Late night project

So, here’s my train of thought: I start with a problem. In this case, how to store my guitars. Why store something beautiful in a case when you can display it on a wall? The idea that popped into my head was to hang a guitar on a wall and frame it as if it were art. I start with a sketch:

Then I go into logistics and finish. The frame is made out of cheap molding mitered at the corners. I added a subframe made out of 1×3′s in order to give the frame some depth and weight. Also, because the guitar stands off of the wall, I needed to thicken the frame to make it more like a shadow box. As far as finish, the frame is painted satin black, with the same red as on the walls brushed on thin and dry. I wanted the frame to hint at the red on the adjacent wall. On top of that is gold paint, applied conservatively in order to show the black and red notes. I chose gold because I wanted the red to play off the guitar and wall and the gold to accent the knobs on the guitar. In person the gold looks much darker, almost like a brushed bronze and has the effect of looking different from different angles. The idea was to create a weathered look almost akin to worn wood grain. Here’s the finished product:

The field of the frame is stretched velvet. It provides a background for the guitar as well as soft velvety protection against scratches on the back. All and all this project cost under $30 not including the guitar mount that I already had.

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~ by evolutionbydesign on June 7, 2009.