Attaching zinc or brass channel to picture frame

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Nancy Juhasz
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Attaching zinc or brass channel to picture frame

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I must be dumb as a box of rocks since I cannot figure this out but here goes. I want to make fused glass picture frames, how on earth do I either attach hanging loops to the back of the glass or attach a zinc or brass channel to the back of the glass frame so that I can use an easel back? For that matter if not using an easel back how do you hold the picture in the frame? I looked in a book that had a few patterns for fused picture frames and there were no instructions.

Thanks a bunch for any help Nanc
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vblue
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Post by vblue »

I noticed that in the book "Fusing Made Easy" , it just says "adhere frame to the back." I just purchased the clear acrylic (sp) frames, centered it on back and glued using E6000.

A simple way, but very casual look, would be to fuse two wire loops between the top pieces (similar to the way you do jewelry) to hang with chain.
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Post by rosanna gusler »

another casual loop trick is to lamp work some glass strips into rings or U's and fuse those where needed for hangers. i make a double ring to get the glass to the preferred thickness. rosanna
Jo Holt
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Re: Attaching zinc or brass channel to picture frame

Post by Jo Holt »

Nanc wrote:I want to make fused glass picture frames, how on earth do I ... attach a zinc or brass channel to the back of the glass frame so that I can use an easel back?
I attach the glass insert & channels with 30 min clear epoxy.

Don't feel dumb. When I first switched from soldered frames to fused ones I wasn't sure how I was going to attach the easel back channels. So, I found a site where a studio out west made them and sent an e-mail asking if she minded sharing her method. She did mind. :o So, eventually I figured out my method.

Thank you, Brad, for this board!

Jo
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