Mounting Cyanotypes

[Pete Watkins]

I'm going to be mounting a few Cyanotypes in the near future. These will be traditional blue and some stained brown (Tannic Acid). What coloured matting is preferred for mounting these prints?
Thanks for any help!
Pete.

[MIke Sherck]

Whatever you think looks good. White if you can't make up your mind -- no one was ever fired for using white matt-board!

Ok, I made that last up...

Mike

[Jim Noel]

For the stained ones a just off-whiteboard. Be careful though that it is toward tan not yellow which is the case with some boards.
For the unstained ones, white makes the blues really pop.

[ypres.bass]

i prefering universal black
maybe try use any white space between picture and matting...

also depends on how dark / bright prints you have

[greenrhino]

For Cyanotypes you'll want to use acid free but unbuffered mat board. I think that is going to limit your color choices to white. Calcium Carbonate used to buffer most mat board is not good for cyanotypes.

Best
Anthony

[imagedowser]

Thanks Anthony, Very useful bit of information... UNbuffered it will be when I get to mounting mine.... Bill

[Pete Watkins]

Thanks to everybody for their help.
Pete.