Oh my goodness! I am so happy to have found you! This will save me a fortune! I cannot wait to start framing my paintings myself with this super easy and effective method .. thank you so much for sharing xx
love these videos. I build my own canvas, and panels for larger works. I paint my trail pieces and smaller works on paper or store bought canvases. This video and another video of yours were great for building a nice depth for thinner works. Thanks!
Fantastic! I love painting on panels and will try making some floating frames following these directions! This is the second video I[ve watched about making frames on your channel - you're the best - thanks!
Jon, I have really gotten to look forward to your videos. They are creative, artistic and your manerism is great. I actually feel some of lifes stress leaving when watching.
Thanks sr i have done some oil paints but not knew how to put a frame on it , your video its been so helpful to me, thanks again , hoping you keep doing this helpful videos.
Thank you. I love your videos. So concise and easy to follow. Great camera work. I wish I had the tools and space to do this sort of thing. At least it makes me appreciate the time and effort that goes into making a frame. I'm going to check out your painting class too.
Wonderful video, Jon. I have been wanting to make some floating frames and have it figured out for canvas panels but I love the way you made these! I'm in a secret group on FB that could use this video so I will share it with them. Thanks again for the DIY....... Mo
Oh man you're a lifesaver, this is my kind of simple woodworking. I'm a painter and a woodturner but building frames?! I don't wanna break out the router! No fun! Lmao thanks so much!
Hi Mr. Peters! Another great video on framing small paintings! Thank you for sharing this one. One of my weekend projects is to actually make one of these and give to my sister as gift. Thanks again! Mike
I am hooked onto your videos! I started watching the cabinet video now I subscribed just to watch your builds! I love your voice and the way you explain things! Keep it up! Earned a subscriber! 😃
Jon, I enjoy your videos. I am also a woodworker/painter. Just a thought on the frames. If someone did not want to go with a full sheet they can buy half or quarter sheets at most home centers. 3/4 MDF would be a decent choice also then just glue the strips to the base. In my area we have a couple of salvage/surplus building material stores that sell flooring, you can buy walnut, cherry, oak, maple, etc. samples for a dollar or two and trim them down. Really enjoy your videos and projects. Keep up the good work.
You are pretty great Jon...a true renaissance man. You are very clear and thorough in your “ lessons”.Not sure where you get all the energy. Wish you’d been around when I taught myself to frame by hand 30 years ago! Thanks for your generous sharing.
Great and very helpful video! I have a couple questions. Would this method work for larger paintings in the 12 X 12 or 16 X 16 range? If so would you change the size of the gap or molding for larger pieces? Thanks!
Thank you for your video! Very clear instructions and the results look fantastic! I have a question: my Masonite panels are gessoed on both sides. Can they be glued with wood glue, as you show it in your video? Thank you.
Jon, Thank you for showing me how to create frames for my art. My visual display is so much more appealing. Can you provide a video on building simple frames to display works on paper? I have never owned wookworking supplies before I saw your videos so I'm definitly a beginner. Michelle
HI thanks for the wonderful video! I have a 24x30 inch stretched canvas mounted on 1/8 inch hardboard. With that size can I make a floater frame like yours and stick the painting with glue to the frame?
this was great - i really appreciated it - i make large paintings - up to 4X8 on full sheets of 1/8” masonite and as much as i like to support my local frame shop it’s too expensive to do all the tine. I’d like to make my own and i have access to a table saw and a chopsaw but 3/4” birch ply is gonna be hella heavy - think i could use your method using luan instead? Many thanks - Sam
The shallac is cool. I'm about to work on a pallet table and I'm worried about sanding it or planing the wood because it'll take away that rustic shipyard look. Any suggestions on finishing? Would shallac bring out the natural color in a wood? Awesome video thanks man!
Hi Jon, As always, a well edited video! Although id be lying if I said I didn't miss the usual music for the chop scenes etc haha! Wonder if you would do a bit on mitre saws soon, or include it in your Q&A next. There is quite a minefield with blade sizes, bevel or just mitre, sliding or not, and because the prices seem to range from 100-999 it's difficult to know what is suited to a home user who would like an accurate cut but won't use it like someone as yourself does in the trade? Keep up the good work
Thanks for the video, Jon. I have a question...why did you use the conventional hammer and nail to attach the fame pieces instead of a pin nailer? Was it for a particular look and feel for the frame?
