I Need some pic frame inspiration

[Garasaki]

Looking for some inspiration for really neat, cool, unique, maybe modern frame designs.

Something more then just 4 pieces of wood with mitred corners.

Anyone got any websites, pictures, drawings, ideas, etc for frames??

[ChrisD]

Tom Miller recently posted a pic frame that he made out of what almost became firewood.

Personally, I think the mitered design is timeless and the choice of wood makes it look 'modern' or 'classic'. I think extraordinary figure and color on flat stock makes for a modern look while routed profiles on straight-grained stock gives a more classic impression.

[crokett]

If the wood is highly figured then a simple mitered frame to show off the figure is best. After that, you can rout some interesting profiles, you can do inlays or edge banding. I've also seen frames that were false through-tenons as well as frames that had trapezoid-shaped keys on the corners.

[LCHIEN]

two recent posts here:

http://www.bt3central.com/showthread.php?t=27144

http://www.bt3central.com/showthread.php?t=27330

showing what I think are great looking frames.

[Crockett]

This may not be what you're looking for but somthing simple that can really have amazing results is to got to Home Depot or Rocklers or some where that sells molding strips. Glue them on to the stock before cutting to size. Here is a pic of a simple one I did recently. The option are almost endless.
Al


http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...e/eaa81df6.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...a/eaa81d4d.jpg

[drumpriest]

http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/shows_..._34825,00.html

Gilding! Silver leaf.

[Pappy]

Inlays of different sizes create an optical illusion.



The face of this frame is flat.

[Crockett]

That's an amazing frame Pappy!!
Al

[Garasaki]

Yeah pappy that sort of thing is exactly what I was looking for. Something a little bit outside the box.

The molding idea is good, and I've thought of that before myself, but I dont like painting wood, and that wood just isn't nice enough to go unpainted.

The links provided above are nice. I've seen both of them. With the exception of the splines in the maple frame (which I commented on in that thread previously)

I haven't had a chance to check out the leaf thing...that's also something that's crossed my mind but I have no experience with it whatsoever so I hadn't given it much though before.

[drumpriest]

Metal leaf is pretty easy for surfaces that are piecewise continuous. It's a pain for things like embossed moldings, etc... If you have a nice frame with round-overs, for instance, it's pretty easy stuff. They have a size that is much akin to polyacrylic now, works well.