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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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posted 311 days ago
Wow, I like the frames. Nice edge treatment. Makes those pictures really pop.
-- Owen Johnson - aka IowaWoodcrafter
Dadoo
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posted 311 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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posted 310 days ago
Very attractive frames – nice work!
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Max
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posted 310 days ago
Very nice frames, really make the pictures look good…..
-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT
Jim Crockett
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posted 63 days ago
Great job – I especially like the contrast between the maple frames and the dark mats. Looks really nice!
Jim
TedM
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posted 63 days ago
Very nice frames, and a great memento.
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BertJ
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posted 63 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?