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I started acquring woodworking tools a while ago so i could make frames. After over a year of making jigs and fixtures and some random little projects, i finally got around to making some frames. All of them have been done for at least a month, but i'm as slow taking pictures and posting as i am making stuff.
The first set of four was a Christmas gift to my parents. My sisters emailed pictures of their children to fill three of the frames. The last one was my way of telling my parents that they had a fourth grandchild on the way. It took my father a little while to figure out what the photo was, but my mother got it immediately.
The frames are cherry and maple with baltic birch for the backs. The design is based on one from Wood Magazine. It called for four windows in one frame (see Luckbox's recent post), but i wanted separate frames for each photo that could stand on a table.
The next frame i made to help the LOML to be a little more organized. It hasn't help her much, but i like having a place to dump the contents of my pockets as soon as i walk in the door.
The frame is made of poplar, painted by the LOML. I keep trying to get her to do the finish on all of my projects, but no luck yet.
The last frame is for a picture that i had printed a while ago but has been kicking around in the closet for too long. I didn't like the look in a standard sized 11x14 frame, but didn't feel like spending $75 to have it professionally framed. It is a fairly simple design, poplar with a beveled edge, spray painted black. It was my first attempt at matting, which i found suprisingly easy with a Logan mat cutter.
Now to get to the rest of the stack of stuff in the closet that needs framing...
Eric
The first set of four was a Christmas gift to my parents. My sisters emailed pictures of their children to fill three of the frames. The last one was my way of telling my parents that they had a fourth grandchild on the way. It took my father a little while to figure out what the photo was, but my mother got it immediately.
The frames are cherry and maple with baltic birch for the backs. The design is based on one from Wood Magazine. It called for four windows in one frame (see Luckbox's recent post), but i wanted separate frames for each photo that could stand on a table.
The next frame i made to help the LOML to be a little more organized. It hasn't help her much, but i like having a place to dump the contents of my pockets as soon as i walk in the door.
The frame is made of poplar, painted by the LOML. I keep trying to get her to do the finish on all of my projects, but no luck yet.
The last frame is for a picture that i had printed a while ago but has been kicking around in the closet for too long. I didn't like the look in a standard sized 11x14 frame, but didn't feel like spending $75 to have it professionally framed. It is a fairly simple design, poplar with a beveled edge, spray painted black. It was my first attempt at matting, which i found suprisingly easy with a Logan mat cutter.
Now to get to the rest of the stack of stuff in the closet that needs framing...
Eric
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