How To Keep Mat Board Together Without A Frame

Here the image is cut apart each section mounted on 1 4 foam board and individual mats cut around each section.

How to keep mat board together without a frame.

You can choose your optimal mat style in our online frame designer and learn more about our current mat styles here keeping it simple is our mantra her. Many pastel artists are abandoning traditional mat and frame presentations and replacing them instead with wide wood frames. We currently offer no mat single mat double mat floated island mat and article framing for your artwork. As of may 2019 our available mat styles have increased.

Commonly oil and acrylic paintings are displayed with a wider wood frame that may or may not. Mat boards come in a variety of colors and can be cut to custom sizes so you can have as much or as little boarder as you d like. The frame must accommodate both the poster and mat. The extra space in the frame can allow for the decorative or protective background mat and prevent the frame from damaging the poster s edges.

Choose a frame that is bigger than your poster s dimensions if you are using a mat. Over the last year i ve noticed the variety of framing methods for photographs at the high end new york galleries via the art show reviews on dlk collection recently i was printing a panorama for a show with a 36 size restriction. I ve always framed photographs with a mat both for the traditional look and to keep the print separated from the glazing. Using a mat allows you to frame your art or photo with a colorful border without using an actual picture frame.

Beginning with a turquoise mat add 1 2 foam board on top and end with the addition of a white mat on top of the foam board.