Cutting a picture mount
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- How to cut a simple picture mount for your artwork
For this project you will need:
• Mountboard (I just used ‘White’ from papergourmet.co.uk)
• Craft knife and mat cutter or bevel cutter.
• Or Mount cutter (mine is a Logan 450-1 which I got from Lion picture framing supplies)
• Ruler (metal ruler if you don’t have a mount cutter)
• Pencil and rubber
This project should take between 20-40 minutes.
Feel free to ask questions. This was just a quick overview for anyone not sure where to start.
Off camera I took my inside aperture measurement away from my outside measurement.
Then I divided this by 2 to give me the size of the boarder, so I could centre my aperture.
Frame aperture
21.1 - 11.8 = 9.3 divide 2 = 4.65 cm
29.9 - 24.5 = 5.4 divide 2 = 2.7 cm
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Thanks Tricia. Really useful if you have a random sized photo/picture that you want to put into a standard sized frame.
Thanks. Glad you found the video useful.
Fantastic video, thank you for sharing your experience. I love finding old frames at charity shops and collecting prints etc on my travels and ive wonderd about the mounting equipment to make the pictures look lovely and professional in the frame❤
Thanks. Vintage frames can be so interesting and matching them to the right piece of work can really make them sing!
Really helpful video! Thank you so much, I've been wondering how to do this for ages.
So glad it was useful 🤗
Thanks Tricia. That was very helpful!
Thanks for the feedback. I hope your project goes well.
Thanks Tricia, very useful 😊
Glad you found it helpful!
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Thank you for this video! I am starting to think about cutting my own mounts. I would like to be able to repurpose old picture frames and charity shop finds. I have learned a lot from your video and now feel more confident to get started! 😊
I have had a look on Lions website. Can I ask why you selected this particular model please?
@@JaneWeightman I'm glad the video was useful.
I chose this model because I wanted to buy a proper mount cutter, instead of the little tool and ruler. I had a certain budget that I had saved and I went for the largest I could get at my budget.
But to be honest, the large size is good for cutting the board down initially, but a pain the rest of the time as I never really cut massive mounts. As you can see in the video a lot of the cutter isn't used.
I also don't have space to leave it out. So I end up with a list of mounts I need to cut, then do a big job lot in one day, then it all gets packed away.
The model I have is the 450-1, but there is a slightly smaller one below that. I think I would check it could still cut a sheet of mount board (at least width ways) and then buy that size.
It depends how much space you have and if you've got a table/surface you can put it on. I've tried to do this on the floor and that doesn't work for me. I need it on a table.
Good luck with your mount cutting and get back to me if you have more questions. 🙂
@@artwithtricia Thank you, that's really helpful :)
Why choices of 45 degrees and 90 degrees please Tricia ? I couldn't see what was lining up with what, so a classroom in-person demo would be better for me. I'm unlikely to invest in something so large so sadly stuck with the low-tech option - a craft knife! Otherwise, a step by step demo of the little manual one you found would have been valuable (does it cut on that neat angle you spoke of?). Mounts come with different colored innards - how interesting! Thanks
Yes the little cutter cuts at a 45 degree angle. You can buy mountboard with different coloured inner core. So you may have a blackmount but white or cream inner. I guess a 45 degree angle, not only shows the inner core, but is also a softer step down between mount and artwork. If you had a double mount you could have a black mount then a white line of the inner core and then a black mount then a white line and then your artwork. It's a good way to make your mount look 'jazzy'! 😉
I’ve got to make a long rectangular Mount so this video was very useful
Glad it's useful.
Hi Tricia, very good video. Can you tell me the thickness of the mountboard you used? As I'm new to this, is it mountboard or foam board? Cheers Alan
Thanks for the feedback. It's just regular mountboard. 1250 microns which is 1.25mm thick. You can buy mountboard with different coloured cores. So black outside with white in the middle, have a search around as there are lots of different colours... and prices. Best of luck Tricia
Mine has a groove a JAKARTA ruler
Excellent, thanks for letting me know. :-)
Can you tell me, where you by the mount board from please
I buy my mountboard from a place online called Paper Gourmet. But a lot of the big online art shops, like jacksons, sell mountboard. I use a board that is 1250 microns which is 125mm thick. I hope that helps.
Quick guide?
Just get on with it,.
Thanks for watching and commenting.
Less dialogue more ......
Thanks. You can mute and just watch if you prefer. 😉
Too much useless chat and not sufficient precise, clear information. Not helpful, rather a confusion.
Thanks, nice to hear from you.
What a terrible mount! All sides of the mount should be the same width. Only time this should alter is if the top one is slightly less than the bottom one. For example: all sides 5ams or right and left sides 5cm with top at 4.5cm and bottom at 5.5cm
Thanks for the comment, it's interesting to hear how you would go about it.
@@artwithtricia I think I've already done that! Perhaps it is also relevant to bear in mind the relevance of frame to picture not trying to fit a picture into a given sized frame.
What rambling and confusing instructions. Too much chat.