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Creating Custom Painted Framing Elements for Your Work!


Lisa Cyr

I'm always thinking about the architecture and overall pictorial structure of my works and I love to create unique framing experiences, from multi-paneled works to multidimensional constructs. I find that a unique framework adds that extra special magical element to a piece. In this post, I demonstrate how I custom painted the matt as well as a frame for the work featured below. [caption id="attachment_78437" align="aligncenter" width="653"] Pegaea at Twilight: mixed-media painting with custom painted…

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Rabbit Moon: Painting on copper


Scott Fischer

August 27, 2024 - This month I thought I'd take y'all through my largest copper painting to date, Rabbit Moon. The first thing I did was to do an exploratory work on Duralar to nail my drawing. Here is a video making that piece.   I had the foresight to scan the above work when it was just a line drawing. I had the line art printed in reverse on mylar to the scale of my 18x24 copper sheet. Laying it face down on cleaned copper, I ironed the back of the mylar, and ta-da, it transferred the toner-ink to my surface! You have to do this with a laser printer, inkjet will not work with this method. It will usually not transfer perfect, and I fix the drawing with FW Acrylic ink and embrace the texture of the…

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