Double Matting Technique

Once the framer grasps what a double mat actually is the proper way to cut it seems clear.

Double matting technique.

Thicker 4 ply mat board with 1 6 or 0 0625 thickness each. Bevel cut to give your photo a professional finish. The right sides of each layer face out and the wrong sides face each other. It s an easy affordable and a more unique way to add a little something extra to the finished product.

Just take two mats of the same overall size. Buffered to a neutral ph acid free non conservation above industry standards so your photo will stay protected for longer. Our double mats are. If you re new to the world of custom framing you may not have come across double matting before.

Acid free double mats to complement to your photographs. Rather a double mat is just two single mats stacked together two single mats with two different size windows stacked together so the window of the under mat appears as a band of color around the inside of the window of the over mat. For just a little color touch opt for a neutral or subtle top mat then select a bold or bright color for the second layer. This technique is ideal when you want to call out a color featured prominently in the art but don t want a full color border.

A double mat is not what many people think it is. A double mat never involves cutting through two thicknesses of mat board. Double knitting allows you to create two layers of fabric at the same time with only one pair of needles. This process dubbed matting or pulling a matte is most commonly used to separate the foreground and background elements of an image and these images are often individual frames of a video file.

Stockinette stitch on both sides. Like me on facebook. The finished fabric is entirely reversible lending itself to colorwork contrasting fibers or simply a finished piece that is twice as warm.