| Project by slaphitter | posted 2072 days ago | 1233 views | 0 times favorited | 7 comments |  |
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I bought these watercolors of the 4 Seasons during a business trip to Shanghai a couple of years ago. They aren’t expensive fine art, but I thought they would be worthy enough of some proper frames. Wife got them professionally mounted on foam core, then I took over.
The wood is birdseye maple, finished with antique chestnut gel stain applied over a sealer coat of shellac. Then a topcoat of shellac.
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IowaWoodcrafter
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#1 posted 2072 days ago
Wow, I like the frames. Nice edge treatment. Makes those pictures really pop.
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Dadoo
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#2 posted 2072 days ago
Real nice. The contrast between the maple and the pic border really looks sharp.
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TomFran
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#3 posted 2071 days ago
Very attractive frames – nice work!
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Max
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#4 posted 2071 days ago
Very nice frames, really make the pictures look good…..
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Jim Crockett (USN Retired)
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#5 posted 1824 days ago
Great job – I especially like the contrast between the maple frames and the dark mats. Looks really nice!
Jim
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TedM
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#6 posted 1824 days ago
Very nice frames, and a great memento.
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BertJ
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#7 posted 1824 days ago
Beautiful, indeed! I use a lot of maple and have never seen the Antique Chestnut gel stain. Good choice—they seem to glow. What brand of gel stain did you use?
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