Framing

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Mounting and frames

 

Well, it's nearly time..... to pop a few up on the wall. I have a few frames left from a while back, 40mm x 50mm

 

Any advice regarding mounting fine art paper would be appreciated

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If you can work out a standard size for the prints have some good bevelled overmat's cut in archival rag board, a bit more expensive but you can then swap prints around and keep the same mount, and rag board looks very good. One plain board on the back that you mount the print to, then the one with the hole hinge mounted on the front.

 

Keep to the convention of having the hole cut slightly higher in the frame, so for instance if you have a 5cm boarder at the top of the mount, make it 5.5 or 6cm for the bottom. This lifts the print up in the frame a fraction and is easier on the eye. If you sign or caption your pictures do it on the boarder of the print and allow for that in sizing the hole in the mat.

 

Steve

[Jeff S]

The matting and framing process involves a multitude of decisions reflecting personal aesthetics and preferences. Mat color and texture, border preferences, glass (or plastic) materials and properties, myriad frame alternatives, lighting and display conditions, etc, all come into play.

 

I stock enough materials (generally including 2 mat tones and 2 frame colors, glass and wire kits, etc.) to carry out the whole process for either color or b/w for 14x18 framed prints. (Other sizes are dealt with on an as needed basis.)

 

In the silver print days I dry mounted prints with floating borders; now I use a Logan 650 Framers Edge mat cutter to custom cut window mats to exactly match edges for each digital print, using linen tape to mount.

 

It took me a while to reach decisions on products and suppliers for my needs. There are loads of considerations, not the least of which are quantity and cost (I buy in bulk), so local supplier versus online access often comes into play. I advise going to lots of exhibits, art stores and frame shops, etc. to first form ideas about the look you're trying to achieve. Then you need to determine how much of the process (and materials) you want to control on your own versus outsourcing or buying pre- made. If you choose to do your own, there are lots of online resources, including suppliers and tutorials on specific processes.

 

Jeff