I found this red ash and thought it would compliment wife's glass thingy she just made.  I think HF has started selling unusual wood.  

 I have a couple of Arizona Ash trees I planted when we moved here but don't think the wood looks like this.  

Thats really nice looking wood. And, a sweet framing job, too. But, that glass work is just stupendous. 

Beautiful!!

Amazing work, both the frame and the glasswork!!

You two make a good pair! (Of artists)

Beautiful. Lots of work in that glass.

You are right the frame does add POP.

I don't know if anyone knows how certain woods will change the stain color from what a person might be trying to get...If I had used maple I would have gotten a big variation after the final clear coats was put on. So to keep that from happening I switched to ash wood so it would not happen..or at least I have worked with ash long enough to know how things will turn out color wise.

 water base stains is the culprit here. Even the amount of moisture in wood will change water base colors when clear coats are applied afterwards..

The frame is simple and does not draw attention, as it shouldn't, but should compliment or become a part of that work of art your wife made, great job Jess!

Jesse, you and your wife are quit artistic.  The frame does compliment the glass art work.  Will anything special be inserted into the middle circle feature?  Danl

Danl I think the hole is for watching the birds at the feeders. She hasn't told me what it is for and some times I am afraid to ask that type of questions!! We both ask for lots of windows towards the lake but now it's hard tell when the sun is coming up or going down...unless we actually go out side to look...

   When you asked the question about all the things being displayed through out the house??? I started counting  to give you a number but I can't count that high anymore! 

  An interior decorator would have a field day in our house after what they say when going through other peoples homes but hey, who needs to pay one of those people, we live here not them.

23 hours ago, Smallpatch said:

I don't know if anyone knows how certain woods will change the stain color from what a person might be trying to get...If I had used maple I would have gotten a big variation after the final clear coats was put on. So to keep that from happening I switched to ash wood so it would not happen..or at least I have worked with ash long enough to know how things will turn out color wise.

 water base stains is the culprit here. Even the amount of moisture in wood will change water base colors when clear coats are applied afterwards..

Well the wood with the large open grain and reminds me of pine, ask or oak give that your picture has no raw wood showing means I cannot get more specific on the species of the wood.

 

Sorry Michael I wasn't asking help identifying what wood it is. I know what wood I use...I am stating the fact that certain species of wood will treat stains and dyes differently...and Ash wood is about the best for a person to work with for the color of the stain coming out of the can stays closer to that color when putting it on Ash wood.. And when I use maple wood with a water base stain or dye I never know exactly what color  I will end up with...Some times it is more or less the tones I am looking to match or not.

 

Like these two pictures of the same clock

  The first coat of stain on the first picture then the next picture all I did was finger rub some white water base color to the tips of the edges and added a couple of coats of clear. If I had have used Ash wood the colors would not have changed as much so a person more or less knows what his end color will look like...

 

 

14 hours ago, Smallpatch said:

the next picture all I did was finger rub some white water base color to the tips of the edges and added a couple of coats of clear.

 

Thanks for the tip Jess, the glass and frame above look great - maybe the hole is for a clock?