About this Product
This is 4x6 Picture Frame in vintage, hand punched tinwork. Perfect for a 10th Anniversary Wedding gift or for a unique photo frame. Your special photo deserves an exceptional frame! This 4x6 photo frame is crafted in New Mexico from tin with hand punched designs and measures approximately 5 inches by 7 inches, overall. The tin wraps around the wooden frame, slightly overhanging the front creating a shadowbox effect. It can easel or wall hang in landscape or portrait. The frame uses actual glass. Tin is the 10th wedding anniversary metal and a picture frame can wrap around a special photo making it a treasured gift. I'm happy to personalize the back with a handwritten inscription commemorating the couple and their special date on request. Each frame is individual, the photo represents a general style for the punched work.
Rest assured that your frame will arrive safely as I carefully pack each item.
I am a fifth generation metalsmith and juried member of an art society. I use traditional techniques and hand made tools handed down through the generations of my family. I originally served an apprenticeship with my Grandmother, Angelina Delgado Martinez and Great Uncle, Albert Delgado. I've received a number of awards for my artwork over the years.
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Meet the Maker
I'm a fifth-generation tinsmith in the Delgado family tradition. My apprenticeship was with my grandmother, Angelina Delgado Martinez and my great Uncle, Albert Delgado. I'm blessed to have such a craft in my family and to have had such wonderful teachers to share that craft with me. I craft everything from scratch, starting with a sheet of tin and working through layout, cutting, stamping, forming and soldering. I work out of Albuquerque, New Mexico. I have a show on local Public Access here called: New Mexican Tinsmith where I share how to craft items out of tin. I sell at retail shows in the region, online and through gift shops including the Museums in Santa Fe and the Western National Parks. I teach for the City's Senior Arts Program and by invitation in schools. I have received a number of awards over the years, but my real reward is in the opportunity to lovingly craft items that are useful and will bring joy for years to come. I work using punches handed down through my family, some of them hundreds of years old. My shears have 'Angelina' etched in them in cursive by my grandmother's hands, a consequence of using them as a "Rosie the Riveter" during the war. I craft each day surrounded by loving remembrances of my talented family.