Jon, I REALLY like your videos. They are light, instructive and very artistic. I love Mathias Wendell's videos too, but they lack the artistic side that yours have
A helpful hint,.... I use removable spacers as I set the panels or canvas in the frame to dry or be fixed to the frame. This gives me absolute accuracy with the space between the frame and the painting. BTW: Great video, thanks.
Hi I have a question. I have some high school students that gave me paintings on canvas board as a gift. I'd like to frame them and I like your tutorial but the only problem is that they wrote me messages on the back that I don't want to cover up. Can I just use pieces to create an edge around the painting that still leaves the writing and then mounts into the frame? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you
Nice instructions, clear and concise. You suggested using a cheap chop saw? I would prefer to see mitred corners rather than the end grain showing with butt joints. Just my preference so ignore me if you prefer. ;-)
Hi Jon I really enjoyed the frame making video. I have started Pastel Painting, & was wondering if you could do a video on making a frame for same. Kind regards Geraldine
Thanks for the great framing videos, but a work of art, painting on panel or paper should never be glued with wood glue. Instead a conservation/reversible approach is best. on the panel I would use silicone. It can be popped off if need be. But for paper, I'm not sure. I would love to know a solution to attaching paper to a panel for glass free framing that's archival. Lascaux or Beva come to mind, anyone have a solution?
Hi Jon, Thank you so much for this useful tutorial video! I have a painting that I want to float frame (panel 1/4" that is 24X36) Would your method work on a larger scale painting as well? If so, do you have an extra tip you might want to add? Thank you once again :)
Hi Jon, Thanks for the video. My question is that my paintings are on masonite board but they are larger (2 feet by 2 feet etc.). To mount them on the plywood would make them too heavy (plus the weight of the frame). Plywood is also expensive. I have about 15 paintings to frame for a show. Is it possible to glue the board onto a plywood frame to create the reveal and then attach the actual frame to that? Thanks. Barbara
I've watched your videos over the years and you kinda make me mad - is there nothing you cannot do? I would not be surprised to tune in one day and hear you say: "Today I'm working on a brain transplant ..." Seriously, thank you for all of the tutorials. Very helpful!
That first cut on the table saw should have been made as a cross cut with the long board in a miter gauge, not as a rip cut against the fence. Very dangerous. The long board can get tilted slightly by your left hand as it is pushed against the fence, at which point it will bind between the fence in the blade. In a millisecond, the blade will throw the board back in your face like it has been shot out of a gun. Your right hand, if you are lucky, may only suffer bruises or a broken finger, and not land on the blade. Ask me how I know. Never mind. Sincerely yours, Three Finger Bob
You got that right. I cringed when I watched that 2nd tablesaw cut. 25 years in the building trades, no guards, and I've experienced a couple of kickbacks. One, a piece of plywood. Similar size and similar situation as that 2nd cut. It pinched and kicked back into my gut. Put me to the floor fast, on my hands and knees , gasping for breath, wondering just how badly I had damaged myself. I'll never make that mistake again.
I make float frame on the router table, by cutting one piece strips that have an "L" shape precut into the profile of the strip, Then I can cut the mitre to size and simply build the frame around the painting, this cut the weight WAY down on any piece too... I don't think I would want to make any of this without a table saw, chop saw, router... basically a woodworking shop, and I am an artist. NEVER glue a work of art to a frame, it might be worth something in the future, and then you are stuck.
It's incredible dangerous to make a "cross cut" on a table saw using a fence like this video teaches you... Do not do this, the wood could bind between the fense and the blade causing kickback and possibly loss of some fingers... To make a cross cut on a table saw, use a mighter guage or a sled.
Just found your videos and I'm going to do so many of these. I have some original Max Le Verrier oil on canvas (on board) from the 1930s and I'm a little hesitant to put glue on the back. Any suggestions on how I could do a frame like this but not glue the board? I'm wondering if i can buy some small L shaped shelf support pegs and put little rubber feet on them to hold the paintings in place. Is that the stupidest thing youve ever heard? I absolutely love this frame and i could source the materials and do this tomorrow but it comes back to my hesitancy to put glue on an original 1930s painting. Any suggestions from anyone would be greatly appreciated.
