This is a collage/mixed media piece by avant-gardist Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008). It’s 14″ x 10″. We used a maple Floater frame at 3/8″ wide and 2-1/2″ deep, in maple with liming wax, a white-tinted paste wax.
Floating disconnects the piece. No other framing approach makes sense with this kind of work.
Lovely.
Are those triangular (or other) “keys” in the corner joints?
Cheers,
Marty
Hi, Marty
Those are simple splines, as discussed on this page: https://www.holtonframes.com/frames-framing/frame-catalog/closed-corner-frames/ .
Tim
Yep, splines is what I meant when I said “keys”.
Thanks for the link – it perfectly illustrates what is going on.
Of course one thing leads to another – how do you accurately cut such deep and narrow slots for the spline? A master with a Japanese saw? A power tool? Curious minds need to know.
Cheers,
Marty
It’s a simple jig we use on the table saw with the fence, frame corner down (much like this guy’s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23wMCOLPX58). Use a flat tooth rip blade. —Tim