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Framing Heavy Items
By Lyn Hall GCF (APF) Adv
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Q. I need advice on how to frame a heavy dance trophy next to a certificate for a customer, please.
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The weight is the main issue and requires a belt and braces approach to safety. I would make a box from 151000127 Coastal Woods slip which could sit fairly close to the edge of the object. The moulding is 6cm wide and is about 7mm thick, so it is easy to cut on the Morso and join with an underpinner. I usually glue and pin both mitred ends to ensure that it is strong.
This photograph shows a display box made to carry two large ceramic figures sitting on a bench. Similarly, you could make a structure like this to carry the trophy. The trophy could be sat on the base on a bed of silicone which would flatten out the “pimples” and, if applied carefully, is pretty discrete. It would be easier to sit the trophy at the bottom of a portrait presentation, and a mount cut to cover the edges of the box and take the certificate should work well.
The dotted white line on this diagram shows the box hidden behind the mount with the object shown in green standing on the bottom ledge. Build up the area below the box with a second smaller box like the one shown (yellow). This fills the space and adds strength.
