames are probably less than 3% of my business.
 
Well, I didn't exactly "discover" them, Paul ...Baer turned me on to them. Garrett has some great ones and LJ just came out with a series too called Cranbrook. The Garrett ones are a little better quality wood and I prefer Garrett's patterns, but sell both.

Kind of a warm almost Mars black color with great grain patterns.

They are definitely pricier than blacks, but customers almost always opt for them.
 
Oh yes, the Cranbrooks are very nice. I sold three yesterday, for certificate frames. They also look very nice on Oriental art -- they give a very clean, natural look.
 
OK, I have the translations.

The orangey one with the woman holding a cleaver is "Proud in Victory, Proud in Construction."

The blue one is "Anniversary 40 Years of the Labour Congress Established Day."

The red one with the train is "A Country That Adjoin Is On One Ribbon" -- this marks the completion of the train line that connects Hanoi in the north to Saigon in the south, via Hue. Apparently this is a horrible horrible way to travel in Vietnam, because there's only one track, and it serves both directions. Also, people bring their livestock on the train -- chickens, pigs, etc.
 
i too used to have trouble joining the Ferrosa line with the Cassesse underpinner. what i learned is if you join them from the back and not from the rabbit you get a nice tight join.
 
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