Paul’s Greene & Greene-Inspired Frame

Viewer Project - By Paul Sebastian from Mesa, AZ
Added on April 12, 2011

I took a photo at the Hancock Shaker Village this past summer when my dad and I went there. He loves the photo so I thought I would build a frame and print the photo for him for Christmas.

My Dad’s home back in Massachusetts is a timber frame, so thats where the inspiration for the frame came from. Joinery is through mortise and tenon pegged with 1/4″ rosewood. It has a 45 degree stopped chamfer on it (matching all the timbers in the house).

It was my first time using Mahogany. I really enjoyed its ease of machining. It was also my first time trying this joint. I love the look and I think it will fit in great with the house.

Also as a side note, I couldn’t bring myself to using plywood or any crappy metal fasteners so I made up some shiplap pine boards and made my own fasteners.

Discussion

Gary April 12, 2011 10:44 am

Wow! Such a clean design — and the illustration is so cool.

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Joseph Bert April 12, 2011 11:00 am

Looks killer Paul !
Great job.

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Nicolas Lowman April 12, 2011 11:01 am

That is very inspiring and awesome to look at.

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Matt R. April 12, 2011 11:11 am

Well done! Very nice

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Don Fearn April 12, 2011 11:14 am

Beautiful details!
(I think I’ve just decided what to do with some of the quarter-sawed oak I have left over from my table project . . . .)

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Justin April 12, 2011 11:32 am

Really nice Paul! Love the photo and the frame does it justice as well! Thanks for sharing!

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Matt April 12, 2011 11:34 am

I’m pretty sure the term “Shaker” is misused here. This is Arts and Crafts design. Specifically,Greene & Greene.

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- thewoodwhisperer April 12, 2011 12:00 pm
  
  I quickly published this post this morning and didn’t take a close look at it. You’re right, the frame is definitely more G&G. But the frame was made for a photograph of a Shaker village. So I guess its a “G&G Frame Inspired by a Photo of a Shaker village”. lol that’s a long title.
  
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Paul Sebastian April 12, 2011 12:25 pm

Thanks for the kind words everyone! It was a really fun weekend project and it was an even better gift. I watched my dad open the gift over web cam and he was moved to say the least. Thanks Marc for publishing!

-Paul

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TexWood April 12, 2011 2:31 pm

Very nice. Its the small details that really come through

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Mark D. April 15, 2011 10:39 am

Paul,
Your frame is outstanding, your dedication to keeping it 100% solid wood with old world style backer is refreshing. As a fellow photog, your HDR photograph is OUTSTANDING… I’d love to know what software you used in post on that… I also like the way you produced it as a gallery style print with the title below.

-Mark D.

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Solan July 24, 2011 3:45 pm

Very clean. Inspiring.

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eli December 23, 2011 5:17 am

Gorgeous. Inspiring. Thanks.

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Mike Meola April 22, 2012 7:17 am

Very nicely done Paul. I’m turning more and more into a Greene & Greene kind of guy. I’m headed to the William NG school in mid May to build my very first G&G piece. It’s an eight legged table that I think looks very cool. Thanks for the recomndation Marc. I only wish I’d a known you were teaching a class there in June before I registered. Maybe next time.

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Paul’s Greene & Greene-Inspired Frame

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