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The Kessler Craftsman Portfolio

While a majority of my work is commissioned for a particular patron, designer or architect, speculation pieces are occasionally created for sale on this website, for shows or for sale through galleries. See Catalogue for more details. See Contact Us for a list of galleries and shows displaying the work of the Kessler Craftsman.

Picture Frames

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Wood Square Mission Frame

The artist designed this frame to fit into an Arts and Crafts home. This frame is made of solid quarter-sawn White Oak with mortise and tenon joinery. The exposed through tenons are glued and pinned and the holes filled with exposed White Oak pyramid plugs. At the center of the bottom rail, the artist inserted three matching decorative pyramid plugs. The finish is a four-step dye, stain and shellac finish and feels as good as it looks!

White Oak Round Top Mission Frame

This frame is constructed identically to the "White Oak Square Mission Frame" above, but differs slightly with the classic Arts and Crafts-style rounded top rail. The author's favorite frame!

White Oak Dual Square Mission Frame

Constructed with the same high-quality materials and craftsmanship as the White Oak Square and Rounded Mission frames, this design features a dual bottom rail. The next iteration of this will allow insertion of stained glass panels that match the framed artwork. Think of this as "artwork for your artwork".

Small Mission Frame

This is a small 8X10 (print size) Mission frame crafted for the Windjammer Gallery on Whidbey Island, in the Pacific Northwest.

This frame is constructed of quartersawn White Oak and features mortise and tenon joinery, through-tenons, pyramid plugs and a finish consisting of dye, then garnet shellac and finally Nitrocellulose lacquer.

The print is not the final product!