Posted by Agnes Iley , Wednesday, March 30, 2011 10:06 PM
To frame a picture...
I was going to get a cardboard mount cut for my newspaper/crowd piece, clean easy and cheap. But I didn’t have time to go to the shop, so I spent heaps more time making a frame. I know that doesn’t make sense…. But once the idea of an old slightly battered gilded frame against the very modern looking embroidery/applique piece got hold in my mind, there was no way back.
I started by “googling” antique frames I was looking at the raised patterns, colour of the frame and tried to work out in my mind how to make this from fabric.
I cut a background for my frame from poster board and layered this with three layers thin batting. Each layer I cut a little narrower than the previous one, to create a dome shape.
For the fabric cover I used some cotton, one of my less successful dyeing experiments, and I cut fleur de lis type shapes from felt. The felt shapes where attached to the fabric border and then I stretched the whole thing over my cardboard frame.
Next up some golden medium to give me a good base for painting. I spray painted the whole piece with antique gold paint. This actually left me with a very shiny, brand new looking frame. So more aging was needed….for this I used oil pastels they were rubbed in with some turps.
I know this combination isn’t going to be everyone’s cup of tea, but I like contradictions…
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