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Does anyone on here make this style of frame? Just wondering if there is a moulding or two that can be fixed together or if it's just 3 flat pieces of wood?
I've thought of using a couple of canvas box profiles, but the flat bit in the middle wouldn't be wide enough. I'm also aware that Arqadia have brought out a range of profiles, but they're not wide enough.
Built up frames
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Re: Built up frames
I think some folk call that a Nicholson Frame. There has been talk about it before, see this topic..... viewtopic.php?f=12&t=11171
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Re: Built up frames
I do a lot of frames in that general ilk.
Just a wide, flat panel edged with two complimentary narrow mouldings. The beauty is that you can vary the design in
an infinite number of ways. (I'm talking hand-finished frames here)
For the flat, I use mostly Rose&Hollis A104/A243. If you flip the over so the rebate is facing up you have a neat little shelf
to locate the inner moulding. There is a plethora of small square mouldings to form the edges.
It's a simple way of creating nice wide contemporary style frames from simple elements.
Just a wide, flat panel edged with two complimentary narrow mouldings. The beauty is that you can vary the design in
an infinite number of ways. (I'm talking hand-finished frames here)
For the flat, I use mostly Rose&Hollis A104/A243. If you flip the over so the rebate is facing up you have a neat little shelf
to locate the inner moulding. There is a plethora of small square mouldings to form the edges.
It's a simple way of creating nice wide contemporary style frames from simple elements.
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Re: Built up frames
I call them St. Ives frames,
Here is a variation just two frames fitted to MDF then painted, the MDF has a window cut into to it so the (in this case) the painting on board can be loaded/fixed from the back
The outer frame is cut and joined upside down, then the MDF is glued in, the inner frame, is cut in the normal way glued and screwed on the face of the MDF, then all the corners filled , then painted
Use whatever frames you want, it will depend on the size you are making
Here is a variation just two frames fitted to MDF then painted, the MDF has a window cut into to it so the (in this case) the painting on board can be loaded/fixed from the back
The outer frame is cut and joined upside down, then the MDF is glued in, the inner frame, is cut in the normal way glued and screwed on the face of the MDF, then all the corners filled , then painted
Use whatever frames you want, it will depend on the size you are making
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Re: Built up frames
I've seen so many different ways of making these and variations on this simplest of cassetta mouldings.
This is one I make a lot. It uses three Rose and Hollis mouldings, A113 for the inner, F7 for the flat, and A255 for the outer. The overall width is 95mm
This is one I make a lot. It uses three Rose and Hollis mouldings, A113 for the inner, F7 for the flat, and A255 for the outer. The overall width is 95mm
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Re: Built up frames
Thanks everyone. I think that the inner needs to be a canvas box, but can use your idea Richard and fix the canvas box inner to the flat inner section.
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Re: Built up frames
I've been making these for years. Customers know them by all sorts of names and no names at all. Mostly customers who live here in Devon and buy paintings in Cornwall and want them framed to match others that they've previously bought in Cornwall. I usually try to use mouldings that I already have in stock as much as possible and there's generally a bit of faffing around making them, so be aware of this when you are quoting a price to a customer.
I don't particularly like doing frames like this and I don't much think that they are nice to look at, but customers are convinced that this is the authentic way to frame Cornish pictures so you take the money and get on with it. Personally, I don't like to use MDF for the middle section and use actual wood instead. People generally want them painted white and nobody seems to object when I offer them antique white, so that's seems to be the authentic colour, but probably most whites are considered o.k.
I don't particularly like doing frames like this and I don't much think that they are nice to look at, but customers are convinced that this is the authentic way to frame Cornish pictures so you take the money and get on with it. Personally, I don't like to use MDF for the middle section and use actual wood instead. People generally want them painted white and nobody seems to object when I offer them antique white, so that's seems to be the authentic colour, but probably most whites are considered o.k.
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Re: Built up frames
BTW, I use some 9mm x 94mm tongue and grooved pine, which is stocked by my local hardware shop and comes in handy for plenty of different uses, especially as it cuts down easily on the table saw to whatever width you happen to need at the time.
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