We have a broad range of colours to choose from, including classic black, white, and natural wood finishes, as well as bold, bright shades such as red, blue, and yellow.

For more options, take a look at our Photo Frame Templates which come with a piece of lined paper to add a bit of style to any written piece of work. Otherwise, even though your mat window will reveal the artwork properly, the paper will not fit inside the frame and will need to be trimmed. An acid-free back is an additional piece of acid-free card which is placed behind your photograph or artwork to protect it from the effects of acids leeching from a hardboard picture frame back. It will also be available to download within 48 hours, and you can find it either as a new resource, or under 'Alternative versions' above. Now all thats left is to attach the photo into the back of the mat and pick out a nice 11" x 14" (28cm x 35.Generally, the majority of professionally framed photographs have an off-white photo mount or at least a light colour. golden section, an ancient rule of proportion consisting of the division of a line so that the proportion of the smaller to the greater is the same as the greater to the whole.

The only way to find the dimension of a mount is by eye – what looks right, pleasing and harmonious with the artwork. so that will give you an idea of what your finished picture will look like in the frame with a wide mount. If your artwork is in between sizes, it's better to round down to the nearest 1/8" to prevent any space showing between the art and the mat. I have also purchased previously a mat for a 20 x 16 inch frame that has equal margins all round of about 70mms.

Our matting is archival and acid-free, on par with the other conservation-grade materials we use in framing online. The twelfth and thirteenth centuries brought about the hand-carved, wooden frames that we recognise today.

A double mount can be used when you really want to use colour in the mount, but don’t want to overpower it. Premium Matboard - Choose Your Custom Matboard Size, Color, and Opening for your Artwork and Photography! Here, we'll first measure how much space we want to show below the image to accommodate that signature or edition number. These mounts are ideal for displaying your favourite photos and art; it is up to you whether you put them in a frame. There is much useful discussion and information on this forum, which I very much welcome but I wonder why the FATG never hosted such a forum in the first place, or am I being naive?I am not sure why the margins of the left and right sides are are 12mms more than than those of the top and bottom, but most people who have looked at this frame haven't noticed anything wrong with the way the mat has been cut.

Anti-Static - Unlike regular acrylic, Artglass Lifetime Acrylic is anti-static and doesn't attract dust or other particles to the glazing surface. I use these rules a lot, as a guide, when laying multiple items in a frame, military collections especially, not only the overall dimensions but the positioning of groups or items within the frame. We specialise in cutting picture mounts in any size you need, providing a seamless fit for your unique requirements.Weighting a picture mount is a technique used on oversized pieces being framed as it helps balance out the overall look and feel of the work. One of the earliest physical frames dates back to AD 50-70; the wooden frame and the portrait within were found in an Egyptian tomb and was almost perfectly preserved. ie Instead of white or black mounts, they have used Light grey / black core and weighted the pictures.