Woodwork...painting

 

Following on from yesterday's woodworking, here are the frames,trays and samples all painted up. They'll need to dry overnight and then they can be waxed and assembled tomorrow. The large frame in the background has just been sized, that'll be gessoed tomorrow. :-)

 

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Colours continued...

 

Here's the green frame from yesterday all waxed and finished. It's surrounding a print of one of my paintings which the customer bought in a gallery and then came here to have framed :-)

 

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Colourful undercoat...

 

Here are a few frames in various stages of the painting process, the white one is an inner tray for a canvas, it's just getting a couple of coats of primer. The green one is a gessoed frame that's just had its first coat of paint, several more to follow. And the bright red one (Atomic Red by Little Greene, for those of you wondering) is actually going to be finished in black, but I want to rub the final frame back to reveal some of this warmth underneath...:-)

 

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Summer time...

A couple of lovely summery prints being framed up today. Perfect for such a chilli day :-) simply framed in a stained and waxed oak frame that really sets off the vibrant colours...you can almost feel the sunshine...almost ;-)

 

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Custom, handmade frames

 

Setting up various sample pieces for a custom, handmade frame today. We've got a swept outer frame which has been gessoed, painted and waxed. Then we have a spacer in a highlight colour to draw out some of the colours in the painting. Then we have a back wall and small inner frame to hold the painting, these have been painted and waxed to match the outer frame. We're still discussing a couple of other options, so the final frame may differ a little :-)

These custom frames can be build in many styles and 'any' colour you desire, so they're perfect for that special piece of artwork that you really want to sing in your home :-)

 

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Pink Elephants...sort of...

Things

I'm just waiting for some things to dry, so I thought I'd post another of today's frames. This print on cloth has been simply mounted and framed in aluminium, with UV Artglass to preserve the vibrant colours. A really fun piece to work on :-)

 

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Red...

Had a couple of days off with man flu last week, so lots of catching up to do. First out of the blocks are a lovely couple of pieces by one of our younger artist clients. We've framed them in red with a red spacer at the side and then the artwork is floated over red velvet style mount board. Very striking :-)

 

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Oh I do like to be by the seaside...

Another deep frame today. A lovely little seascape. I've put it in a limed oak frame, which automatically gives you a seaside/driftwood feel. Then it's floated 10mm over white mount board, the difference with this one is I've added a blue mount board spacer to the side. It really sets the painting off nicely and I'll recommend this technique to customers again :-)

 

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School photos

I wish we'd had school photos this good when my son was younger, these are fantastic. Really colourful and the photographer captured some great expressions. Lots more colour in the framing, blue for a boy and pink for a girl...lots of fun :-)

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