How To Frame A Drawing Without A Mat

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How to frame a drawing without a mat.

The mount mat traps the picture in place behind the glass. I wanted to use the full width for the image. Many pastel artists are abandoning traditional mat and frame presentations and replacing them instead with wide wood frames. If you have any work on paper a drawing a print a watercolor it s likely to look even lovelier with a mat.

In its simplest form it is a single piece of board 1 6mm thick 1 16 with an aperture that reveals the drawing behind it. Most pieces look better with. To mat or not to mat. Personal photographs or smaller scale pics seem to transcend from casual snapshots to the realm of fine art with the addition of a mat.

Commonly oil and acrylic paintings are displayed with a wider wood frame that may or may not. Add elegance and protection when framing photos or artwork by adding a frame mat in a complementary color. As of may 2019 our available mat styles have increased. Recently i was printing a panorama for a show with a 36 size restriction.

A custom cut mat and our white gallery frame are all it takes to make your finest press clippings to shine. Even without a frame you can still include a border around the art for a simple framed look or you can opt for completely borderless display. This allows the pastel to look less like a print or poster which commonly have a wide surrounding border. With a border using a mat allows you to frame your art or photo with a colorful border without using an actual picture frame.

With a regular mat the framer will cut a beveled hole in the middle of the decorative mat then place the artwork on top of a foam mat which sits behind the decorative one. We currently offer no mat single mat double mat floated island mat and article framing for your artwork. 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. 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.