Illuminated Manuscript Display

Very neat idea. Well done!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Very cool! I’m a history buff, and I really like how you did this. I really like how you can change sides for display! I wouldn’t be able to pick one above the other, and with this bad boy, you don’t have to!

Well done!

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Great idea! I’ve been toying with the concept of a two sided frame. Now I have new way of thinking. Thank you very much!

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Very nice frames. I tend to like rustic frames. They have a great deal of character and some nice details.

Thanks for the post.

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I like the way you got this one to take. Now we all know how to display something that needs to show both sides. Well done. (I have always liked to look at the hand lettered books)

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

That is two great gifts. The illumination looks great, and the frame highlights it. I like the rare earth magnet idea, too.

-- Maplewood, MN

Just a thought that ran through my mind, but did you perhaps consider staining the wood piece that rests behind the glass? I’d think a dark wood would offset the page nicely.

-- "Give me your poor tools, your tired steel, your huddled masses of rust." Yep, I ripped off the Statue of Liberty. That's how I roll!

Hey, guys, thanks for the comments!

Tomcat – I thought about staining the top of the “easel” dark, and almost did. I think it would have been a nice contrast. It’s hard to see it in the lousy photos, but the parchment sits off the easel by the thickness of the glass, which creates a subtle “drop shadow” on the easel. A dark top would have hidden that shadow. Oh, also the fact that I barely got it finished in time for Valentine’s Day and stain would have slowed me down.

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Great job.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

I really liike that. That is so very cool!!

amazing.
the frame and the content. wow.

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this is really cool, I’ve never seen anything like it.

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