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print type for mount-less framing

  • 12-01-2012 01:31PM
    #1
    jaybeeveedub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 275 ✭✭


    does anyone know what type of print is used when photos are framed without a mount ( mat ) ie Giles Norman type prints??


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  • #2
    stcstc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,262 ✭✭✭stcstc


    its a cheap way of doing it, prints will be screwed very quickly if they sit against the glass

    you can dry mount them and then use a rabbet space to space away from the glass and that works

    but the fine art trade guild standards say dont put the print against the glass


  • #3
    jaybeeveedub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 275 ✭✭jaybeeveedub


    I know that the best route is a full dry mount mat and conservation mat card and paper etc, but my sister has a giles norman that she got for her 21st, which is a looong time ago, and it is perfect.... he still seems to print the same way, with a "mat" printed onto the photo itslef... just wondering does he use special paper or what, as I've never seen one stuck to the glass....


  • #4
    stcstc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,262 ✭✭✭stcstc


    is the print right up against the glass
    is it even glass, if it was acrylic would be different story
    wonder if the print is laminated


  • #5
    jaybeeveedub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 275 ✭✭jaybeeveedub


    stcstc wrote: »
    is the print right up against the glass
    is it even glass, if it was acrylic would be different story
    wonder if the print is laminated

    definitely glass ( cause I broke one!!)


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