Making Frames For Artwork

Apply the stain to your plywood board for your diy picture frames make sure to get around the edges.

Making frames for artwork.

Use the color or colors to paint your frame s. But there are a few tips to keep in mind that will make. Typically when making your own picture frames you need a router or a table saw to create this groove called a rabbet sounds like rabbit. Whatever it is that you will display in your diy frames go get it.

But picture frame molding already comes routed with a rabbet cut in various depths so all you have to do is cut the molding at 45 degree angles and voila. Make custom art using anything flat from a vintage album cover to a page from a book or magazine. You ve got a picture frame. As long as your artwork is smaller than the frame that s the important thing.

Making your own picture frames can be a fun and rewarding project and one that saves you some dough compared to paying for custom framing. For original paintings you can choose a traditional frame where the canvas painting sits to the inner edge of the frame the lip of the frame and the painting is mounted through the back of the frame. Type of artwork the type of artwork you are framing whether a painting or a print photograph can determine the type of frame you can have. Displaying your prints photos or art.

It doesn t really matter which size s of frames you purchase.