Smokin' Joe's Boxing Gloves!

We often get asked: " Can you frame____________?" (Fill in the blank with whatever!)

Well, our answer is always "YES!"


   This week we are completing one of our most interesting shadowbox projects to date.  We have Smokin' Joe Frazier's autographed boxing gloves, his boxing robe, and a photograph of him with our client.


   The depth of the objects made for fun in the woodshop for Jimmy, where he cut & joined and then stacked 4 oversized frames together to create over 6" of interior depth.

Jimmy with his oversize frame stack

   I spent my time sewing the gloves into their own little box, and arranging the robe using a foamcore form and sewing it into the semblance of a person's (well Smokin' Joe's!) back.

Using the existing stitches on the gloves,  I mounted them into the mat box.

With a little help from our girl Wednesday--Sharon, we sewed the robe onto a mat board and then mounted it into place on the backing board.

The full length robe was folded, arranged and sewed into shape.

Our wizard helped out by cutting our oversized mats perfectly, and making our boxing gloves box.

A whole lot of building up and filling in with acid free foamcore, and the mat pack is finished!
Its frame lays on the table behind it.

Next we will be fitting it all together.  We will be completing the project with Museum Glass by Truvue, the highest UV protection you can get and the clearest framing glass available. www.tru-vue.com

Ok so here it is all fit together on our table.  Really hard to get a good picture!!

 At the client's house,  we determined where the piece will go, and at what height.  Jim carefully installed a z-clip on the back of the frame as well as on the wall.  These are perfect for huge and heavy installations like this.  You can get them at one of our fav stores, Lee Valley:

http://www.leevalley.com/en/hardware/page.aspx?p=41869&cat=3,40914,50427&ap=1

The client was very helpful and he and Jim got Smokin' Joe hanging.  I spent my time trying to get a good photo with the iphone, but alas this is the best that I got.  I must have been falling down!