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| This is a newly built mirror frame, painted to look old, and a new mirror, stripped and chemically aged to look antique. The idea here was to create something that looked nautical, as if it had hung in the great stateroom of a luxury liner, which sank - and of course now Davy possesses it. |
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| The frame is of solid poplar and was turned on a lathe - it's a "faceplate turning" in which the whole thing rotates and the profile is cut with shaped chisels. |
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| Many layers of distressed casein paint give this finish its complexity. The antique mirror is in fact brand new. To antique a mirror properly, one must strip the paint off the back and age it with chemicals that eat away the silver. |
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| Close view of paint and mirror. This piece measures 33 3/4 inches in diameter and belongs to a local Portland man whose favorite color is grey. It can be ordered in custom sizes. |
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