At this point, over half the frames made prior to our Scottsdale Adventure have been carved and gilded. You may recall that before Diane and I left Las Vegas I had prepared about a dozen frames from the moldings we bought at Foster Planing Mills seconds area. They are a minimum of 3-3/4″ wide with a rabbet suitable for a canvas. We’re enjoying our adventure here and are even considering a move from Las Vegas! There is a thriving art scene here that is centered around the Scottsdale Artist School where Diane has made many connections with like minded artists. Although my first love is designing and creating one of a kind furniture pieces, carving and gilding frames is …
Without a doubt, much of what you and I do as woodworkers is the result of “self-teaching” and a lot of experimentation with a bit of frustration thrown in for good measure! Even with today’s technological advantage of just Googling It, we still need to strike out and follow our intuition to figure stuff out. A case in point is my own quest on learning how to carve a closed corner picture frame. Yes, there are many examples of others carving them on YouTube and other sites but they don’t give a step by step procedure and many are in stop motion slide show format. You get the general idea from them but not all of …