Monday, May 21, 2012

ORNATE FRAMES

 Last week I showed you how I used Gesso to change up some Decorative items  here . Using Villibarnes technique check her out here.

Now I am going to show you how it turned out on some frames I came by.


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I received these wonderful frames from a couple we are friends with in Florida. 
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Aren’t they just beautiful?  Unfortunately no one wants large gold frames anymore.  Not at the store I see my things at anyway.  What to do, what to do.

You may remember my post about the Old World technique I used on my decorative pieces I wrote about here.
Villibarnes does a lot of frames as well and well why not give it another try.

First thing I did was paint them in the grey color.  I don’t believe my grey is as dark as the one she uses. 
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I let that dry.   The next step is to paint it all over with Gesso.  This time I thinned down the Gesso it was much easier to get the Gesso into all the little crevasses that way.  I also did only one side at a time thinking that the Gesso might dry to quickly. I used a t-shirt material this time to wipe off the Gesso.  It worked a little better than the cheese cloth I used the first time I tried this technique.
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I really like the technique because  the finish is a real dry look.  Almost like stone.

Here is another one that I did and I added a Chalk Board into the frame.  This one is much larger than the others.  This measure where the chalkboard is at 20x24.  Good size.
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All for sale at Treasures Resale Consignment Store, Roswell GA

Have a great week everyone.

2 comments:

  1. I like this treatment Connie, and I think it is a good match for chalkboard too!

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  2. Thanks for the shout out Connie. You did a great job.

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