Vintage Frame Mat Board

If you get the colors right your art looks its best.

Vintage frame mat board.

If you get it wrong the mat color overwhelms or draws the eye away from your art. Choose one of our acid free pre cut mats or customize an uncut matboard. Add elegance and protection when framing photos or artwork by adding a frame mat in a complementary color. A mat board or simply mat is a resident paper based item that is positioned between your valuable photograph and the frame.

Different colors and textures of mats do different things to set off your art. Mat board frames sturdy mat board frames with professional photo window frame bevel cut for your next event crafted out of durable multi layered mat board these sturdy picture frames are available in a variety colors for any occasion or special event. We normally recommend that the inside dimensions be 1 2 smaller than your artwork s dimensions so that the mat overlaps your artwork by 1 4 on each side. Aug 8 2016 explore kathy bona s board a frame picture mat ideas followed by 187 people on pinterest.

See mat board guide these mats do not have opening cutouts. Some people like drama some like. As the mat board acts as a border surrounding your artwork it can be used to draw out or accentuate certain elements of the piece itself. Match your whites dawgs.

Especially when the mat doesn t match the bright white of the frame. See more ideas about illumination art turkish art islamic patterns. They are blank mats that can be used as backers art projects or for cutting your own openings. For example as we discussed in our previous blog about choosing picture frames to compliment your artwork the idea that surrounding a piece with a darker border will make it appear brighter is slightly inaccurate.

Choose a mat board type. This is the same matting we use in our frames available in any size in a number of colors and options. It used in the framing industry because it gives a polished look to your collectible. Multiple opening matboards and picture frames in hundreds of configurations.