Stew Hagerty
06-27-2016, 1:08 PM
For the last year I have been making frames for a friend of mine that creates beautiful stained glass pieces. I work with her to come up with a wood species/color that compliments her color choices and a style that enhances her overall idea/theme. I don't remember if I have posted any of these before so I figured it was about time. It has been fun making them, if a bit of a challenge. See, they are not like a picture frame, the glass does not go in from the "back". That's because on most of these there is no real front or back. Therefore any film finish cannot be applied until after the glass is in place. For this reason, most have been mortise & tenon assemblies. I can apply finish to the components (after carefully covering all glue points) and then assemble everything. Or, I have had to completely mask off both sides of the glass prior to finishing. I just finished my last one for her for a bit, the next one she does is actually a piece for me to give to my son for his birthday. I think I'm going to put it in a light box so that he doesn't have to keep it in a window.
Anyway, Let me know what you think...
This was my first one. I used Mahogany with through mortise & tenons which, although they aren't yet in in this picture, I pinned with some ebony dowels.
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This had mitered corners so it had to be assembled before finishing. I added the curly maple bowties for strength. The frame is walnut.
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I tried something a little different with this one. I pulled out my cope & stick door set and used the router table for all of it. It is obviously white oak. I was going to do a Greene & Greene style single cloud lift but she said she preferred a double.
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Now this one is really cool. It's geometric and modern, so I pulled out some sweet tiger maple, wiped it down with GF Ebony WB Dye then sealed the pieces with some shellac before assembly then finished off with several coats of gloss lacquer. I put in some hidden splines at the mitered corners for reinforcement.
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Anyway, Let me know what you think...
This was my first one. I used Mahogany with through mortise & tenons which, although they aren't yet in in this picture, I pinned with some ebony dowels.
339856
This had mitered corners so it had to be assembled before finishing. I added the curly maple bowties for strength. The frame is walnut.
339857 339858
I tried something a little different with this one. I pulled out my cope & stick door set and used the router table for all of it. It is obviously white oak. I was going to do a Greene & Greene style single cloud lift but she said she preferred a double.
339859 339860
Now this one is really cool. It's geometric and modern, so I pulled out some sweet tiger maple, wiped it down with GF Ebony WB Dye then sealed the pieces with some shellac before assembly then finished off with several coats of gloss lacquer. I put in some hidden splines at the mitered corners for reinforcement.
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