Archival Mat Border
Add elegance and protection when framing photos or artwork by adding a frame mat in a complementary color.
Archival mat border. Shop for matboards and art framing supplies that include glazing materials mat cutters clamps and more. Some art work looks great with extremely wide mats for example the square mat below is a 12 12 with a 5 5 opening. Golden state art pack of 50 8x10 white picture mats mattes with white core bevel cut for 5x7 photo backing bags. Because it is a long frame you might like the mat side borders being a little smaller than top and bottom.
Please notice that the bottom mat border looks a bit wider than the top border please click on the image to enlarge. Big selection of archival mat boards and mat supplies for all of your framing needs. Save 5 more with subscribe save. Archival mounting solutions for artwork photographs documents.
Our products also include custom matting backing boards clear bags show kits matboard value packs custom plexiglass. The mats really make the photos pop and makes me look like i know what i am doing. Select from pre cut mats with backing or full mat boards sized 32x40 that are both lignin free and acid free. We sell pre cut mats and custom picture frames in any size color and quantity.
I suggest you have the mat overlap the newspaper 1 4 inch on each side the window would be 10 1 2 by 20 1 2. In the picture framing industry a mat or matte or mount in british english is a thin flat piece of paper based material included within a picture frame which serves as additional decoration and to perform several other more practical functions such as separating the art from the glass putting mats in a frame is called matting a term which can also usually be used interchangeably with mat. The borders are 3 5 almost the same as the photo itself but it has a great effect. Blick is pleased to offer uncut matboards and pre cut mats for decorative conservation and archival applications plus foam board and mounting board for posters presentations or craft projects.
The overall philosophy of matting watch our short video. A custom cut mat on archival methods high end computerized mat cutter. This bottom border is weighted and it is all explained below. Understanding centered and weighted matting options.
Shop matboards pre cut mats. The key is to really experiment to find what works best for your art. 1 16 of 847 results for archival mat board best seller in photo mat boards mat cutters. I suggest 2 5 8 for side mat borders and 3 1 8 inch for the top and bottom mat borders.