8 X 10 Spalted Yellow Birch Picture Frame

Description

I made this frame from scratch in my home wood working shop. It is made with Spalted (rotting on the stump) Yellow Birch Hardwood. Each spalted frame is different depending on the rot and how far along it is while still remaining healthy enough to make a frame.
This is a 3 toned naturally beautiful frame that I cut from the woods in Maine, after which I sawed out and kiln dried the wood. Then I hand chose the beautiful Pieces of wood that I thought would go nicely in a frame. After I plane down the pieces of wood and cut them to fit in a frame, I glue, clamp and then V-Nail the back corners for extra good holding. I sand the frame more and then I coat it with Seal-A-Cell and then 3 coats of Arm-R-Seal(oil & poly). This finish is semi gloss and will clean with normal furniture cleaner. The router bit I used on this frame is called Classical. I have hand stamped the back of each frame to show it is hand made by me in my Athens Maine shop.
This frame is 8 X 10 and will hold an 8 X 10 picture or an 8 X 10 matte that can hold a collage or a smaller photo. Buyer can mount art or photos in this frame.
I can put a Saw tooth hanger on the back of the frame if you state which you want, horizontal or vertical. Or I can enclose it in shipping. Buyer is going to need to buy glass (painted art is not displayed behind glass) or you can use an old frame glass if you are replacing frames in your home or work place, this takes a standard piece of 8 X 10 glass. Buyer can purchase it at a hardware store or glass cutting store inexpensively and save on shipping.
I hope you like this frame and you can look for similar 11 X 14 frames in my shop here on etsy. I also sell frames with my own photos mounted in them, so if this interests you please look further in my shop! Thank you for looking!

Added on Sep 22, 2009