Oh my goodness! I am so happy to have found you! This will save me a fortune! I cannot wait to start framing my paintings myself with this super easy and effective method .. thank you so much for sharing xx
These are beautiful frames! The walnut wood is always my favorite color!
love these videos. I build my own canvas, and panels for larger works. I paint my trail pieces and smaller works on paper or store bought canvases. This video and another video of yours were great for building a nice depth for thinner works. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing your way of framing. It's simple and elegant and very do-able!
Fantastic! I love painting on panels and will try making some floating frames following these directions! This is the second video I[ve watched about making frames on your channel - you're the best - thanks!
Jon, I have really gotten to look forward to your videos. They are creative, artistic and your manerism is great. I actually feel some of lifes stress leaving when watching.
Great tutorial, glad you posted this. Its very helpful for an artist with a small budget.
Thanks sr i have done some oil paints but not knew how to put a frame on it , your video its been so helpful to me, thanks again , hoping you keep doing this helpful videos.
Thanks a lot Jon, very concise and to the point easily understood. Much appreciated.!
Thank you. I love your videos. So concise and easy to follow. Great camera work. I wish I had the tools and space to do this sort of thing. At least it makes me appreciate the time and effort that goes into making a frame. I'm going to check out your painting class too.
Wonderful video, Jon. I have been wanting to make some floating frames and have it figured out for canvas panels but I love the way you made these! I'm in a secret group on FB that could use this video so I will share it with them. Thanks again for the DIY....... Mo
Oh man you're a lifesaver, this is my kind of simple woodworking. I'm a painter and a woodturner but building frames?! I don't wanna break out the router! No fun! Lmao thanks so much!
Love this idea! Thank you Jon.
Hi Mr. Peters! Another great video on framing small paintings! Thank you for sharing this one. One of my weekend projects is to actually make one of these and give to my sister as gift. Thanks again! Mike
Omgosh! Thx 4 saving my life!...seriously. I have viewed other posts...blah. u r direct & 2 the point! I will definitely b back!!
These came out great! Thanks Jon.
I am hooked onto your videos! I started watching the cabinet video now I subscribed just to watch your builds! I love your voice and the way you explain things! Keep it up! Earned a subscriber! 😃
PrisKilla Maestro Thank you, I appreciate it
Jon, I enjoy your videos. I am also a woodworker/painter. Just a thought on the frames. If someone did not want to go with a full sheet they can buy half or quarter sheets at most home centers. 3/4 MDF would be a decent choice also then just glue the strips to the base. In my area we have a couple of salvage/surplus building material stores that sell flooring, you can buy walnut, cherry, oak, maple, etc. samples for a dollar or two and trim them down. Really enjoy your videos and projects. Keep up the good work.
Fantastic videos these will go along way to help me GRACIAS!!
Wow, this was extremely helpful! Thank you!
I really appreciate these "how to's" I've always hated the framing process but this is doable!
Thanks
You are a MASTER JEDI..!!
I like the frames, I make frames for all kinds of stuff and Your's looks easy enough. Thanks Jon. By the way your paintings look good also.
awesome video! Great quality work.
Thanks Jon, really solid video. I think the cutting service you mentioned would work anywhere in the world as you described.
Nice video and nice frames. Simple but attractive. Thanks for the video.
Thank you for the awesome idea!!
You are pretty great Jon...a true renaissance man. You are very clear and thorough in your “ lessons”.Not sure where you get all the energy. Wish you’d been around when I taught myself to frame by hand 30 years ago! Thanks for your generous sharing.
Great and very helpful video! I have a couple questions. Would this method work for larger paintings in the 12 X 12 or 16 X 16 range? If so would you change the size of the gap or molding for larger pieces?
Thanks!
Thank you! This was very helpful.
excellent tutorial and channel!
Awesome videos! I'm so glad I found you! This is going to provide me with lots of motivation! :)
Marcus Bellon That's great, thanks for the comment Marcus
Very cool. Thank you
Very helpful. Thank you so much.
