I’m still working on the three frames I showed you in the last post. After the gold is “set up” or “cured” on the frames, it is time to begin the burnishing. In this photo, just about where the glare spot is, you can see on the narrow left surface where the sheen of the burnish,  on the lower half, meets the …

Here are some frames that I’m in the middle of gilding for a client. The two with gold on them have just been gilded and are in their raw state. The other one is ready to gild. It has a red bole with a dark chocolate panel and highlights on the raised portions of the profile. “Bole” is a clay …

What a great idea! A customer brought in a pocket watch that has been in the family since 1854. Below the watch is an engraving that lists 5 of the owners and dates, all members of the family that the watch has been passed down to. I mounted the watch on a piece of grey linen mat board and lined …

I just love these types of jobs. These are some antique “chain mail” purses a customer brought in to get framed. The colors and designs are little pieces of what appear to be baked enamel that are attached somehow to very small chain links. I think they date to the turn of the century (1900’s) or so, maybe the 1920’s. …

Here was a fun project I finished up last week. These are some genuine eskimo masks and yo-yos a customer bought at the native co-op in Fairbanks while touring Alaska. I mounted them on a suede backing and set the museum glass off of the masks with a suede mat and gold fillet. I had to customize a shadowbox frame …