Originally Posted by
Drew Wiley
With mats, the point to give breathing space visually to the image itself, without introducing any unnecessary competition. When it comes to the frame, I also like understatement, but not everyone dressed the same. The subtle effects of a specific toner or in the case of color prints, delicate hue balance, is a make or break proposition of the frame choice itself. I use both metal and wooden frames depending on the appropriateness to the given image, its size, etc. I generally mill and finish my own hardwood frames to get exactly what I want. I keep on hand a variety of Nielsen metal mouldings in 10 ft sections too, and cut them to size as needed. Have plexi sizing gear too. So I could have hypothetically opened a full frame shop of my own, but didn't have that in mind; it's for personal use, and has saved a ton of money when it involved large shows. When I need to do a lot of framing, I get the mounts, matboards, and plexi in full sheet cases, wholesale, and then cut it in house. The masking paper on plexi can be hard to remove if it gets old, so I don't keep surplus of that on hand. For casual purchases I'll go to Tap, but they're far too expensive for big projects. Leftover board keeps well unless its already got a high-tack acrylic adhesive on it, necessary for certain kinds of color print mounting. Drymount tissue seems to keep fine for a long time.
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