skibeerr
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Hello,
I have to present some landscapes in a " passe partout" ,the English name escapes me but I am sure I will soon learn it
The passe partouts I have are 60x50 cm on the outside and 40x30cm in the center.
How would you proceed, make the print on 40x30 paper or use 60x50 paper and take the passe partout as a mask on top of the paper.
The latter seems like a waste of paper but it will fit nicely in a frame without the risk of the paper moving around.
Anny sugestions?
Thanks in advance,
Wim
I have to present some landscapes in a " passe partout" ,the English name escapes me but I am sure I will soon learn it
The passe partouts I have are 60x50 cm on the outside and 40x30cm in the center.
How would you proceed, make the print on 40x30 paper or use 60x50 paper and take the passe partout as a mask on top of the paper.
The latter seems like a waste of paper but it will fit nicely in a frame without the risk of the paper moving around.
Anny sugestions?
Thanks in advance,
Wim
Ezzie
E. D. Russell Roberts
The centre cutout of the passepartout should be ever so slightly undersized, check that first. If so use 40x30 paper. Mount picture on a backing of carton the size of the frame and and not to the passepartout. At least thats what I do.
Edit: but then again I like to have my passepartouts custom made. I don't like the borders equal in size. I prefer that the bottom be say 55% whilst the top is 45%, sides 50/50 of course. Depends slightly on how high on the wall the picture is to be mounted.
Edit: but then again I like to have my passepartouts custom made. I don't like the borders equal in size. I prefer that the bottom be say 55% whilst the top is 45%, sides 50/50 of course. Depends slightly on how high on the wall the picture is to be mounted.
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rlouzan
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Wim,
Mat board
Regards,
RLouzan
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BTMarcais
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Wim, in english (at least american english), we simply call a passepartout a "mat". (a matted print, for instance)
Some of us at least should understand what you mean regardless of which word you use though. Even if you say "that paper thingy that goes around the picture".
-Brian
Some of us at least should understand what you mean regardless of which word you use though. Even if you say "that paper thingy that goes around the picture".
-Brian
MartinP
Veteran
I would mount the print to the back of the matt with tape at the top, vertically to the print, then both ends with a cross-piece - making a sort of T effect. That fixing method will allow the print to expand and contract a tiny amount (due to humidity and temperature) without wrinkles or bulges, and will also allow re-mounting at some future point if required.
There should of course be a backing board sandwiched with the matt-and-print, this board being the same size as the matt. The whole thing can sit behind glass with the backing board of the frame of the sealed with paper tape. All nice and environmentally secure like that, assuming the board, tape etc. are acid-free.
Edit: And I forgot to answer the question . . oops. Probably use paper that will give you four or five centimeters overlap with the matt. You could go bigger, but keep it smaller than the outside of the matt (and hence the frame) in order to let the print 'move' due to temperature and humidity changes.
There should of course be a backing board sandwiched with the matt-and-print, this board being the same size as the matt. The whole thing can sit behind glass with the backing board of the frame of the sealed with paper tape. All nice and environmentally secure like that, assuming the board, tape etc. are acid-free.
Edit: And I forgot to answer the question . . oops. Probably use paper that will give you four or five centimeters overlap with the matt. You could go bigger, but keep it smaller than the outside of the matt (and hence the frame) in order to let the print 'move' due to temperature and humidity changes.
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martin-f5
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I had the same problem and solved it with 40x50 paper,
30x40 paper is to small, you can't clue or mount it very good
30x40 paper is to small, you can't clue or mount it very good