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I like to make at least a few frames a year, out of found materials I could never find a pre-made frame in. I've wanted to use found wood to make a really beautiful, aged-wood frame for ages now, but I had trouble finding wood I didn't have to literally steal off someone's farm :P Recently, thanks to a good friend of mine from this community, I was able to come into some absolutely BEAUTIFUL old barn wood, complete with red stain still on them, which just made them even more unique and textural.
This is one of two 11 x 14 frames made using this wood. I cut the wood down to size with a band saw, and used a chop saw to create the 45 degree angles. They're far from perfect, but considering it was my first time using a chop saw, not too shabby, I think! I applied a stain to the areas I had to cut, to keep the aged appearance throughout, then I sanded the roughest areas (as little as possible, I wanted to keep SOME of the rough look) and sealed all the wood up to keep it from further splintering. I had some acrylic custom cut, and now I'm just waiting for the pieces to seal these babies up.
A Limited Edition Print of 'Dying Confession' - http://www.furaffinity.net/view/10826728/ will be one of the two pieces featured in these frames at Anthrocon. The second is a rather secretive project, which may or may not make an appearance this year.
Making frames is fun, and really the only way you can create a totally unique package for your art to be housed in. I highly encourage other artists to do the same! I would love to see lots of interesting, crazy frames showing up at art shows :)
This is one of two 11 x 14 frames made using this wood. I cut the wood down to size with a band saw, and used a chop saw to create the 45 degree angles. They're far from perfect, but considering it was my first time using a chop saw, not too shabby, I think! I applied a stain to the areas I had to cut, to keep the aged appearance throughout, then I sanded the roughest areas (as little as possible, I wanted to keep SOME of the rough look) and sealed all the wood up to keep it from further splintering. I had some acrylic custom cut, and now I'm just waiting for the pieces to seal these babies up.
A Limited Edition Print of 'Dying Confession' - http://www.furaffinity.net/view/10826728/ will be one of the two pieces featured in these frames at Anthrocon. The second is a rather secretive project, which may or may not make an appearance this year.
Making frames is fun, and really the only way you can create a totally unique package for your art to be housed in. I highly encourage other artists to do the same! I would love to see lots of interesting, crazy frames showing up at art shows :)
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Nicely done! How did you handle the rabbiting on the back to set the acrylic and art into the frame? I typically use a Bosch 3-point rabbiting cutter in my router table to do that, but I've seen guys do as well or better on the table saw. I actually think the slight mismatch at the corners makes it look better in this case, it fits in with the aged-wood theme. Wouldn't look right on a fine piece of molding, but that's not what you're making here anyway.
Well done! :)
Well done! :)
Ahh, that works. :) I haven't really done much with rough wood before myself, it has a nasty habit of giving me splinters. I like tung oil for finishing myself, but that probably wouldn't work so well on rough wood like that. What'd you use for sealing it?
I honestly would make more frames, but I just never print out enough of my photos to be worth the effort. They're a fun way to kill and afternoon, just complex enough that you can put some time and creativity into it, not so complex as to require excessive amounts of tooling or more than a single evening to build one. If you plan to do more, a router table and a biscuit jointer capable of very small biscuits (size-0, as I recall? I'd have to check the bottle) is an amazingly handy way to join the corners of medium-to-large size wood pieces.
I honestly would make more frames, but I just never print out enough of my photos to be worth the effort. They're a fun way to kill and afternoon, just complex enough that you can put some time and creativity into it, not so complex as to require excessive amounts of tooling or more than a single evening to build one. If you plan to do more, a router table and a biscuit jointer capable of very small biscuits (size-0, as I recall? I'd have to check the bottle) is an amazingly handy way to join the corners of medium-to-large size wood pieces.
uhhhhh. . . sealant. . . of some sort. The non-gloss coat kind. I'm really new to this :P The guy at Home Depot recommended it for protecting old wood
I used an industrial-strength adhesive to join the wood together, which is likely why there's a visible gap, because the chop saw should've gotten the 45 degree angles pretty perfect. . . but it's also old, warped wood, so. . . I don't ultimately know what the culprit there is. I'd have to make a lot more of these frames before I can really narrow it down. . . .
I used an industrial-strength adhesive to join the wood together, which is likely why there's a visible gap, because the chop saw should've gotten the 45 degree angles pretty perfect. . . but it's also old, warped wood, so. . . I don't ultimately know what the culprit there is. I'd have to make a lot more of these frames before I can really narrow it down. . . .
Bear in mind that even a really good saw can still wander if the slightest thing goes wrong. If the board slips against the fence just a hair, if there's any flex in the arm, etc. I have a rather nice compound DeWalt, and if I'm not careful, I can STILL get miss-angled cuts on 45s. They're a lot trickier than they look, to be honest, especially on pieces with a longer cut. I typically will use a tri-square to check my angles before each cut, just to be sure. I don't trust the built-in stops all that much, even if I've adjusted them myself.
For just starting out, this is DARN good, man! I assumed you'd been woodworking for a while. :)
For just starting out, this is DARN good, man! I assumed you'd been woodworking for a while. :)
Wow that's a nice find! I love making rustic stuffs. In fact that's all I make as far as gifts and fun projects go. I use a lot of salvaged wood, barbed wire and glass for my projects. You should roughen up the picture you are going to frame in this as well to perfect the aged theme.
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