Framing My First Attempt
This is FAR from perfect... but the concept is good ... I have to get better at my carpentry skills... I am going to go to my hardware store to see what tools, not too expensive,(not going into the framing business) that can help me develop better cutting ... that's the main secret --- good clean straight cuts..... In spite of the not so perfect results I totally enjoyed the process...
I have yet to see in any frame shop here (Israel) where I can get a floating frame... so that took me on my quest...had to find a way frame my small paper works of about 8 x 8 " . Searching Google didn't really yield much. Recently one of my workshop artists Ilana Landau had an exhibition. Generally Ilana paints on wooden panels and I was amazed seeing how she presented her work in a very simple manner. She made wooden frames similar to frames on stretched canvas and painted the sides black... They looked stunning!!!
I head was churning with that idea... paste the paper on matte-board or heavy cardboard and make a wooden frame on the back. Then I chanced on this video by Jon Peters who made a great floating frame. So I decided to try it out... with one change .... instead of pasting my image on 3/4" in plywood panel would make a frame of 3/4" x 3/4" wood molding and then make the frame with 1 1/2 x 1/2 " molding around that to form my outside frame
The bottom molding was cut from a 1 1/2" by 3/4" strip!!! Going to the lumber yard was also quite an experience for me... I was worried how they would be for a pensioner wanted to buy a few strips of molding!!! I was so surprised how very nice they were. After cutting the strip they cut it in 1 meter lengths so I could put them in my car. Then another surprise.... the owner was one of neighbors sons....he recognized me and even gave me a discount...
So now for the final result::: The Duck crayon drawing is from my last 30 x 30 challenge run by Leslie Seata this past January.
This is FAR from perfect... but the concept is good ... I have to get better at my carpentry skills... I am going to go to my hardware store to see what tools, not too expensive,(not going into the framing business) that can help me develop better cutting ... that's the main secret --- good clean straight cuts..... In spite of the not so perfect results I totally enjoyed the process...
I have yet to see in any frame shop here (Israel) where I can get a floating frame... so that took me on my quest...had to find a way frame my small paper works of about 8 x 8 " . Searching Google didn't really yield much. Recently one of my workshop artists Ilana Landau had an exhibition. Generally Ilana paints on wooden panels and I was amazed seeing how she presented her work in a very simple manner. She made wooden frames similar to frames on stretched canvas and painted the sides black... They looked stunning!!!
I head was churning with that idea... paste the paper on matte-board or heavy cardboard and make a wooden frame on the back. Then I chanced on this video by Jon Peters who made a great floating frame. So I decided to try it out... with one change .... instead of pasting my image on 3/4" in plywood panel would make a frame of 3/4" x 3/4" wood molding and then make the frame with 1 1/2 x 1/2 " molding around that to form my outside frame
My moldings
So now for the final result::: The Duck crayon drawing is from my last 30 x 30 challenge run by Leslie Seata this past January.
Front
Here I made the mistake ... the side moldings should
be on the top and bottom
From the top
From the bottom
