Customer Reviews

Making Picture Frames In Wood (Home Craftsman Series)

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I found the information in this book very helpful, even inspiring. "Making Picture Frames" was a birthday gift a couple of years ago. I find myself referring to it constantly, even today. The topics include making custom wood moldings, wood finishing techniques, and it has about 50 molding profiles for inspiration. His techniques for building up compound frames are interesting and helpful. Perhaps the low point is the chapter on matting. Keep in mind that this book was written way-back-when, and it shows its age. Mr. Banister would have found digital photography very helpful. Not glossy, but very informative. ---An easy read.

A good beginners book for want-to-be wood picture framers. Includes a bonus feature of creating your own designs in the wood frame with the use of a router. Good basic instruction.

Making picture frames in wood allows even a senior citizen, like me, to achieve acceptable results. My daughter loves having her pictures framed by me. Saves her money and she says it becomes a family project. I reccomend this book to any beginner.

The information is decent, if a bit dated. The condition of the book was very good, certainly good value for the money.

When I ordered this book the information said the original price was 221.00. It is stamped 9.00 on the back 0f the book. I looked it up and whatever book showed up in a general book search also said it was 221.00. The first part of the book deals with history of art, then there is a lot of information on matting and then frames. Maybe I read the info wrong but I expected a lot more ideas on framing. The pictures are black and white and there are not good pictures of how the product should look when it is done. I bought this book used on Amazon