How To Float Art On Mat Board

Image sizes are normally expressed as width by height width x.

How to float art on mat board.

Calculate the outside dimension of your matboard. One sticker in each corner should be perfect. Double check your measurements with a ruler. Determine how much visible area you want around the matboard and.

Position the artwork on the backing board and secure it in place with bullfrog clips sliding clips or a very low tack tape. Turn your art over on a clean surface and adhere the foam core board to the back so that there is 1 2 boarder around the entire board. A paperweight with a felt back will do as well. 5 once it s in place lower it onto the board and using gloved hands apply pressure to the top of your art where the hinges are.

Near the top edge of where you ll be putting the art on the mat apply two pieces of tape pressing down the bottom half and folding the top half of the tape over so that the sticky side is facing up. How to float mount your artwork measure your artwork obtaining the width height. Use the acid free photo mounting stickers to protect your art. Float the artwork on the backing board.

You can either mount the art directly to a matboard or mount the art to a thick board usually foamcore and then mount that to the matboard. Pick out an uncut mat board. There are a couple of different ways to achieve the float mount look. Although i feel like float mounting looks a little fresher than the typical matted frame.