Random little frames for random little paintings
Added 2022-10-08 12:00:07 +0000 UTCHello,
This post is a bit, well, random. But I thought I'd share this with you for the fun of it, so here we go.
I have a market coming up in December (well, I applied, we'll see if I get in), and I wanted to have a few mini original pieces for sale there, so I've been scouring my local charity shops for little frames, and here's my haul!
I found the golden oval frames first, and then the tiny silver ones.
I then stumbled on the rectangle one with the oval matting, and also found those little wooden coasters which I think could make for fun little pieces. I will need to paint on paper and then glue the paper onto the wood though. I might attach a little hoop to the top of the wood for easy hanging, and they could potentially come as a set? Not sure.
I then bought the square, golden folding frame at the top, which I think I could create a fun little connecting piece for. Or two fictional, surreal family portraits maybe?
And finally, I also got these 2 deep, pink and blue, frame boxes, which I have a specific thing in mind for.
I would like to use them as "floating painting" frames, where the piece is attached in a way that makes it look like it is, well, floating in the frame.
I found these tiny intricately cut pieces of card from Choosing Keeping a while back, and I think they would be perfect for this.
The frames will need a lot of clean-up and some painting first (those colours aren't very..."me"...XD), but I am excited to work on them. You can see the parts where I filled in holes in the pink frame above (the white stains are wood filler) . The side I am using to display the piece is actually supposed to be the space where the backing goes, and it had ridges in the sides to slot the pins into to secure the back. I am reversing the frame so I have some DIYing to do before it is all ready.
This is a bit more of a craft project than a painting project at this stage, but I love this sort of thing so I am looking forward to spending some time tinkering around.
I reckon these small paintings will feature a lot of eyes, hands and maybe faces, and I will obviously take you along with me while I create them in November. :)
And if they don't sell at the market, I will be able to put them up on my shop as small, framed originals anyway.
That's it for my little, slightly random update!
This should be fun!
All my love, M
Comments
I was referring to the one that is currently pink. From the picture I couldn't really tell if the paper was pressed against the glass or not.
2022-10-14 15:08:44 +0000 UTCOh interesting! Which frames are you referring to in particular? The floating pieces don't touch the frame, they'll be elevated from behind but won't go all the way to the glass. The artwork will probably touch the glass in the other frames though, although I might look into making some matting for them to avoid that where possible, if that's what you mean?
2022-10-14 14:12:13 +0000 UTCThanks Nening! I need to check out the framing shop you mentioned too ^^
2022-10-14 14:08:14 +0000 UTCOh cool! I'm really excited to see what you do for those floating frames! The Choosing Keeping papers already look so great presented like that. Really love the idea of a surreal family portrait for that folding frame too!
2022-10-08 19:42:51 +0000 UTCJust to add my two cents, you can use thin balsa wood from a craft shop as spacers for the frame for the paper isn't touching the glass and to keep the glass from coming out (just going by what I see in the image). The idea would be to paint/stain the balsa wood to match the frame then glue the balsa wood to the frame right in front of the glass to keep it from popping out. You can PM me if you want any help/elaboration
2022-10-08 15:29:03 +0000 UTCLooking forward to seeing how it all turns out! What fun!
Stephanie Fear
2022-10-08 14:05:03 +0000 UTC
