How To Frame A Print Without A Mat

Get a frame that s larger than your print.

How to frame a print without a mat.

A custom cut mat and our white gallery frame are all it takes to make your finest press clippings to shine. After years of working with frame shops that encouraged us to add more an audubon print framed with not one not two but three mats in grey pink and blue we encourage our clients to use less letting your art be the star with the added benefit of saving you cash for more art an iphone 6 you name it. Commonly oil and acrylic paintings are displayed with a wider wood frame that may or may not. If you just put a print into a frame without a mat or spacers contact with the glass can cause sticking buckling newton rings and a variety of other problems.

I wanted to use the full width for the image. You ve purchased a small print and it feels swallowed by the wall. Instead of the artwork jutting right up to the frame a mat provides a border of whitespace. This allows the pastel to look less like a print or poster which commonly have a wide surrounding border.

Personal photographs or smaller scale pics seem to transcend from casual snapshots to the realm of fine art with the addition of a mat. A mat can really make your photo pop and complement the flat nature of the medium. Score the page enough to lightly cut it without cutting through multiple pages. Pull the page from the book.

Mats create visual space for the artwork to breathe. Choose one of our acid free pre cut mats or customize an uncut matboard. These works are attracting the attention of the canvas buying public. Look for a frame that s a size or so larger than the print you have on hand.

Measure and cut mat. Add elegance and protection when framing photos or artwork by adding a frame mat in a complementary color. Buy a frame a few sizes up then cut a mat board to fit in the frame and showcase the art. Recently i was printing a panorama for a show with a 36 size restriction.

Many pastel artists are abandoning traditional mat and frame presentations and replacing them instead with wide wood frames. For instance if your print is 11 by 14 in 28 by 36 cm you may want to get a 16 by 20 in 41 by 51 cm. How to mat and frame artwork.