Here is a behind the scenes look at creating an aluminum wrapped frame for a
Captain America movie poster. Everyday I handle art and frames with extra care. The process is so delicate at times that it requires wearing white gloves throughout the framing. It was a nice change to let loose and just take a hammer to a frame. I wanted this frame to mimic the background of the poster. I started by joining an unfinished frame to be the base structure.
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Joining the base of the frame. |
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Poster mounted and ready for frame. |
Next, I measured and rolled out the sheets of aluminum needed to wrap the frame. Started wrapping the aluminum so that the wood was no longer visible.
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Rolling out aluminum sheet. |
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Wrapping aluminum around unfinished frame. |
Then the fun begins...hammering the aluminum to enforce all the creases of the frame and wrapping more aluminum to the other legs of the frame.
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Hammering aluminum to enforce the folds |
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Wrapping more aluminum |
Once the entire frame was wrapped...more hammering to distress the aluminum.
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Hammering to distress |
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Frame waiting for final touches |
Here is the completed frame!
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Complete! |