Decorative paper

[fourcorners]

I have a customer who wants a black/white checkerboard mat to go on some posters she's putting in her kitchen. I can't find what she's looking for through Crescent, bainbridge, or artique so I thought I could cover a mat board with decorative paper. However, I'm having a hard time finding a source. Any suggestions?

 

[gemsmom]

Fabric, maybe? Probably would be easier to find.

 

[Jay H]

There absolutly has to be checkerboard wrapping paper!

 

[Cliff Wilson]

I think I saw some checkerboard contact paper at one of those kitchen/bath stores, you know "linen and stuff" or whatever they're called. It was near the "drawer organizers." I think the idea was you lined your cabinets with it??

 

[Nancy S.]

If conservation is not an issue, non-pasted wallpaper might work. The quality would be a lot higher than wrapping paper and it would have great fade resistance. There are some great checkerboard designs available.

 

[smitten]

depending on the size of the squares...vicki shober has a paper with about 5/16 black and white squares.

you could also take a white mat with a black core, draw the pattern and delaminated the face paper in a checkerboard pattern.

 

[Mitch]

Using the inlay technique a checker board could be made from two contrasting mat colors. The smaller the check the more tedious it would be - but, it could be done. I would cut the original boards oversize, then trim to the correct size when cutting the opening.

 

[Jerry Ervin]

Being in the NASCAR capital of the world, we have looked for years to find an easy way of doing this. You can't get black and white checker cloth. In the weaving process, every 3rd square will be gray. The contact/shelf paper looks kinda cheesy. Inlay is the way, but it is time consuming. It would be really nice to have a silk screened mat, but none of the companies is going with this design right now. I even called a silk screen company, you don't want to go there.

 

[Jay H]

Easy there Jerry. We have 6 NASCAR drivers that were born and raised in this very little town of about 60,000. I believe we will take the title of "Nascar Capital of the World" now. Thanks.

 

[Rick Granick]

What about getting square pieces of a smooth, black, nice quality artist's paper and mounting them to the surface of a white matboard in the appropriate positions. This would be less work than the inlay technique, and would yield a more stable board for cutting.
Rick