Monday, March 18, 2013

More frame work!

Been working on the frame more and more.   What I did was layer about 4 pieces of corrugated cardboard around the picture.  I used smoothed over hot glue on the inside line to make the edges smooth and not look like cardboard.  Picture if this is hard to understand:

I painted it black since the frame will be black:


And I started placing the vinyl sheet on the cardboard.  Vinyl honestly is a bit of a pain to work with.  I had to iron out the wrinkles with a towel in between and that didn't get out the fold marks.  So them I steamed in the shower having to go in and work out the folds with my hands every so often.  And then I made the mistake of gluing too early so I was short on the top.  I had to spend another 45 minutes getting the glue off and soaking it in hot water to get the remainder of it off so it wouldn't look bad.






Getting close to being done though!


Friday, March 8, 2013

Frame time!

So, started on the frame for the Zero picture.  Due to painting the posterboard black, it warped a little.  I had to glue it down to another board to make it straighter.  I also had to use some books to weigh it down too. 
Hooray for spanish books!

I also cut a bunch of cardboard strips for the frame.