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One of my favourite frames I made for a large mirror. My customer wanted something different and we agreed on a design I had drawn up. this included ripple moulding, Byzantine decoration as well as her request for jewels. The frame was water gilded in 23.3/4ct gold. The entire surface featured punched decoration (stars & flowers) and the imitation jewels which are set in mounts I made out of wood turnings. The jewels were all made out of resin and resembled garnets and black agate. If I say it myself, once finished, it looked lovely and will at some point make another for myself. Hope it's interesting to a few. Sorry, put it on the wrong post earlier

Im sure i've seen that moulding in pol somewhere...

Stunning stuff.

Most impressive, interesting that you do your own resin casting, something I did a lot of. Presumably casting in clear resin you are making your own moulds, this must give great opportunity to customize these types of frames.

Should this thread be merged with this one? http://theframersforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=8762

yes I cast lots of different pieces usually in silicon rubber. I have quite a range of hand carved sight/back edges that I haven't got around to using as yet. The imitation jewels were made this way using different pigments mixed with the resin. Once buffed with a small amount of abrasive, it was surprising how jewel like they were.