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b r y a n s m i t h f r a m e s: Red Sgraffito (for a really really old painting)

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Bryan Smith Frames Website. Wednesday, July 4, 2012. Red Sgraffito (for a really really old painting). The raw wood that will become a beautiful frame. Water gilt 2 with 22k gold and drying. I don't know the origin of this painting, but the canvas and stretcher bars are barely holding together. Image size is 22 x 27 inches. Molding is 4" wide. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Metal leaf / Umber batch. Big batch ready for leaf. Red Sgraffito (for a really really old painting).

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b r y a n s m i t h f r a m e s: Various frames

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Bryan Smith Frames Website. This an American Impressionist carve- about 5 inches wide. 22k. Keith Bond Landscape in a 22k Florentine molding. Rett Ashby landscape in 22k. Hand carving, umber panel, and 22k gold. Metal leaf, glazed panel, 12x15: 2 3/4" wide. George Allen still life. 22 karat leaf, 12x16: 2 1/2" wide. 22 karat gold over black bole, 11x14: 1 1/8" wide. 22 karat gold, 1 3/8" wide. 22 karat leaf, 2 1/2" wide. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Metal leaf / Umber batch. Big batch ready for leaf.

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b r y a n s m i t h f r a m e s: 12K big boy

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Bryan Smith Frames Website. Sunday, June 17, 2012. About 5 inches wide, this frame is 36x60 in 12 karat gold and umber. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Another American Impressionist carve in 22k. Simple template. Template images by billnoll.

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b r y a n s m i t h f r a m e s: May 2011

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Bryan Smith Frames Website. Sunday, May 22, 2011. The frame below is for a local painter, Alyson Kinkade. It's quite large- almost 4x5 feet. I took a few pictures of the finishing process to show how a frame comes to life. All poplar wood. The frame here has been cut, glued, screwed, and sanded. Next it will be shellacked to seal the pores of the wood and provide adhesion for the bole. Here the frame has its first coat of clay, or bole. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).

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b r y a n s m i t h f r a m e s: June 2011

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Bryan Smith Frames Website. Friday, June 10, 2011. These 4 frames also house paintings by Alyson Kinkade. Out of Loveland, Colorado). I designed the frames using various moldings from the local mill, most of which I had to modify in some way or another. The frames are all hefty- around 5 inches wide and 3 inches deep. I really need to thank Damon Searles. Paint and shellac is always brushed on. The gold leaf is hand laid in the traditional fashion. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).

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b r y a n s m i t h f r a m e s: New Impressionist carve

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Bryan Smith Frames Website. Sunday, July 8, 2012. This is the test. I'm making two frames with this now. Pictures to come. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Metal leaf / Umber batch. Big batch ready for leaf. Red Sgraffito (for a really really old painting). Simple template. Template images by billnoll.

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b r y a n s m i t h f r a m e s: February 2012

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Bryan Smith Frames Website. Monday, February 27, 2012. Tuesday, February 14, 2012. This is one of my favorite profiles. 22k gold and about 5 inches deep. Since it is a fairly contemporary look designed this carve in the style of the American impressionist frames. Monday, February 13, 2012. I finally got around to framing the Rett Ashby painting that I got for Christmas. Sunday, February 12, 2012. This one is about 5 inches wide with 22 karat gold and an umber panel. Hand carved corners.

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b r y a n s m i t h f r a m e s: About

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Bryan Smith Frames Website. During nearly 20 years of building and finishing the highest quality picture frames, I have framed paintings by French greats such as Jacques-Louis David and famous Americans like Thomas Moran, as well as numerous other masters- both historic and contemporary. I left Krieger-Ricks 2003 in order to pursue a Ph.D. in history at the University of Notre Dame, where I continued to build frames on the side for local clients, including Notre Dame's Snite Museum of Art.

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b r y a n s m i t h f r a m e s: Another American Impressionist carve in 22k

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Bryan Smith Frames Website. Thursday, June 21, 2012. Another American Impressionist carve in 22k. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Another American Impressionist carve in 22k. Simple template. Template images by billnoll.