Week 18

This week, I continued working on my new frame project. I came up with this idea at the end of last week and made a few designs. This week, I made another design that I like the most and will be using. I essentially used the old design and rounded the edges as well as the interior of the outermost layer. I spent the first part of the week looking at other similar designs and taking inspiration and incorporating some ideas into my design. I decided to add an acrylic layer in the middle as a way of protecting the print that I will be framing while still being able to see and display it.

The acrylic layer

One of the first designs

I spent the second half of the week looking at different ways of hanging the frame. I did not like any of the designs that I came up with and thought that they made the frame look odd or too bulky including the one shown below to the right. Eventually Mr. L suggested using a metal wire in the back. I liked this idea and changed my design to be able to implement this. I added an extra layer on the back that is the same outline design as the front. I also added one hole on each side so that I can pass the wire across and hang it. I think that this looks much better than the original design that you can see to the right below. I also think that this is going to allow the frame to be much easier to hang and look better when it is hung up.

The new back layer

The original hanger