Step By Step Guide To Creative Picture Framing

This is the essential practical guide to making and decorating over 100 frames, shown in over 600 colour photographs. It is bursting with ideas for beginners, as well as challenging techniques for those with some frame-making experience. It contains projects of every style and type, from classic wooden frames made with traditional joinery techniques, to fun and colourful customized contemporary ideas made in all kinds of media, with no craft skills required. Learn how to make a tenon and mortise joint, a hexagonal frame, or a box frame for a collection of objects. This beautiful, practical book is for everyone interested in learning about picture framing and acquiring the skills necessary to make their own frames. Beginning with the materials and equipment required for frame-making, the introductory chapter shows you how a frame is assembled, and guides you through the process. Once you have mastered the basic wood frame, there are projects that build on the level of competence you have achieved. With over 100 projects, this book is an essential guide and sourcebook of ideas for making both simple and complex frames. This book is not only an essential guide and manual for all required techniques but also an inspirational sourcebook of creative ideas.