This picture is a print of the actress Jamie Murray who plays “Stahma Tarr” in the SyFy Channels tv series of “Defiance”. I’ve used mild steel angle, flat, and square stock, cut and fit to size. I then removed all the existing mill scale, welded it all together, and ground off all the protruding welds. When finished I used a heavy wire wheel to burnish all the surfaces. I added a few copper touches to it, and reworked some pieces of wrought iron railing which I added to the left, right and bottom of the frame. This frame is quite heavy at 30 lbs. so must be mounted with care.

This beautiful image is again by one of my favorite artists, Mr. Ciro Marchetti. I like his work so much that when I can get one of his images I always want to create a frame that will compliment his work.
I’ve used square, flat, and angled steel stock for most of this frame, then cut, welded and ground each piece before assembling them. I formed some flat copper stock for the bottom corners and silver soldered them together. Then cut out a few more copper accent pieces and put them in place. And finished the sides with 1/8″ brass rods. Once again, this frame turned out quite heavy (38 lbs.) but I’m very happy with it and it’s now another part of my collection.

H.R. Giger created this picture for the inside cover of Emerson, Lake and Palmers “Brain Salad Surgery” album, 1973. I’ve used flat, mild steel stock, round hammered steel stock, twisted square steel, wrought iron fencing elements, and numerous steel claw points to create this frame. All outer edges were flame cut with a torch and welded and ground smooth. The round steel pieces were cut, ground, bent and welded into position, while the claws are screwed into place.
A frame such as this contains quite a lot of steel which makes it quite heavy when finished. This one weighs close to 40 lbs..