Matting is framing art with a window mat (also known as 'mount' in the UK and 'passepartout' in Europe) or simply, a mat or mount colours for your picture frames. It's wi
dely used with works on paper since this device naturally leads a beholder's or viewer's eye towards and into the framed art, the focus of our attention. Perhaps the foremost aspect to consider in this exercise, is whether a white or off-white mat will suit. Bright whites often dazzle and distract and this is perhaps why off-whites tend to be more often chosen. These colour ...
About making picture frames for and picture framing jigsaw puzzles
Posted on Category: Frame Types & StylesBy:Picture framing jigsaw puzzles is part and parcel of everyday picture framing. Most experienced framers should
have no problems at all picture framing these reasonably quickly and economically. The cost of framing puzzles (use Option 5 here) is no dearer than framing an ordinary print as the same wet-mounting process is used. The picture framer just needs to be careful not to tip, spill, drop or upset the loose puzzle board brought in by the customer, usually on a large, loose plywood or thick cardboard sheets. It is also not required or necessary for customers to spray ...
Picture framing and the making of picture frames for memorabilia
Posted on Category: Frame Types & StylesBy:In picture framing, the making of custom picture frames for memorabilia (rather than photo frames) to display single or multiple
art, papers and even three dimensional objects, is most commonly referred to as memorabilia picture framing. This specialized picture framing caters to customers' requests to picture frame whatever memento, souvenir, heirloom, keepsake or tangible memory we may have gathered during the course of our lives and in the field of any imaginable human endeavour. The list of objects we have framed ...


