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Say whaaat? A Glossary of frame style and decoration terms
BOLECTION: a decorative moulding that separates two planes (or surfaces) LIMEWOOD: easily carveable straight grained hardwood, European. Harder than it’s north American counterpart – Basswood. ACANTHUS: a plant – as a design motif it often represents rebirth, or immortality. Used for centuries SIGHT…
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SALON FRAMING, LA SECONDA PARTE
At a picture framing seminar in Montreal years ago, a speaker talked about training in Italy where he apprenticed with a master gilder for a year. The day began at dawn, and they’d work non stop until about two, when they’d sit outside…
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The Salon: get those pictures up
I see the last post here was over 4 years ago – and those 4 years were, um, colourful, and even more eventful than the previous 4…not even counting the pandemic. I think we’ll skip the recap 🙁 Since moving to my little…
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Three Years & Three Months Later
It is AMAZING how Life has gotten in the way of writing blog posts – yup, it gets in the way of everything. I left the east end of Ottawa, bought a “fixer upper” in the country, did seasonal help at Lee Valley…
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I Have A Lot To Do So I Am Reading McSweeney’s And Laughing
My McSweeney’s Internet Tendency addiction is in control this morning. Some days you should not get at it. You should sit and read short articles until you are kind of crying from the laughing, and wishing someone would bring you more coffee and not…
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Annual Cyclelogik Christmas Show
This year’s theme was BLUE, and was entirely open to interpretation. I completed one work just for the show, and brought another I had on hand. Both works will remain up until the end of December and would make LOVELY CHRISTMAS GIFTS. Visit Cyclelogik…
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I can’t leave this alone
I am becoming somewhat obsessed with roads and tracks and shoot them frequently while driving or walking. I love driving, especially out in the middle of nowhere; it is both relaxing, and a time for thought. I can mull things over, make decisions, rage…
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Today’s shot from the marymary archives
Wild fire, near Lytton, B.C. June 17, 2015 Driving through the Fraser Canyon, we could see this fire coming for miles…it was a surreal drive in so many ways, then we came up to the actual fire and could not stop watching –…
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Return of the amazing disappearing website. I think.
Starting again… I am just so whimsical. Time to clean up the ashes of the old site and rebuild. During this period, there may be frequent and annoying changes to the site, so beware (see “MAD” on the ABOUT page.) (Photo: marymary archives, the…
