Cutting Mat Board 1 Around My Art

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Cutting mat board 1 around my art.

You ll need at least two pieces of mat board. Use an x acto knife and a metal ruler to cut through the mat board. Larger pictures like artwork headed for exhibition will obviously require larger mats but the exact specifications of the mat will also depend on how much of it you want to be visible around the picture. Before you begin cut your mat board to the size of your frame.

Place the mat board on a cutting mat. Blick is pleased to offer uncut matboards and pre cut mats for decorative conservation and archival applications plus foam board and mounting board for posters presentations or craft projects. However it does make it more noticeable if your cuts aren t square. Using it as a guide to cut the square into the mat board place the chipboard down on top of the mat board and mark a light pencil line along all four edges.

One to serve as the backing for the picture and the other to cut a window frame that wraps around the front side of the picture. Typically i leave a 1 4 on all sides. This leaves a nice clean white border around the art. Worklion 12 x 18 art self healing pvc cutting mat double sided gridded rotary cutting board for craft fabric quilting sewing scrapbooking project by worklion 16 90 16.