Bottom Weighted Mat Frame

Why weight the mat.

Bottom weighted mat frame.

Upload your digital photos and we ll custom frame them at our factory in kentucky and ship them to your door. I would have paid more for a backing. Bottom weighting means making the bottom mat width slightly wider than the top left and right sides to compensate for an optical illusion that happens where your bottom mat width looks narrower. So i ve put together my sources so you can also make your own large mat offset picture frames.

Weighting mats helps to counteract an inherent human visual perception problem. 11x14 white picture mats for 8 5x11 pictures with core bevel cut frame mattes pack of 12 4 4 out. The betty is the perfect quick but refined gift with its square photo opening and special bottom weighted mat. A bottom weighted mat board simply means that the bottom border of the mat board is wider than the top border.

I love the bottom weighted mat but a backing should have been included. For example 11 14 artwork would work well with a 16 20 frame 8 10 artwork with 11 14 frame etc. One of the questions i hear most often both in email and on instagram is the source for the large mat offset picture frames in our master bedroom the truth is they are a semi diy or cobbled together effort. Understanding centered and weighted matting options using the same image of star trek s iconic enterprise and the exact same sized mat windows here are examples of a centered mat window on the left a weighted mat window on the right.

The borders are 3 25 top and sides with 4 25 on the bottom. These mats are vertical so you can only use them with a vertical sized print. This mat board style is common among traditional framers as its practice has been in use since victorian times. Bottom weighted matboard styles.

This bottom border is weighted and it is all explained below. The callie is a pre measured frame with a dramatic bottom weighted white mat offered in 3 different frame styles and 2 sizes for a 14x10 or 10x8 digital photo. You may not want a piece that is centered and may instead prefer a bottom weighted mat. Maybe the most sophisticated your instagram photos will ever look.

You can request bottom weighting or top center which looks great especially for 8 10 photos in 11 14 frames or 11 14 photos in. What s a weighted mat. Frame your photos with framebridge here. Bottom weighted mats are slightly unconventional however they re a wowing framed display that will surely get your artwork noticed and generate tons of compliments.

With backing they would be 5 star.