Framing Goddess
SGF, Supreme Grumble Framer
I need some design ideas today.
I have a mat to do that is BIGish, vertical 28" x 35", 6" wide and accomodates a title opening 4" x 7" in the bottom margin. It is for a 1960's color portrait that will be prominently placed in a new administration building. I plan to do a traditional 'french' mat with ink lines and two marble paper panels, perhaps a watercolor panel. It is, however, what I call an updated traditional mat- it is yellow and I plan to use a deep bevel covered in a marbled paper and maybe one of the paper panels will be a textured paper.
What has me baffled is how to incorporate the title opening in the design. Should the lines and panels encompass both openings? Should there be some lines in between the openings? Or could the main photo be surrounded with one treatment and the title opening be a 'secondary' type?
Has anyone done anything like this that they especially liked? Nothing flashy and no v-grooves, please.
Edie the havingtroublevisualizingtoday goddess
I have a mat to do that is BIGish, vertical 28" x 35", 6" wide and accomodates a title opening 4" x 7" in the bottom margin. It is for a 1960's color portrait that will be prominently placed in a new administration building. I plan to do a traditional 'french' mat with ink lines and two marble paper panels, perhaps a watercolor panel. It is, however, what I call an updated traditional mat- it is yellow and I plan to use a deep bevel covered in a marbled paper and maybe one of the paper panels will be a textured paper.
What has me baffled is how to incorporate the title opening in the design. Should the lines and panels encompass both openings? Should there be some lines in between the openings? Or could the main photo be surrounded with one treatment and the title opening be a 'secondary' type?
Has anyone done anything like this that they especially liked? Nothing flashy and no v-grooves, please.
Edie the havingtroublevisualizingtoday goddess