Never heard of "diamond art" before. But that picture of Tower Bridge at sunset is very good. Especially with the Tower of London on the north bank. FWI, my mother was born and raised in London. Along with most children, she was evacuated to the countryside when WW-II started in September 1939, but had to return in December after her 16th birthday. She did return to school for a while, but that ended after a German 500 lb bomb came down the main staircase of the school one night. She spent the rest of the war living and working in London, mostly as a machinist. But then in 1945 & 46 all the men came home and wanted "their" jobs back ...
As I live in the UK and worked in London over twenty years as a photographer I must say this is a fine photograph of a view I know very well. Well done.
As a former framer, I can say that diamond art is not the easiest to stretch. Since it doesn't need to breath like a traditional oil painting, I would usually suggest to customers to have it framed flat with a mat and glass (glass also helps protect the dots from damage). Canvas frames also are usually beveled in from the front outside edge, so that the art is in contact with the minimal amount on the front. We were just getting float frames when the framing department got closed by covid, but that would be an easy addition if you wanted a border while still seeing the decorated edges.
I make a more complex joint which has two slots, a 45 degree slot and a deeper 70 degree slot for the keys that are used to tension the canvas. Also, each end of the bar is the inverse of the other. It took a while to figure out how to make them but it was worth it.
You can take the frame a step further by planing an angle on the face, leaving about 5 mm around the outside edges. Then give the sharp corners a small round over. This allows for any slight twisting of the timber which will push on the back of the canvas. Keeps everything nice and flat.
Timely....I didn't know what diamond art was, but my daughter completed one that she would like framed. I've got it in my project queue at the moment, so I may try something like this after I finish making christmas gifts.
Thanks for this video. Recently I've been asked to frame similar artwork and my stretcher bars have sucked. Fortunately, I don't have to remove any beads (in my case) because I am being asked to make a frame for the artwork, so I just wrap the un-diamonded portion of the canvas over the stretcher bar. Now, I just have to figure out a way to do these joints with power tools, because people won't pay for the time it'd take to do it by hand!
Pretty interesting process, James! Fantastic work! 😃 I used to paint, years ago... All the canvas frames are fine, but the external ones... Let's just say I'm going to need to make a bunch of them. 😬 Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Wry timely, just got my wife her first diamond art kit. I see many frames in my future. Can you explain how you did the diamonds your own photo? Did your print the photo on canvas and use clear diamonds? Or use a light box and colored diamonds? As always thanks for all you do.
I ordered it from homecraftology. They take your picture and can render it with diamonds. I've done that for four or five of them now. Usually takes a month or two as they come from Australia but they're phenomenal quality and work really well.
OK James, was going to have a laugh at your wife's patience doing those things, probably her ZEN time, but to find out that you did it, well done Sir, BUT, don't complain that you don't have enough time for wood working :-p LOL
Was gonna ask what the picture is of in London. But relevant comments it’s tower of London and London Bridge. I actually Tom act that bridge many times. When I could see and I was working. But I’ve run over it a few times doing the London Marathon. I did the first year I did it with my guide runner, a woman stopped to take a photo of it as we was running towards it just in front of me I ran straight into the back for it hurt. So got some great memories of that bridge. I haven’t heard of diamond art I’m gonna have to try and find out a bit about it
That would be interesting to try. I don't think I would want to do it with diamond art as you don't want to stretch it fully tight. Otherwise you'll get diamonds popping off on the corner. But with a regular canvas. That might be fun.
Good idea, it's basically just a double joint of this with wedges. James, to not let so much of the wood rest against the canvas, try chamfering it off some, that's how the nicest canvas' with thick frames are made.
@@WoodByWrightHowTo I was hoping that this video would be about the keyed French mitre joint. I’ll keep my eye out for it and you will have to take up oil painting.
Can you show how you made the frame that has the galaxy in it? Love this frame that you made tonight btw but for the DPs we are selling I think this simple frame would be great
ironically, the best technique (the traditional one) for building canvas frames is offered to us by a person who, apparently, is not even a painter. But, fortunately, from an intelligent gesture to true Art is just one step.
If I were to do this for standard canvas I would definitely put that in. However, for diamond art you don't want to stretch it that far. Otherwise the diamonds will start popping off.
@@WoodByWrightHowTo Sorry I was not clear in my request. I understand your reasons for making the frame you did make. I was offering a suggestion for a future video on the making of a conventional stretcher for canvas for say an oil painting. Keep up the good work! JIM
Overkill on both tools and labor. 99.9% of folks out there are not capable of this kind of woodworking nor do the know about or have ever seen a shoulder plane much less a mortise gauge. Maybe send this video to Fine Woodworking.
Never heard of "diamond art" before. But that picture of Tower Bridge at sunset is very good. Especially with the Tower of London on the north bank. FWI, my mother was born and raised in London. Along with most children, she was evacuated to the countryside when WW-II started in September 1939, but had to return in December after her 16th birthday. She did return to school for a while, but that ended after a German 500 lb bomb came down the main staircase of the school one night. She spent the rest of the war living and working in London, mostly as a machinist. But then in 1945 & 46 all the men came home and wanted "their" jobs back ...
My wife loves doing it! It’s color by numbers with little plastic circles or squares!
As I live in the UK and worked in London over twenty years as a photographer I must say this is a fine photograph of a view I know very well. Well done.
One of my favorites from my time in London.
As a former framer, I can say that diamond art is not the easiest to stretch. Since it doesn't need to breath like a traditional oil painting, I would usually suggest to customers to have it framed flat with a mat and glass (glass also helps protect the dots from damage).
