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Tag: 4T

  • Using Multiple Moulding Widths In One Frame

    revised 12/31/2021 This article is the first of the “Weird Wood” seriesintro. In it we show how to build a picture frame using four strips of moulding that aren’t all the same width. Figure 2 uses a different width for each piece of moulding. But we were forced to use only three different sizes in…

  • Everglades Update

    We were in the Flamingo campground of Everglades National Park for Christmas. We had made our reservations in August, but when the federal government shut down, we were concerned, so we called them. It turns out there were no rangers, so nobody was collecting the $25 park entrance fee. But the gates were not locked.…

  • Thoughts On Mat Layout

    The easiest and most common mat layout is one with the widths of all four borders equal. But if you are forcing a picture into a standard-sized frame, that’s not always possible. And then there’s the matter of bottom-weighted mats. Bottom-Weighted Mats Bottom-weighted mats, or the ones with the bottom edge wider than the others,…

  • Our Newest Teacher’s Poster, Pupating Monarch, Is Ready

    Less than four months after creating our “Pupating Monarch” imageblog, the new posters are ready. We first mentioned these four years ago in Teacher’s Special – Laminated Poster Of “Emerging Monarch” Is Ready!. They are the same size, specifications, and price as our original poster ($15 for 17″ by 28″ signed poster, laminated on both…

  • My Answer To “What’s Wrong With This Picture”

    Background Several days ago, I showed a photograph and asked: “What’s Wrong With This Picture”.  Here is more information. Nancy took this overview a minute later. These pictures were taken in March 2016 while we were on a trip to Antarctica. The mountains (and snow) in the first picture should have told you, “We’re not…