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Posted by slowmedown (My Page) on Tue, Nov 3, 09 at 13:06
Have had this since last Christmas. It's a watercolor painting that Kate - my DGD painted for her Mo. Since I don't care for the painting, I've had a problem coming up w/a frame. I sprayed it seven layers of watercolor sealer, and used OSB for the substrate. The little slate tiles are from Lowes, and the yellow satin finish glass tiles were purchased from a surplus store in town. Grape-colored 3/4" tiles trimmed to 1/2" were used for the edges. Tomorrow's sealer w/shiny up the slate and charcoal grout. It felt good to be mosaicing again, even though it's something I don't LOVE. There were so many colors in the painting I tried not to draw attention away from it.
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RE: Frame for Kate's Painting
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| Glad you're back at your workbench. We've missed you. :0) ~Ann |
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| Ditto Ann. Nice job Slow. |
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| I like it. You did good gal coming up with something that would compliment this painting was a challenge which you met and exceeded. |
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| Thanks, y'all. I cut petals for colorful flowers to go around the edges - couldn't help myself, and since my tumbler stopped working, I dug out my ice cream freezer. What a nice tumbler that turned out to be. Hope to get this project finished today, w/the hangers on the back, sealing and the flowers on. WHY do I most always neglect to put the hangers on FIRST???!!! |
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| Wow nice frame...No doubt she is your GD! You can see that wild bohemian style in her painting....LOL!!!! Nice job..I always forget the hangers too...Much easier putting them on before but I always end up doing it after |
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Ooooh YES, CATH - took me three times to put the hangers on, then had to put washers on the six screws, and then file down cuz they were a still a bit too long. I never learn. THEN, I was disappointed that I didn't notice I'd bought non-glossy Tile Lab sealer!!! I couldn't resit adding a little more color. Might be tacky or gaudi, but hey, that's me - call me gaudy. Don't care.
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| I love the flowers! They look like they are holding the painting in the frame. I'm sure she'll love it! ~Ann |
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| Oh the flowers are great!!!! I love em...and I'm sure yur daughter will too...Her daughters painting and her mothers frame!!! How COOL!!!! What a great gift... |
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You did an amazing job complementing and enhancing the painting. Nice that a gd inherited talent!
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| I love the frame and the painting. |
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| Really nice job, Slow. It's hard when you don't like a piece and can't alter it, isn't it? I love the flowers too. They add something special, but don't subtract a thing. Well done. |
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Hey Gaudy! Just couldn't resist!
Not gaudy at all, they look just fine. I agree with Ann, they kind of make the painting appear "suspended" in the frame. Was that the right word? |
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| well, I think you did a fab job to be doing it on something you weren't crazy about. At least it is done and you can move on to bigger and better things. Good job Ms Gaudy.... |
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