tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184600.post113401386384204453..comments2024-01-11T19:42:45.537-05:00Comments on woodblock dreams: Taking the LeapAnnie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00178236295806176573noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184600.post-1134060529836331852005-12-08T11:48:00.000-05:002005-12-08T11:48:00.000-05:00I just stumbled onto your blog last week...how coo...I just stumbled onto your blog last week...how cool! I've recently followed a path similar to your own (moving from commercial graphics to art)...but I digress...<BR/><BR/>Be very careful about what materials you use for the matting and mounting of your prints. Make sure that everything that you use is acid-free or archival in nature. The acid will leach into your print and slowly disintigrate it. Very bad.<BR/><BR/>If you're brave, try cutting your own mattes. Matt cutting kits are usually pretty inexpensive (although you can always get the big expensive machines, too) and find and inexpensive source for frames (or use the acetate idea around the mattes). Use mounting strips to secure your print.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184600.post-1134053975990970532005-12-08T09:59:00.000-05:002005-12-08T09:59:00.000-05:00Thank you! I am so going to get that book! I hav...Thank you! I am so going to get that book! I have been looking for something like that.<BR/><BR/>You can find some nice affordable frames at IKEA, Dick Blick and Daniel Smith. I don't do matting but I can see why you would want to with your work. IKEA frames come with matts if your prints fit their sizes.Marissa L. Swinghammerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08104421981651300462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184600.post-1134042688414128982005-12-08T06:51:00.000-05:002005-12-08T06:51:00.000-05:00Hi Annie,Not sure about surviving as an artist, bu...Hi Annie,<BR/><BR/>Not sure about surviving as an artist, but I did spend my day framing prints.<BR/><BR/>I have decided that people who hang prints are not generally over-fussy about the life span of what is a rather delicate medium. So, for these people I'm happy to have my print sit directly behind an acetate film. It is easy to make very handsome frames for a cost of only a few dollars each. Basically a cardboard frame wrapped around foamcore board with an acetate pane. The cardboard frame acts to matte the image. With a set of templates and 3 types of sticky tape, cutting mat, steel ruler - it all ends up very neat indeed. Once you work it out you should have no trouble framing 20 prints in a day. Another bonus the finished print weighs almost nothing and has no glass, which is good for posting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com