"matting" using the poster

[jp]

A customer came in today, said they saw a print that had the outside edges of the print cut and raised from the main print, matt effect but using the print. I was going to mount it on matboard, then cut my borders. Any suggestions/ideas?
Thanks

 

[Lori Drugan]

Hi jp,
We did several of these years ago and as I recall we always had a bottom mat whether it be 1/8 or 1/4 inch so it didn't fall through. Yes, there is a bit of separation, but otherwise you will probably be dealing with using two posters for the sake of overlap.

Hope this helps you,
Lori

 

[Jim Miller]

Technically you could place the two pieces together with the bevels overlapping by about 1/16", but mounting them & keeping them aligned is tricky. It would look something like this:
_
_/_ =window mat; outer perimeter of image
_/ =inner image; cut-out part.

But an accent mat is recommended to visually separate the printed mat from the inner image. 1/4" is enough; it also fills the gap and provides a mounting surface for the printed mat. Looks good, too.

 

[Lance E]

If you decide to go ahead and do this check the angle of your cutters, a hand held may have more angle than a bench model (last time I did this was 5 years ago with a fletcher 2100 and it was waaay too tight to get together easily).

Tacky I reckon - but then I usually sell more art I don't like than anything else anyhow...

 

[Baer Charlton]

When we do this we treat it like a insert mat and cut a matching mat that the print is bonded to so you have a flat surface that reaches the total space edges.
A black/blk core is a nice inner-mat but I wouldn't cut it larger than 1/8" face.

 

[Jacob]

I do this all the time too. I mount the poster to mat board, then use a complimentary color for a double mat edge. About 1/4". You just have to make sure that there is no essential imagery where you are cutting the mat width so you don't go through somebody's head, etc. I don't mind using the double mat. It does seperate part of the imagery, but in a decorative way. This is after all, a decorative, "designey" way of presenting a poster. Then you can either lay the "mat" back on the poster, or space it up a bit with a hidden foam board spacer.