Trimming A Mat To Fit Frame

Typically if you cut 2 3 of your own mats your tools will pay for themselves.

Trimming a mat to fit frame.

Your mat board can be any color of the rainbow. Before you begin cut your mat board to the size of your frame. Here the image is cut apart each section mounted on 1 4 foam. 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.

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. Mats are used in framing photographs and artwork to center the focus of the picture and give it a sense of spatial depth. 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. You will have to chop the veneer from both sides of the frame to get it to fit back into the hollow.

Carol duvall host of hgtv s the carol duvall show shares her discoveries about matting and framing artwork. How to make pictures fit frames when the frame is the wrong size. Use the back of your frame for measurements. You could say a kind of hybrid between the first two options.

Recessed into a wood floor framed by a purposefully or bespoke designed trim moulding. Use an x acto knife and a metal ruler to cut through the mat board. When trimming interior door to fit don t cut too much. If your backing and mat boards are too big you may need to trim down the border size.

The logan mat cutter i use runs about 50 for the guide and cutting handle. Using a pair of scissors cut the mat free of the tab securing it to t. In other words a mat with no frame and does not move. And finally our preference recessed into the wood floor with no moulding or trim.

Use the back of the frame to make sure you ve got these measurements right. The key is to find something that helps the art stand out without being too distracting itself. 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.

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. 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.