Step one: own a woodshop. 🤣. But thank you, I do like this simple method for smaller float frames.
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I can't believe how clever you are.........
Thank you for your video! Very clear instructions and the results look fantastic! I have a question: my Masonite panels are gessoed on both sides. Can they be glued with wood glue, as you show it in your video? Thank you.
Jon, Thank you for showing me how to create frames for my art. My visual display is so much more appealing. Can you provide a video on building simple frames to display works on paper? I have never owned wookworking supplies before I saw your videos so I'm definitly a beginner. Michelle
Thank you, this was really helpful.
HI thanks for the wonderful video! I have a 24x30 inch stretched canvas mounted on 1/8 inch hardboard. With that size can I make a floater frame like yours and stick the painting with glue to the frame?
Great video. Pl make a video on those stands the framed paintings are sitting on
this was great - i really appreciated it - i make large paintings - up to 4X8 on full sheets of 1/8” masonite and as much as i like to support my local frame shop it’s too expensive to do all the tine. I’d like to make my own and i have access to a table saw and a chopsaw but 3/4” birch ply is gonna be hella heavy - think i could use your method using luan instead?
Many thanks -
Sam
Many thanks Jon.
The video was very helpful for me.
Regards. Geraldine
I'm glad, thanks for the comment
Very helpful video!
The shallac is cool. I'm about to work on a pallet table and I'm worried about sanding it or planing the wood because it'll take away that rustic shipyard look. Any suggestions on finishing? Would shallac bring out the natural color in a wood? Awesome video thanks man!
Hi Jon,
Really great video!
How do you usually hang these paintings? Is the strip frame deep enough to hold D rings?
Thank you!
Anna
no miter cuts! yay! this makes sense, thank you. i think i can do it!
Hi Jon,
As always, a well edited video!
Although id be lying if I said I didn't miss the usual music for the chop scenes etc haha!
Wonder if you would do a bit on mitre saws soon, or include it in your Q&A next. There is quite a minefield with blade sizes, bevel or just mitre, sliding or not, and because the prices seem to range from 100-999 it's difficult to know what is suited to a home user who would like an accurate cut but won't use it like someone as yourself does in the trade? Keep up the good work
Fantastic. Thank you so much.
Thanks! Glad it helped
Thanks for the video, Jon. I have a question...why did you use the conventional hammer and nail to attach the fame pieces instead of a pin nailer? Was it for a particular look and feel for the frame?
How do you hang these frames
I appreciate you giving pricing! Also, do you ever miter the corners instead? I don't like the look of the end grain.
Jon, I REALLY like your videos. They are light, instructive and very artistic.
I love Mathias Wendell's videos too, but they lack the artistic side that yours have
awesome video
Nice video....what if I want to make a larger frame....worried about it being too heavy
A helpful hint,.... I use removable spacers as I set the panels or canvas in the frame to dry or be fixed to the frame. This gives me absolute accuracy with the space between the frame and the painting. BTW: Great video, thanks.
Great tip....thanks
Very nice.
Hi
I have a question. I have some high school students that gave me paintings on canvas board as a gift. I'd like to frame them and I like your tutorial but the only problem is that they wrote me messages on the back that I don't want to cover up. Can I just use pieces to create an edge around the painting that still leaves the writing and then mounts into the frame? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you
Nice instructions, clear and concise.
You suggested using a cheap chop saw? I would prefer to see mitred corners rather than the end grain showing with butt joints. Just my preference so ignore me if you prefer. ;-)
Hi Jon
I really enjoyed the frame making video.
I have started Pastel Painting, & was wondering if you could do a video on making a frame for same.
Kind regards
Geraldine
Maybe this video will help, How to Make a Tiger Maple Frame & Frame Artwork Behind Glass
Thanks for the great framing videos, but a work of art, painting on panel or paper should never be glued with wood glue. Instead a conservation/reversible approach is best. on the panel I would use silicone. It can be popped off if need be. But for paper, I'm not sure. I would love to know a solution to attaching paper to a panel for glass free framing that's archival. Lascaux or Beva come to mind, anyone have a solution?