Canvas frames also are usually beveled in from the front outside edge, so that the art is in contact with the minimal amount on the front.
We were just getting float frames when the framing department got closed by covid, but that would be an easy addition if you wanted a border while still seeing the decorated edges.
I make a more complex joint which has two slots, a 45 degree slot and a deeper 70 degree slot for the keys that are used to tension the canvas. Also, each end of the bar is the inverse of the other. It took a while to figure out how to make them but it was worth it.
Love the design of the frame. ❤
You can take the frame a step further by planing an angle on the face, leaving about 5 mm around the outside edges. Then give the sharp corners a small round over. This allows for any slight twisting of the timber which will push on the back of the canvas. Keeps everything nice and flat.
Timely....I didn't know what diamond art was, but my daughter completed one that she would like framed. I've got it in my project queue at the moment, so I may try something like this after I finish making christmas gifts.
Thanks for this video. Recently I've been asked to frame similar artwork and my stretcher bars have sucked. Fortunately, I don't have to remove any beads (in my case) because I am being asked to make a frame for the artwork, so I just wrap the un-diamonded portion of the canvas over the stretcher bar. Now, I just have to figure out a way to do these joints with power tools, because people won't pay for the time it'd take to do it by hand!
Most the time people make a jig to stand the pieces up on a table saw and run them in and out sled.
Covered like a true former Theatre person....!
Don't know how many flats I've stretched with muslin like that lol
I was just looking for this exact type of video a couple weeks ago!!!
Glad I could help!
It’d be cool to see you do a traditional canvass stretched with keys in the corners
I would love to if I had a canvas to stretch. You just can't pull diamond art that tight.
Pretty interesting process, James! Fantastic work! 😃
I used to paint, years ago... All the canvas frames are fine, but the external ones... Let's just say I'm going to need to make a bunch of them. 😬
Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
You are always amazing mate
Good morning!
Wry timely, just got my wife her first diamond art kit. I see many frames in my future. Can you explain how you did the diamonds your own photo? Did your print the photo on canvas and use clear diamonds? Or use a light box and colored diamonds? As always thanks for all you do.
I ordered it from homecraftology. They take your picture and can render it with diamonds. I've done that for four or five of them now. Usually takes a month or two as they come from Australia but they're phenomenal quality and work really well.
@@WoodByWrightHowTo mmm, giving me more ideas
OK James, was going to have a laugh at your wife's patience doing those things, probably her ZEN time, but to find out that you did it, well done Sir, BUT, don't complain that you don't have enough time for wood working :-p LOL
I do not have the patience James does to do diamond art, especially something that size. ☺️
Was gonna ask what the picture is of in London. But relevant comments it’s tower of London and London Bridge. I actually Tom act that bridge many times. When I could see and I was working. But I’ve run over it a few times doing the London Marathon. I did the first year I did it with my guide runner, a woman stopped to take a photo of it as we was running towards it just in front of me I ran straight into the back for it hurt. So got some great memories of that bridge. I haven’t heard of diamond art I’m gonna have to try and find out a bit about it
Could you do one with wedges to stretch the canvass?
That would be interesting to try. I don't think I would want to do it with diamond art as you don't want to stretch it fully tight. Otherwise you'll get diamonds popping off on the corner. But with a regular canvas. That might be fun.
I second this! I would be very interested to see a keyed floating joint for stretching canvas.
Good idea, it's basically just a double joint of this with wedges. James, to not let so much of the wood rest against the canvas, try chamfering it off some, that's how the nicest canvas' with thick frames are made.
@@WoodByWrightHowTo I was hoping that this video would be about the keyed French mitre joint. I’ll keep my eye out for it and you will have to take up oil painting.
that might bake a good one for the future. maybe a live video.
How do you have so much time to do so many videos for UA-cam, take care of the kids, train for 100k and place millions of small pixels on a canvas 🤯
Life is fun when you give up the thought of ever sleeping again.
Can you show how you made the frame that has the galaxy in it? Love this frame that you made tonight btw but for the DPs we are selling I think this simple frame would be great
Those hanging frames I just buy on Amazon. They're far cheaper there than it is to make them. amzn.to/3ooCEGB
Those hanging frames I just buy on Amazon. They're far cheaper there than it is to make them. amzn.to/3ooCEGB
ironically, the best technique (the traditional one) for building canvas frames is offered to us by a person who, apparently, is not even a painter. But, fortunately, from an intelligent gesture to true Art is just one step.
First!
Congratulations! On first. I really should come up with a prize for that
James: a small video reference about your work with Rex on the frame would be cool, at the top of your actual video;)…?
Work with Rex? Sorry I'm missing something.
@@WoodByWrightHowTo I think he was referring to the shooting board videos you referred to
@@A2woodArt yea sir !!
@@WoodByWrightHowTo sorry I am clear like charcoal… yup shooting board I suppose
Why not go to the next level and make a frame with the wedges in the corners, to enable stretching the canvas?
JIM
If I were to do this for standard canvas I would definitely put that in. However, for diamond art you don't want to stretch it that far. Otherwise the diamonds will start popping off.
@@WoodByWrightHowTo Sorry I was not clear in my request. I understand your reasons for making the frame you did make.
I was offering a suggestion for a future video on the making of a conventional stretcher for canvas for say an oil painting.
Keep up the good work!
JIM
Your bench dog looks tired
Overkill on both tools and labor. 99.9% of folks out there are not capable of this kind of woodworking nor do the know about or have ever seen a shoulder plane much less a mortise gauge. Maybe send this video to Fine Woodworking.
This is a hand tool woodworking channel.