How To Mount A Photo On A Mat

For this reason it is important to leave the image as free as possible to move within the picture frame the two primary ways of achieving this are.

How to mount a photo on a mat.

This makes a sandwich of backing board and photo mat window with your art work in between. Use double sided taped on the mounting board and lay the mat window right on top creating a permanent seal. How to mount using mount corners. Plus it is super easy and cheap.

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. Close the mat board remove the paperweight and slide your artwork into the frame or show bag. With both t hinges attached you re finished mounting your artwork. A well cut mat can make a huge difference in how a picture looks taking it from a simple snapshot to a framed piece of art.

Prepare the mat board and the mount board by measuring them to fit in the picture frame and make careful cuts in the mat board to create the border for the picture. Of course you should measure and make sure it s centered before mounting it. Ine up your mat window and backing board and tape across both to create a hinge like a book. A well designed combination of frame mount and mat forms part of the visual expression of a displayed photo separating it from its surroundings and giving it more visual weight.

One of the main reasons that pictures buckle after being framed is that the image mat and mount board all expand and contract at different rates with changes in temperature. Mounting techniques using photo corners and archival hinging tissue. This takes into account the different rates of expansion due to humidity changes that the photo and the mat have the photo will never buckle since it floats on the back of the mat. I use lineco self adhesive mounting strips.

In this case the artwork is mounted on a piece of acid free mat board that is slightly smaller than the size of the artwork so it is barely noticeable. Here the image is cut apart each section mounted on 1 4 foam board and individual mats cut around each section. Mount corners are a great way to mount art prints. Mount art on a thick mat board and then mount to the backboard.

Mounting photos and framing them well gives the photographer many more display options than simply using basic frames. The advantage of these is that the photo is not mounted physically at all to the mat.