How To Keep Mat Board Together Without A Frame

Many pastel artists are abandoning traditional mat and frame presentations and replacing them instead with wide wood frames.

How to keep mat board together without a frame.

As of may 2019 our available mat styles have increased. I ve always framed photographs with a mat both for the traditional look and to keep the print separated from the glazing. We currently offer no mat single mat double mat floated island mat and article framing for your artwork. The frame must accommodate both the poster and mat.

Commonly oil and acrylic paintings are displayed with a wider wood frame that may or may not. Using a mat allows you to frame your art or photo with a colorful border without using an actual picture frame. 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.

This allows the pastel to look less like a print or poster which commonly have a wide surrounding border. Here the image is cut apart each section mounted on 1 4 foam board and individual mats cut around each section. 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. These works are attracting the attention of the canvas buying public.

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.