Archive for January, 2009
Saturday, January 31st, 2009
Here are more pictures of January's custom teak frames. After milling, the new teak moulding is chopped to size and joined "raw", that is, prior to final sanding and finish.[caption id="attachment_37" align="aligncenter" width="504" caption="joining teak frames in The Frame Maker shop"][/caption]Sanding over the joined corners makes for a perfect ...
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
Next on the custom project board so far in 2009 are two frames custom milled in our shop from reclaimed teak.
[caption id="attachment_33" align="aligncenter" width="504" caption="full 2 x full 4 reclaimed teak"][/caption]
This gorgeous lumber is architectural salvage collected in Asia and is imported by a FSC certfied broker.
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Saturday, January 10th, 2009
This week has been a crazy one for multi-tasking @ The Frame Maker when it came to really custom picture frame design for some of San Diego's museums and designers-- with pretty positive results.
First up, are the 13 custom finish maple frames we made for the upcoming Jasper Johns: Light ...
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Monday, January 5th, 2009
The Frame Maker has always maintained that its' final product have a "classic" design structure. To us, "classic picture frames" are not necessarily traditional, but true to the piece and the context in which the piece is displayed.
High quality materials, fine hardwoods, genuine gold leafing, museum quality matting & glazing, ...
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