How to treat a chinese paper cut

[Tangent]

I have a lovely paper cut of a dragon which was sandwiched between 3 sheets of white A4 paper and the glass of the frame when I bought it at a craft fair.

I want to use a black and gold mount and was wondering how to achieve this
I would like to sandwich the dragon between two sheets of glass and mount it in a box frame with gold or black mount board behind it to give it a 3D effect.
But as I want to have a double mount as well I would need to use three sheets of glass.
Not sure if that is a good idea

Would love some input on this one

dragon-paper-cut.jpg

[Roboframer]

http://theframersforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=10800

[Tangent]

Thanks for that Roboframer
I did search paper cuts but not laser cuts

I like the idea of acrylic or polycarbonate to avoid the condensation problems.

Would love to use Art Glass but that would be VERY expensive and I imagine the condensation issue remains.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction

[JohnMcafee]

So not a medical question then?

On reading the thread title, I had a vision of poor Tangent with a tightly applied tourniquet on one arm while feverishly tapping out a plea for help with the other.

[David McCormack]

Me too John

I was thinking that I remember getting (and giving) chinese burns in infant school but a chinese paper cut sounds a bit painful

[Tangent]

I decided to go with glass in the end. I don’t think there is any chance of condensation where I am going to hang it and glass is cheaper (and I need as much practice as I can get at cutting it!)

Decided to put it over a gold mount board so that the shadow can be easily seen so took black out of the equation and it will all be red and gold

Here is my plan to finish it, which I hope I can do by Friday.
This image is flat and doesn’t show the metallic gold or the frame profile but it gives me an idea of what the finished article will look like.

chinese dragon.jpg

And here is how far I have got with the project.

so far.jpg

This is the moulding I am using which I got from Lion yesterday and intend to finish in a gold as close to the mount board colour as possible.

The foam core box is 40mm deep and I intend to place the Chinese Red inner mount 5mm above the glass and then the outer mount 5mm above that.

This perfectly fills the box with the outer mount sitting on top hiding the foam core edges and the final sheet of glass over that.

The outer mount is going to feature the ‘wash line for cheats’ that Roboframer explained to me on here on Sunday. Decided to leave playing with v-grooves, open or otherwise until I have my Futura.


I need to re-open the sandwich to slightly reposition the dragon, and it will be far from the first time I have done this! Accepting that I am using glass and not acrylic, is there any trick to preventing the paper from moving as I lower the top pane of glass down?

Also once it is all in the frame with the Art-bak there will be about 3mm to spare before the end of the rebate. My Fleximaster will fit in there easily enough. Is there any reason I should further pad it out for a perfect fit? If not do I put the tape onto the moulding and down the 3mm step and onto the backing board or just put it inside the rebate?

Any other input is welcome

[Abacus]

Looking good! You seem to be learning super fast, keep it up.

[Tangent]

Thank you

[StevenG]

That does look pretty good, excellent work indeed in answer to your tape question I'd step it down and onto the backing board, that'll seal everything y'see

[Tangent]

Thanks again
Can you tell I'm quite chuffed at having two professionals saying I'm on the right track?

I did think about the sealing effect, which is the whole purpose of the tape I imagine. Just didn't think it so necessary with the foam box but I will do it that way


I have to say that my success so far is largely due to finding a great tutor and discovering all the information on this forum, not to mention being able to ask specific questions and getting such great advice.
Thank You tutor John and Thank You Framers Forum

[Roboframer]

Looks good

But I far (faaaaaar) prefer the look of the second photo without that raised and spaced double mount.

[Tangent]

Yes I noticed that not many people use aperture mounts on this sort of thing.
But excited to try out the inlay mount (your fault! ) and want to see it in real life rather than just my Gimp representation.

I have a lot to do for the flat but it is only a flat and I am enjoying the learning curve and can always redo it later, which I may well do with several of the pieces I frame.
So think I will experiment with this one and then change it later if I feel I want to.
I feel that you are my second tutor now Robo!

Thank you very much for all your help

[Tangent]

Has anyone any suggestions for positioning the dragon between the two sheets of glass?
The only thing I can think of is to stick it in some way in two very small places but I really didn't want to do that.
It stays put between the glass. It just moves every time I lower the top pane over it

[prospero]

Prit Stick?

[StevenG]

I think the lasercut guy just used a tiny dot of spray mount

[Tangent]

I used a tiny bit of Pritt Stick to keep it in place whilst I lowered down the second sheet of glass.
Thanks for the suggestions

John the tutor liked it I think
He thought there may have been a little too much gold and spied an overcut in the gold mount board but once I get my Futura they should be a thing of the past

[Not your average framer]

I think that you are getting the hang of doing framing rather well.

Are you sure that you only want to do this as a hobby? I think that you might be getting hooked on framing and that's only one step away from starting a framing shop!

Once you've got hooked.........YOU'RE HOOKED!

[Steve N]

Every time I see the title to this thread, I want to reply

With a Chinese Elastoplast

Sorry

[prospero]

Sounds like some fiendish Oriental torture to me.

[Tangent]

LOL
Well I am happy with the end result.
Very happy.

And also very happy and grateful that I have no injuries and have not been tortured in any way