When the shop gets too full . . .

Like this:

I'm glad we have a boxy car that works well as an extra table:

These had just been water-gilt and were sitting out in the high 70s Colorado springtime. They are finished now and I'll post final pictures soon.

More detailed carve coming up

This frame is 16x35 with a new carve that I designed myself (from an old theme). I carve the grooves in the higher panel by chisel (rather than doing it on a pin router) so that one cannot mistake that this frame is made by hand. It's shellacked, ready for clay, and will get a fairly distressed looking 12karat gold finish.

Big frames in the works

Three big ones with a subtle carveready for finishing. The biggest is 3x5 feet. The others are 36x36". I'll post pictures of the finished products.

New Sgraffito frame

American Impressionist Carve

This is one of my favorite profiles. 22k gold and about 5 inches deep. Since it is a fairly contemporary look designed this carve in the style of the American impressionist frames.

Christmas present revisited

I finally got around to framing the Rett Ashby painting that I got for Christmas. First I finished it with an umber panel (sorry for the bad photo) but I thought that it brought out the dark and cool areas of the paintings. So I covered the panel with gold. I let that sit a few weeks but then had to try something different--with a pale sage panel. My wife doesn't like it. I'm not sure yet.

New corner carve

This one is about 5 inches wide with 22 karat gold and an umber panel. Hand carved corners.