Paper edging on mat cuts?

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Verdaccio

Verdaccio

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Hey folks! I have a Doolittle print in my shop to reglass. Looks like it was done back in the early 90s. It has some paper edging on the mats that I thought I would see if anyone knew about.

They are strips of complementary color that protrude past the bevel cut about 1/16th of an inch. They look to be adhered with double sided tape put right up to the edge of the mat opening.

It is a nice look, very decorative, but looks like it would have taken some time to do! This example has them on several layers of mats and up against the print.

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It is a nice look. Thought I would share. :)
 
Makes me think that they dry mounted a sheet of colored paper onto the back of the mat board before cutting.
 
I've never done that treatment on that complex of a cut but I have done paper fillets(that's what I call em) hundreds of time. Yes it takes a little longer to do than cutting a mat but since they are just small strips of paper your COGs is almost nothing and you can charge the same as doing a mat.
 
Easy. Cut your matbd in half-inch strips, then peel the top colored layer off. ATG the top mat on the back (I like to use the 1/4" ATG for this application) just inside the bevel and, face up so you can see the alignment, apply your paper fillet strips.

It's a nice affect, especially when you want a delicate touch of color without the added bulk of an additional mat.

And what brian..k said about very little COG....or none, except your time, and it doesn't take much time at all, with a little practice.
 
Necessity is the ...

I think we have all, at one time or another, "invented" this method when we cut that onlyonetry mat and had it be just a smidge too big...

edie the iknowihave goddess
 
What is the framing world coming to??? First the spackling/bondo secret and now paper fillets. Folks, these trade secrets must stop!!!! bah-humbug


happy framing....it's almost over!
 
mik said:
happy framing....it's almost over!
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No, it isn't. The next wave will hit the day after Christmas.....all those people who knew we'd be slammed for Christmas and waited until after, when we're "not busy".

Frame-frame-frame-on!

I'm sleepin' in on Christmas Day. Mr. Santa has to work.:sleep:
 
There's actually a product you can buy, and for the life of me I can't remember the name! I had the website bookmarked, but something daft happened to my computer a couple of weeks ago, and it wiped out all my bookmarks.
 
PaulSF said:
There's actually a product you can buy, and for the life of me I can't remember the name! I had the website bookmarked, but something daft happened to my computer a couple of weeks ago, and it wiped out all my bookmarks.
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Yes Paul, there are a lot of products you can buy. Many of them have websites even.
 
We haven't done stripping like this for decades. It used to be a low cost way to add a second line of color. We used to charge less for it than a double mat. Recently we had a job that needed such a treatment because a reverse bevel was necessary because the customer did not want to see the white core, but then the customer was unhappy because she could see under the bevel to the uneven border of the print. So we tried stripping. Well done, I might add. She then complained because of the overlap on the corners. We finally cut a third treatment with a solid core second choice color and she was happy--sort of.:faintthud:
 
Kirstie said:
We haven't done stripping like this for decades. It used to be a low cost way to add a second line of color. We used to charge less for it than a double mat. :
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Decades? Kirstie, I still use this method, because it's a way of adding a "second line of color" without the bulk and bevel of a second mat, but not necessarily a lower-cost treatment, if you consider that time is money! I charge the same as for a second mat. Same thing for a colored (painted) bevel. Charge as for a second mat.

I have a couple samples of these treatments in shop models and refer to them often. It's a nice way to add a delicate touch, without referring to it as a way to cut costs. Makes no difference in the bottom line of the order, nor to mine. COG's...okay, but COT (cost of time)...it's a wash, or better..
 
We do painted bevels and French lines and washes all the time, but not stripping where one piece of paper overlaps the other in the corner, customers don't like the overlap. This is what you are talking about?
 
If people are turned off by the overlap, maybe you could miter the edges where the strips join, similar to the technique used for mitering marbled papers for French panels.
:cool: Rick
(Even if you only miter one piece in each corner, if you overlap them properly it will still look fully mitered, with no risk of a gap.)
 
Yea, these edges are not mitred, they overlap. It is not -that- noticable, but I suppose a picky customer might object to them.
 
Rick Granick said:
If people are turned off by the overlap, maybe you could miter the edges where the strips join, similar to the technique used for mitering marbled papers for French panels.
:cool: Rick
(Even if you only miter one piece in each corner, if you overlap them properly it will still look fully mitered, with no risk of a gap.)
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That's it, Rick. Not difficult to do at all.
 
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