How To Mat Artwork

Cut a piece of linen hanging tape of about 4 shorter than your mat board.

How to mat artwork.

You can choose mats in a variety of colors sizes and materials to create the perfect mat board frame for your pieces. How to mat artwork. The result is that the photograph floats on the backing board with a window mat surrounding it in a way that allows one to see the. Do not let the exposed tape touch the mat until you have decided placement.

This makes it larger enough to fit comfortably over a couch. Center the artwork underneath the mat window. You will also need linen hinging tape used to affix artwork to a mat a frame and hanging wire. Conservators recommend that you use at least four ply board for adequate depth.

By adding a 2 5 wide mat to a piece of framed art the finished size changes from 32 x 19 to 36 x 23. It should be able to close like a book. Attach mat to artwork. The mat was cut to these larger specs hinged see below and the photograph was then mounted to the mat s backing board using clear mounting corners more on all that in our mounting your artwork blog.

Mat boards also come in a variety of thicknesses ranging from two to eight ply. Close the mat board on top of the backing board. Matting is a great way to protect to your artwork while also showing it off. Turn the page picture side up and hold the pre cut mat over the page to decide where you want the image in the opening.

For larger spaces creating a wall gallery or using a thick mat is a way to make your artwork take up more space. The thickness affects the depth and thus the look of the window. Secure mat and picture.