Trimming A Mat To Fit Frame

Carol duvall host of hgtv s the carol duvall show shares her discoveries about matting and framing artwork.

Trimming a mat to fit frame.

When trimming interior door to fit don t cut too much. Buy a frame a few sizes up then cut a mat board to fit in the frame and showcase the art. Expanding the rebate to enlarge the frame is explained. If your backing and mat boards are too big you may need to trim down the border size.

You could say a kind of hybrid between the first two options. Use the back of the frame to make sure you ve got these measurements right. Personally i always stick with a bright white mat on archival board. Hi i m todd here and today i ll be showing you how to measure and trim your floor mat.

Measure the reveal area you want around. In other words a mat with no frame and does not move. The logan mat cutter i use runs about 50 for the guide and cutting handle. 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.

Your mat board can be any color of the rainbow. And finally our preference recessed into the wood floor with no moulding or trim. Here the image is cut apart each section mounted on 1 4 foam. How to make pictures fit frames when the frame is the wrong size.

With float matting hidden spacers are placed underneath the lip of the molding separating the acrylic from the mat to give more of an impression of drama. If you re going to frame your matted art both your backing and the mat boards need to be measured to fit into the frame. Use an x acto knife and a metal ruler to cut through the mat board. The key is to find something that helps the art stand out without being too distracting itself.

Before you begin cut your mat board to the size of your frame. Recessed into a wood floor framed by a purposefully or bespoke designed trim moulding. Several different solutions ranging from cutting down the frame or picture re stretching a canvas painting or cutting mats to fit the picture are explained. The mat is placed on the bottom then a smaller piece of foam mat is mounted to the mat and then the artwork sits on top of the foam mat maybe 3 16 of an inch above the decorative mat.

Typically if you cut 2 3 of your own mats your tools will pay for themselves. Mats are used in framing photographs and artwork to center the focus of the picture and give it a sense of spatial depth. 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.