It’s about 8 1/2×12 inches. Charming, cheerful, colorful and whimsical. The artist wanted it framed but gave me no real direction. When I sketched my idea and proposed it, she was impressed enough that now, rather than sell it, she sees it hanging in a certain window in her home.
The essence of my idea was for the glass to float in a dark frame (for visual strength and to contain the eye) supported by four keepers of maple.
The frame was mitered and glued and then cut for walnut splines.
Mounting the keepers was accomplished with 1/4” mortises:
The gap between glass and walnut is about 3/4. Where the thickness of the glass varied, I shimmed the keepers with clear adhesive door bumpers sliced with a razor blade to dimension and stuck to the glass.
Here it is complete, inside view and then shot so the sky was behind it:
The finish is satin lacquer. Overall dimensions, 12×15 x 1 5/8 inches.
-- "...in his brain, which is as dry as the remainder biscuit after a voyage, he hath strange places cramm'd with observation, the which he vents in mangled forms." --Shakespeare, "As You Like It"
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HerbC
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#1 posted 775 days ago
Excellent!
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#2 posted 775 days ago
now that’s a nice innovation
and yes it brings the subject
and the frame together well
very pleasing
you should both be proud
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#3 posted 775 days ago
Very nice, I like the dark frame and the way it helps set off the glass!
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#4 posted 775 days ago
Neat!
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Max
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#5 posted 775 days ago
What a great idea. It really makes the art work stand out.
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#6 posted 775 days ago
That is great, Lee. Your work enhances the art without drawing attention away from it.
Very nicely executed.
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woodzy
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#7 posted 775 days ago
It’s a really great look. It a frame that focuses the attention on the glass work but is a small work of art in it’s own right.
I logged on 2 minutes ago to find an idea or design that i could use specifically for framing 2 stain glass pieces that i salvaged from an old door. Thanks for sharing.
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#8 posted 775 days ago
Lee – I’m a big fan of your work. Thanks for sharing.
Dave
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#9 posted 773 days ago
A very nice frame indeed.
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