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Re: THAT FRIDAY FEELING!

Posted: Fri 07 Jul, 2023 10:53 pm
by Justintime
That Moon Gold looks understated, bringing your eye into the piece. I really like it.

Re: THAT FRIDAY FEELING!

Posted: Sat 08 Jul, 2023 12:22 pm
by vintage frames
Justintime wrote: Fri 07 Jul, 2023 10:53 pm That Moon Gold looks understated, bringing your eye into the piece. I really like it.
And there's a statement that says it all.

Often hard to get right but for all the work that needed to go into that frame, it hasn't been allowed to become more important than the artwork.

Re: THAT FRIDAY FEELING!

Posted: Fri 14 Jul, 2023 1:38 pm
by Fruitini
Love the way this vintage French cycling poster turned out. Dead simple black blackcore mount and LJ confetti cream frame was the perfect colour match. Very pleasing to the eye.
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Re: THAT FRIDAY FEELING!

Posted: Fri 14 Jul, 2023 1:44 pm
by Justintime
:clap:

Re: THAT FRIDAY FEELING!

Posted: Fri 14 Jul, 2023 1:48 pm
by Justintime
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Finally got to use some fancy LJ mouldings on a few canvases. This one is the Prague moulding with fillet.

Re: THAT FRIDAY FEELING!

Posted: Fri 18 Aug, 2023 4:43 pm
by David
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This one turned out really well, quadruple mount including the German flag and carbon fibre frame.

Re: THAT FRIDAY FEELING!

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2023 4:17 pm
by Justintime
Happy Friday folks!
Here's one of those "just a plain black frame please" jobs. It doesn't have to be boring or cheap! I'm using rag mats more and more in my designs. It sets me apart from my competition and even with this simple double mount combo it elevates the piece.
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Re: THAT FRIDAY FEELING!

Posted: Sat 14 Oct, 2023 10:29 am
by vintage frames
Flying the flag for good design and style.

Re: THAT FRIDAY FEELING!

Posted: Mon 16 Oct, 2023 11:19 am
by Justintime
Come on people! :roll:
No one else got anything to show n tell???

Re: THAT FRIDAY FEELING!

Posted: Mon 16 Oct, 2023 3:02 pm
by vintage frames
OK, I'll show mine.

I was asked to make a series of period frames to re-frame some of the Royal charters granted to one of the Cambridge Uni. colleges.
Some dated back to the 13th and 15th century.

The frames agreed upon were based on a traditional English reverse gothic style with applied gilding on the sight edges. These were an enlarged version of the profile I've used before on some original William Hogarth engravings.

The finish on these frames relied on the timber having a very close grain effect and the original frames on which these were based would have used Pear or other fruit wood.
I selected Cherry wood as this was available in long planks and had a very similar grain pattern to Pear wood.

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To keep things within a reasonable economy, the visible profile would be cut into the cherry wood and the main body of the frame then made up from the much cheaper Tulip wood.
The first task was then to rip up the planks and glue a thin slat of cherry on to a tulip wood base.

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The top profile was then milled into the cherry wood first and then the whole section shaped further on the rip saw.

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After a layer of gesso was sprayed onto the sight edges the frames were cut to size and joined with tapered keys hammered across the back mitres.
These frames were quite heavy in weight and relied on the strength of this method of securing all four corners.

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The frames were first gilded and then treated to several thin layers of ebonising shellac. After all the usual aging treatments, the finish was given two coats of clear bee's wax.
The fine grain effect on the Cherry provided a beautiful clean finish with a high polish further enhancing their value.

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These were the first four small sizes.
They hold a dark secret.
Justintime had a hand in making some of them!

The next set are a whole lot bigger.

Re: THAT FRIDAY FEELING!

Posted: Mon 16 Oct, 2023 5:03 pm
by Justintime
Luckily you did the final passes...
(Shame it's so quiet on here...)

Re: THAT FRIDAY FEELING!

Posted: Mon 16 Oct, 2023 8:21 pm
by JKX
I think it may help if each job was a new post in "The good, the bad and the ugly" as per what the sub forum was intended for.

For me it's just an old thread bumped up to the top now and again. I know to go to the latest unread post but others may have to start at the beginning.

Anyway, nice work!

Re: THAT FRIDAY FEELING!

Posted: Tue 17 Oct, 2023 9:31 am
by Justintime
Personally I like it as one long scroll through, or jump to page 6. I often scroll through to wake myself up, creatively speaking.

Re: THAT FRIDAY FEELING!

Posted: Fri 20 Oct, 2023 11:25 am
by Justintime
It's that time again!!!
Anyone got anything to shock/inspire/praise the lord about this week?

Re: THAT FRIDAY FEELING!

Posted: Fri 20 Oct, 2023 11:35 am
by Justintime
Here's my offering. Customer's own work for judging/marking by the Royal School of something or other, so sewn onto board by her (I'm not responsible for the wonkiness..)
Double rag mount, lovely LJ Sofia moulding, echoing the leaves in the piece, CC99 glass.
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Re: THAT FRIDAY FEELING!

Posted: Fri 22 Mar, 2024 10:32 am
by NTG999
Nothing super special but it looks good and I did finish it on a Friday!........plus this thread has gone a bit slow.......

Re: THAT FRIDAY FEELING!

Posted: Fri 22 Mar, 2024 1:13 pm
by Justintime
Aah! That takes me back..." to the paradise city, where the grass is green and the girls are pretty.."! :rock:
Looks great!

Re: THAT FRIDAY FEELING!

Posted: Fri 05 Apr, 2024 10:35 am
by vintage frames
Nobody seems to want to talk about 'hand-finishing' anymore.
I'm sure there are lots quietly beavering away and not much interested in showing off their work.

So,here's one that I'm happy to show off.

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It's a Birds Eye maple veneered frame with a thin inserted gold slip.
Ask anyone who's ever tried to reproduce a Victorian maple finish and they'll know difficult, if not almost impossible it is to get right.

For some reason I seem to be the only person doing this.
It hasn't made me famous or rich, but I do get a steady stream of work from galleries and print collectors who value this sort of frame.

Getting back to hand-finishing, if anyone wants to discuss or ask about particular finishing techniques, they are always welcome to PM me or even post it on the forum for advice.
I deal mostly in wood finishes, ie stains, varnishes and waxes. There's Gesso&Bole and Prospero who have better experience with using paint effects for their frames.
And I'm sure they'll be happy to add their expert advice.

Some final thoughts; Most of what you read on the internet about wood finishing is bollocks!
Those who do know something - don't want to share it.
Those who think they know something, but don't, are still happy to splash it all over the internet.
Buy a book.

Re: THAT FRIDAY FEELING!

Posted: Fri 05 Apr, 2024 3:44 pm
by Justintime
"Buy a Book" or go on a busman's holiday to beautiful West Wales and learn from a Master!

Re: THAT FRIDAY FEELING!

Posted: Sat 06 Apr, 2024 10:13 am
by prospero
This actually looks more convincing than the real stuff - from a distance. :lol:

One mistake: The finish goes over the corners. I should have made the mitres more obvious.

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