subject: Paintings Enhanced By Frames [print this page] Should you have an inexpensive print or posting lying around you can easily transform this into a seemingly expensive work of art via framing selections. When you select mat color make sure that they enhance your art. Having a double or triple mat will help when you want it to pick up a color from the image. Use the bottom mats for color, but stick with neutrals for the top mats. Using double and triple mats offer a sense of dimension when framing.
Determining the mat width comes with considering the width of the frame as well as the size of the piece. Your mat and frame should not have the same width. Formed is a striped appearance that ends up detracting from the image. Extending about a half inch should be the bottom mat of the double mat. Usually mats look better when all of their sides have the same width.
Take note of floating prints and images that may have distinctive edges. Considering a floating image it usually is attached to the front of your mat board. The mat board creates a border around the image. There is no problem when it comes to a print with deckled edges not being centered on a mat because it is uneven. When there is nothing distinctive about the edges the mats can be cut so that these pieces can be easily placed over the print's edges.
Sometimes framing photographs can be tricky. Ornate wood frames in silver, gold and a variety of natural finishes may work with wedding photos, portraits, or other formal photographic images, old and new, but art photographs, especially black and white, work best with simple wood or metal frames in black or silver or with light natural wood frames. Gold finished or cherry wood frames, for instance, compete with the grays in black and white photographs.
Considering antique photographs, ornate frames should be used. Dealing with old black and white photos involves the use of silver frames. Always consider antiqued gold finished frames and wooden frames in cherry, ebony walnut, and mahogany for sepia prints. When dealing with traditional paintings including portraits and landscapes use fabric liners and ornate mouldings. When it comes to contemporary paintings, do not use liners and go for simple frames.
Besides prints, posters, photographs, and paintings framing can be used elsewhere. Old letters and postcards, fabrics, political buttons, theater tickets, christening dresses, or just about anything, else you have in your drawers and closets may be framed and hung in your home or office. Usually gallery style framing makes use of a minimalist look. Usually the frames are made from wood in natural finishes or matte black.
Only straight edges exist with these frames and there is no ornamentation. In different shades of white come the mats used for gallery style framing which are 8 ply thick. Mats that are 5 inches wide can be placed on a small image that measures about 3 by 5 inches. Not only does the heavy mat make the piece look important but the viewer's eye is drawn into the image as well.
For antique furnishings and reproductions ornate wood frames never lose their popularity. Opulence in the 1980s mood is reflected by the high sheen silver and gold frames while represented by the antiqued silver and gold frames is the modest spirit of the 1990s. Considering the metal frames from ten years ago the industrial metal frames are much different. A wider design is applied to the new ones with cleaner lines and brushed finishes with cross hatching. These and the earlier metal frames are all economical framing options.
Revitalizing art photography are the famous photographers but restoration services are responsible for the popularity of restoring and framing your family's own antique photographs. Less expensive than many original artworks are antique posters even if they are rather expensive to frame and the value of the latter continues to increase with time. They also are great for loft dwellers and other people who have lots of wall space.
