How To Make A French Mat For A Picture Frame

French mats continued to be popular into the 20th century.

How to make a french mat for a picture frame. Carol duvall host of hgtv s the carol duvall show shares her discoveries about matting and framing artwork. Mats are used in framing photographs and artwork to center the focus of the picture and give it a sense of spatial depth. 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. With custom services including picture framing art restoration and intaglios in atlanta former art curator patricia horton took ownership of fred reed picture framing.

The english mats created at this time were similar to those from france but at times the english mats were dark with opaque lines a style which worked well in dark interiors and in contrast with the maple and gold frames that were popular. It drives me caaa razy. Of course you also need art or photos you ll put in the frame and the tape is for taping the art inside the frame if you don t have another way to hold it in. Now it is used to give depth to the mount or image.

If you ve ever used the ikea ribba frames you ll know that the mats are more of a cream than a pure white. Especially when the mat doesn t match the bright white of the frame. The addition of a sleek well cut mat can greatly enhance the look of any framed picture but having a mat cut and frame made commercially can sometimes cost more than the picture itself. Pat has expanded atlanta.

Traditional french matting is an embellishment technique used in the past mostly for engravings and botanicals. In this video i show you how i did a custom frame and mats for some artwork. Here the image is cut apart each section mounted on 1 4 foam. French matting looks like a series of frames drawn around the mount.

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