Hi Jon,
Thank you so much for this useful tutorial video!
I have a painting that I want to float frame (panel 1/4" that is 24X36)
Would your method work on a larger scale painting as well?
If so, do you have an extra tip you might want to add?
Thank you once again :)
Hi Jon, is it possible to use this framing method without having a space between the panel and the frame? Thanks, Rhonda
Hi Jon,
Thanks for the video. My question is that my paintings are on masonite board but they are larger (2 feet by 2 feet etc.). To mount them on the plywood would make them too heavy (plus the weight of the frame). Plywood is also expensive. I have about 15 paintings to frame for a show. Is it possible to glue the board onto a plywood frame to create the reveal and then attach the actual frame to that?
Thanks.
Barbara
Yes that is a good idea or make a braced panel and glue the painting to that, I have a video on my channel on how to make a braced panel.
***** Thanks! I will have a look.
How do you hang these
Love it. But is it a good idea to glue original art onto the frame?
lonemapper when it looks like garbage, yes
just a fan omg😂😂
you think this method would still work with a panel about 20x20 size? Or get too heavy? cheers!
I think it gets to heavy
Wow if this is how much work it takes to frame a panel, I'm shocked any artist bothers using them.
I've watched your videos over the years and you kinda make me mad - is there nothing you cannot do? I would not be surprised to tune in one day and hear you say: "Today I'm working on a brain transplant ..." Seriously, thank you for all of the tutorials. Very helpful!
Amazing video,thank you for sharing,i love painting on 5x7 size,do you sell the wooden cradles?👩🏻🎨
👏👍😊
Is this method archival?
That first cut on the table saw should have been made as a cross cut with the long board in a miter gauge, not as a rip cut against the fence. Very dangerous. The long board can get tilted slightly by your left hand as it is pushed against the fence, at which point it will bind between the fence in the blade. In a millisecond, the blade will throw the board back in your face like it has been shot out of a gun. Your right hand, if you are lucky, may only suffer bruises or a broken finger, and not land on the blade.
Ask me how I know. Never mind.
Sincerely yours,
Three Finger Bob
You got that right. I cringed when I watched that 2nd tablesaw cut. 25 years in the building trades, no guards, and I've experienced a couple of kickbacks. One, a piece of plywood. Similar size and similar situation as that 2nd cut. It pinched and kicked back into my gut. Put me to the floor fast, on my hands and knees , gasping for breath, wondering just how badly I had damaged myself. I'll never make that mistake again.
I make float frame on the router table, by cutting one piece strips that have an "L" shape precut into the profile of the strip, Then I can cut the mitre to size and simply build the frame around the painting, this cut the weight WAY down on any piece too... I don't think I would want to make any of this without a table saw, chop saw, router... basically a woodworking shop, and I am an artist. NEVER glue a work of art to a frame, it might be worth something in the future, and then you are stuck.
Nailed it. Unfortunately.
Pantene molecular bond repair advert? But I'm bald. My time here on earth is precious. Stop thieving it!
Solid plywood? That's going to be some heavy artwork... Constructive criticism.
It's incredible dangerous to make a "cross cut" on a table saw using a fence like this video teaches you... Do not do this, the wood could bind between the fense and the blade causing kickback and possibly loss of some fingers... To make a cross cut on a table saw, use a mighter guage or a sled.
Thank you for the framing tutorial but I have to be honest your painting skills are not good.
That’s a very mean spirited comment. Hope you’re happy with yourself.
You could take it positively and try to improve. It's not mean spirited. It's just that you felt offended by it.
I think his paintings are awesome.
Just found your videos and I'm going to do so many of these.
I have some original Max Le Verrier oil on canvas (on board) from the 1930s and I'm a little hesitant to put glue on the back. Any suggestions on how I could do a frame like this but not glue the board? I'm wondering if i can buy some small L shaped shelf support pegs and put little rubber feet on them to hold the paintings in place. Is that the stupidest thing youve ever heard? I absolutely love this frame and i could source the materials and do this tomorrow but it comes back to my hesitancy to put glue on an original 1930s painting. Any suggestions from anyone would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks! How about adhesive backed Velcro tabs… you should be able to find them at the hardware store or HomeStore