Diy Creating Your Own Floating Frame For Canvas

Step 3 cut your frame.

Diy creating your own floating frame for canvas.

Make sure the joints align perfectly. My canvas is 3 4 inch thick and the 1 x 2s measure 3 4 inches thick which made the frame and canvas flush. This inexpensive painting 40 on ebay needed a frame but i didn t want to invest the money in an expensive custom job. If your canvas depth is thicker adjust the width of the frame or the depth of the cradle.

Diy 10 canvas floating frame april 16 2020 diy projects back with part 2 of my diy landscape art project make sure to check out yesterday s post first if you missed my painting tutorial. Step 4 fine tune your angle by sanding. Here s how to make an easy diy floating frame. Sand more if needed.

Remember measure twice cut once. For this project we used red oak in a 1 3 4 x 1 2 size. The thing i particularly like about float frames is that they re easy to build look great and they re pretty versatile as far as framing different. Float frames are different from regular frames meant for canvas because they are made to be just a little bit bigger than the canvas itself.

Creating a floating frame for your canvas art is fairly simple and while you would spend anywhere from 100 300 to purchase a floating frame depending on the size you will only spend between 6 20 to diy your own floating frame even up to the extra large size floating frame. Sand the inner edge of the frame for a perfect fit. After doing a little research i came up with a diy floating frame that s simple and modern and very easy to make. A gap between the art and frame gives the appearance of floating artwork for a high end look.

While a regular canvas frame would hug tight against the canvas a float frame has an intentional gap all the way around to make the canvas look like it s floating inside the frame. 1 x 2 lengths of wood in actuality. Use a mitered 45 degree angle and cut four pieces 2 sides and 2 top bottom pieces. I think that the float frame or floater or floating frame as i ve heard them called is a particularly stylish way to display canvas art from paintings to canvas photo prints also check out my video on how to stretch your own canvas.

The size and width of the diy floating frame are entirely up to you. Next time you re struggling to choose a frame consider making your own. Also if you prefer the look of a floating frame make longer cuts to adjust for the floated space between the canvas and the frame. It s just called a kiln dried wood board if you re searching for it at lowe s.