Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1876-02-24
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out, which is generally useful, is
manufactured as follows; Have n
piece Of glass the exact SIZE Of
your lecture. Take a piece o. tin
ted drawing paper OF similar di-
mensijns, cat in 1t an OLA! for
square, through which the picture
may ne seen, and about half an
inch { on tue edge Ct this oval draw
a second oval and then follow the
line lisatly with a sharp knife, so
as to cut halfway through the
thickness Of the paper. This
sounds easier than IL is; the ovals
must be accurately drawn with
mathematical instruments, or at
least with the aid of two pins con.
nected by n string somewhat long.
er than the distance between the
pins Che foci o: the elipse). The
pencil is moved round inside the
string, thus describing IN ellipse or
oval. In using the knife partlcu-
lar care must. be taken TO ecure 4
perfectly even and uDwavering line;
the appearance of the frame main
ly depends upon this.
Now the press inward the rim OF
drawing paper or cardboard with.
in the cut, thus giving the surface
an appearance OF solidlty. 1t will
look well TO describe q third on.
centric oval outside the cut, and
paint 1t with gold paint: but it
must be done with absolute even
ness and neatness, or 1t will be
much wOrs than nothing. Having
thus completed the face OF the
frame, take a piece Of pasteboard
at least one-tenth Of an inch thick,
and Of the same size as the glass,
and roughly cut in it all aperture
about three quarters of an inch
larger all round thar through
whicn the picture is seen. Paste
the drawing paper on cardboard
on this, and lay the whole over the
picture. Put the glass in It's place
on the top, and bring it to the frame
by strips Of leather paper, cut with
a straight edge on the side which
laps over the glass, so as to form
an even rim for the picture, and
wide enough to take q good hold on
the back Of the frame. Cover the
back with a sheet of thick brown
paper, first taking care to paste on
the pasteboard, at the top side of
the frame behind, two hoped piec-
es OF tape through which small
brass rings are passed to hang the
picture by. When the brown pa
per IL pasted over these tapes they
will hold very strongly. If the
picture is intended TO hang slant
ing forward from the wall, the tapes
and rings must be so arranged as
to come out a little less than half
way down the length of the frame.
This is the simplest recipe for
passepartout frames; there are
many ways of adding to their pref
tineas, but the main rule for sue
cess is to be neat and accurate in
all the operations, and to be care
full rot to get anything upside down
or wrong side before, and not to be
in a hurry, but let che paste or glue
dry before proceeding to the next
step. BY practice and are you
may turn out frames as good or
better tnan those in the shops.
Frames may also be made OF
brown leather cut in shape of ivy
leaves, oak leaves, &c. Expensive
tools are sold for making leather
work to resemble oak carvings but
for these simple leaves the only
tool, required r a sharp penknife
a piece of smooth board and the
handle Of a toothbrush ground
down to a point, pnd used for shap-
ing and ''veining," the leaves be-
fore cutting them out. The leath-
er, which can be bought for a trile
at the saddlers', is called baisl
leather. Bind your glass to the
picture with strips of brown paper,
cut and shape your leaves to re-
semble nature as closely as possible
and glue them round the rim of
the glass, tapping them over one
another, and letting them curl up
ward here aud there. Varnish
with copal varnish diluted with tur-
pentinc. If you have imitatd oak
leaves, you may add real oak ap-
piles and acorns, vanishing them
the same as the leather.
Another kind of frames is made
by first strongly gluing the glass
to the picture with brown paper
strips, etc, and then rolling up
some very stout brown paper,press-
it out fat, till it is an inch or two
inches wide (according as you wish
the frame to be). Glue it firmly
into shape, and then glue tin-foil
over it When all is dry glue it to
the glass, cutting the corners aslant
so that they may fit 70 n another.
Finish off with q narrow strip OF
red Oh black velvet, glued round
the functions of the glass and
frame. a.
Ty this time you ought to have
used up all your glue, and would
perhaps like a guided frame by way
of variety. Take any plain wood
en- frame, and having put some
hoilad Enseed oil in a soucer exnose