Calvin and Hobbes Wenge Framed Print

beautiful! I love the design of the frame – it showcases the wood without being too direct about it.

-- Lis - Michigan - http://www.missmooseart.com - https://www.etsy.com/people/lisbokt

I think it turned out well and the size of the frame is suited to the comic strip. I hope you used the hammer in the picture to put the frame together!

The only thing I’m curious about is why you made the vertical pieces of the frame narrower than the horizontal pieces of the frame?

I like the stark simplicistic lines of the frame, and hope you did actually have to use the hammer to get the joints tight as it would be an appropriate method of construction in this case.

I don’t suppose the “guy in Boulder” is still around and has any other wood he’d like to unload at a good price? ;)

-- Jonathan, Denver, CO "Constructive criticism is welcome and valued as it gives me new perspectives and helps me to advance as a woodworker."

Glad you guys like it.

Jonathan—I designed it several months before building it, but I think I took a cue from the relative dimensions of classic raised panel doors. Often, the rails will be a slightly wider dimension than the stiles—it seems to add a little bit of pleasant complexity/dimension. Or maybe something about the shorter board being beefier brings more balance than both lengths of boards being the same width. I remember spending a lot of time on Sketchup and a lot of time researching dimensions before I came up with the final design. The one thing I specifically remember was reading about placing the image slightly above center to achieve a “visually centered” appearance. It went against my OCD tendencies, but it’s true. Something about the way people are wired to view other people makes that happen. Anyway, I’m really happy with the proportions.

Yes, I did need the hammer to put the lap joints together. :)

And no, I pretty much cleaned out the guy in Boulder.

-- Living well is the best revenge.

But I look at it again and that dimension logic doesn’t hold any water since the rails are longer here. Since the stiles are raised ~1/8” above the rails, maybe I was thinking they are like the wooden “straps” on, say, a cedar chest. Now you’ve got me all pondering the aesthetics of dimensions again.

-- Living well is the best revenge.

I love C&H…. I have passed my Books over to my 8yr old son and he reads them after homework and before bed.
Nice framing, adding it to favorites for yet another project.

-- Scott "Some days you are the big dog, some days you are the fire hydrant"

Love it! Where did you get the cartoon?

-- You can't control the wind, but you can trim your sails

Sorry, didn’t mean to get you doubting your dimensions. I was just curious about the logic behind it, as I probably wouldn’t have thought to make the pieces different widths.

I do think it works and as long as the recipient loves it, that’s what counts.

-- Jonathan, Denver, CO "Constructive criticism is welcome and valued as it gives me new perspectives and helps me to advance as a woodworker."

Skully-

There used to be a searchable C&H archive with the actual comics until the copyright owners made them remove it. This was a couple years ago. I copied it from there.

There is a searchable archive online today that tells you what day a comic was published, what book it’s in and on what page, but no image of the actual comics: http://www.reemst.com/calvin_and_hobbes/stripsearch

You can also, of course, go to “zoom pictures” above and just copy it from here if you want…

-- Living well is the best revenge.

cool frame

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

like the frame, love the comic. I grew up reading Calvin and Hobbes, and still have several of the anthology books. I wish I was still of the age where I had Calvin’s view of life.

-- Rob, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario