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| Matting and Framing Made Easy | 
 enlarge | Author: Janean Thompson
Brand: Watson Guptill
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
Buy New: $9.65
You Save: $15.30 (61%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 327756
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.2 x 0.5
MPN: 0823030474
ISBN: 0823030474
Dewey Decimal Number: 749.7
EAN: 9780823030477
ASIN: 0823030474
Publication Date: June 1, 1996
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Once you have finished putting all your personal vision and hours of labor into creating a great photograph or digital image (or watercolor, drawing, painting, needlepoint or any other work of art), you need to mat it and possibly frame it for your wall, your client or as part of your portfolio. Clear, straightforward color photographs and step-by-step instructions guide even the novice through introductory and advanced techniques. Topics covered are accurate measuring various mounting techniques including wet, dry and conservation mat cutting by hand and tabletop cutters single and multiple window matting glazing with various glasses and plexiglass framing with metal and wood frames and hanging your artwork including single, multiple and heavy works, as well as exhibition tips.
Amazon.com Review
Since the cost of framing often exceeds the price of the artwork itself, it pays to know how to do it yourself. This book offers thorough background on all the basics--measuring, mounting, matting, glazing materials, and frames--for both archival and non-archival techniques. Even if you're not ready to invest in specialty tools like a mat cutter or miter box, you'll find useful instructions on working with ready-made frames using simple tools (a ruler and utility knife). In addition to coverage of traditional artwork, directions are provided for specialty items, such as tiles and needlework, and for incorporating slightly dimensional items on the mat to accent the framed piece.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 1 more reviews...
 Matting and Framing January 18, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Extensive instruction on matting pictures for personal to archival matting. Practically anything you would need to know about matting. Not a lot about framing pictures but a very basic start at simple framing near the end of the book.
 Good on all but technique March 22, 2005
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
As a total beginner, I thought this book was very strong on presenting information about materials and archival vs. non-archival and such. However, I found the author's instructions on specific techniques to be lacking...I often had to read them many times just to understand a fairly simple procedure.
 This book is worth its weight in gold! October 3, 1999
As a beginning framer, I found this book to be a wealth of valuable information on equipment and techniques. It covers every aspect of framing and answered most, if not all, of my questions. This is a wonderful resource for anyone interested in learning the art of framing.
This one gives you your money's worth of useful information! September 28, 1999
46 out of 48 found this review helpful
This is simply the best book currently out there for the do-it-yourself framer. In particular, after looking at dozens of books in libraries and bookstores, it's the only book I found that really gives satisfactory attention to archival considerations, pros and cons of different methods of mounting artwork, and protection of the framed materials from moisture in the environment (a real area of concern if you're living in an extremely high-humidity region, as I am!). After an hour or so of browsing through the book, I already felt I had gotten my money's worth in answered questions and useful information. Everything the beginner needs to know, plus a little more in-depth information for those of us who have already learned the basics. Recommended!
 A lot of money for a little book August 21, 1999
21 out of 40 found this review helpful
This being the only book on the subject that was on the bookshelf in the brick&morter store, I was very disappointed in the author's handling of certain key aspects of the subject, that I felt, as a novice were very important.Specificly alternative sources of suitable supplies and materials.
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