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Guitar Shadowbox / Frame Shop Art Gallery &
GIfts
I found a guitar that I really liked, signed by four major Great
American Country Music Stars,Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Alan Jackson and Tracy
Lawrence. Little did I realize that having four autographs on one musical instrument was going to
create such a design challenge. After a little "brainstorming" and searching for more items too
include in the display, I hit upon the final design concept.
The key in this case, was not the guitar but finding four 45 records by
each artist. Once I had the records, I found the photos to add to the story line for each Country
Star. Everything was now in place, at least, in my head. Now came translating those design ideas to
the real world.
One of the challenges to be overcome in this project, was how to mount
the guitar, securely, yet that didn’t damage it and was completely reversible. The answer was to
make custom formed rods to hold the guitar. After deciding on location and shape of the rods, they
needed to be padded with heat shrink tube so as not to abrade against the guitar. They were also
color matched to the locations on the guitar becoming almost un-noticeable.
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Military Theme / Haverstock Creative
Designs
Since I live in Bedford, Nova Scotia, which is very
close to Canada's East Coast naval base, CFB Halifax, I've had the pleasure and honour of
creating many military memorabilia shadow boxes.
This particular shadow box was interesting to work on as its design
included a hand-wrapped Air Force tartan fabric mat (my first tartan mat!). The shadow box was
presented to the recipient as a gift upon her retirement from being a naval aviator in the
regular forces (she has since joined the reserves). The shadow box showcased a number of badges
which were hand-sewn in place, as well as a couple of photos, including an aerial view of 4 Sea
King helicopters. Military memorabilia shadow boxes rank high on my list of frames that I enjoy
creating. They all have such interesting, and sometimes heart-wrenching, stories behind the
items being displayed and they hold a special place in my heart as my father was a member of
the Canadian Navy for many years.
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1st. Prize Frame / Hanging Around
Hoover
"Say Cheese" shadowbox
- 2006 1st place winner of 
Framerica's "Take this job and frame it" national shadowbox
competition.
For his entry, he constructed a gigantic camera, complete with a lens and live video feed, and
filled the shadowbox portion with pictures of people and places that make him smile. It turns out
his creation delighted others as well. Visitors to Framerica*s booth during DECOR Expo Atlanta in
September voted Mixon*s project, titled *Say Cheese,* as the first-place winner out of eight
finalists. *I was flattered, astonished and happy, very happy,* Mixon says. *It was a really great
feeling to put your heart into a project and to be honored for it.*
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2nd Place PPFA’s
International Framing Competition / A Framer's Touch
The art is titled “Virtue,” by James Christensen. “When cutting the mat, I added a simple scallop
design to the corners,” Ling says. “I wanted viewers to focus on the girl and the light of
her candle. By gold leafing the middle mats and using an antique gold leaf frame, the mood and feeling of the art is continued
throughout the framing.”
Ling used a Larson-Juhl 2-inch Antique Gold frame No. 500540, and TruVue Museum Glass. The top
mat, reverse bevel, is Bainbridge Fabric Mat No. 4115 Forest Floor; the second mat is
Crescent Rag Mat No. 1126 Sand Dollar, cut 1/8 inch larger than the top mat, regular bevel.
The Sand Dollar also is used for the third mat, and cut 1/16 inch larger than the second mat,
regular bevel. The mat decoration is gold imitation leaf and acrylic
paint.
The fourth mat uses the Forest Floor again, reverse bevel
cut ½-inch larger than the third mat. The bottom mat is Crescent Museum Rag Mat No. 1125
Shetland, regular bevel cut 1/8 inch larger than the fourth mat. The mat decoration is with
pumice stone and chalk pastels.
The Sand Dollar is used once again as the mounting board.
The filler board is 3/16 inch acid free foam and the backing paper is white Tyvek
paper. Learn More About This
Framer
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Ketuba / The Framer's Workshop
 This lace cut-out hand-made Ketuba is embellished with gold foil
and hand written calligraphy. We framed this masterpiece by floating the lacy filigree off of
the silk backing with acid-free rear matting. On the face, we matted the Ketubah with an 8 ply
acid-free rag mat and a matching silk hand wrapped mat lined with a gold fillet. The frame is
a Senelar Larson-Juhl water-guiled gold Louis the XVI Craig Ponzio Design.
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