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.
How to make a french mat for a picture frame.
It drives me caaa razy.
Pat has expanded atlanta.
Picture frames mat board ruler cutting mat exacto knife pencil tape or hardware for holding the art in the frame.
Here the image is cut apart each section mounted on 1 4 foam.
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.
If you ve ever used the ikea ribba frames you ll know that the mats are more of a cream than a pure white.
How to make a picture frame.
French matting looks like a series of frames drawn around the mount.
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.
Now it is used to give depth to the mount or image.
French mats continued to be popular into the 20th century.
With custom services including picture framing art restoration and intaglios in atlanta former art curator patricia horton took ownership of fred reed picture framing.
Mats are used in framing photographs and artwork to center the focus of the picture and give it a sense of spatial depth.
Especially when the mat doesn t match the bright white of the frame.
It started as several sheets of paper of different sizes piled up in order to protect the painting.
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.