Float Mount Framing

Many people choose to float mount their artwork. I'm especially fond of this technique for pieces with a deckled edge or uneven borders that have visual interest. A float mount technique is when the artwork is suspended within the window of a mat and the paper's raw edges are visible. Here are a few examples. I'll be sure to add more photos in the future....

This particular example is a Glass Float. In this example, the artwork is mounted between two sheets of glass:

A unique presentation, but careful attention must be paid to the wall color your artwork is to be displayed on, or your artwork can disappear like in this example:

The horses show up well on the right hand side behind the lighter wall color, but seem to disappear into the gray panel to the photo's left hand side. You wouldn't want to hang this piece on a dark wall!

This example is of a Canvas Floater Frame:

The canvas is gallery wrapped and mounted to the frame from behind causing the canvas to appear to float inside the frame. This is the best form of framing for a painting that continues around the edge of the canvas because it doesn't obstruct any of the painting. It does, however, set the painting off from the wall, framing the outline as a professional (finished) piece, and gives it visual interest.

I love this one:

It is a simple frame. It is not distracting from the artwork, and the colors and style of the framing match the colors and style of the home perfectly. But I especially love this one because I find Sigi to be a fascinating woman with a brilliant idea and equally brilliant talent. Sigi will paint your home in watercolors. What a great gift for a new home owner! For more information, contact Sigi at (407) 252-3418 and tell her you saw her work here!

Here's a really cool example for those video game enthusiasts:

This one deserves a blog on its own... maybe I'll post one soon. This is original artwork from the video game "Wanted". Since I'm planing a blog for this, I will keep the details minimal and on the topic of "Float Mounting". This graphic is mounted using archival mounting strips to acid free foamcore board 1/8" of an inch thick. The two top mats are reverse beveled (eliminating the white line of the mat from the angle of the bevel) and raised on two sheets of 3/16" acid free foamcore board. The raised matting and artwork gives an almost 3-D effect to the piece. Here's a side shot during production:

I love the shadow behind... a dark halo. The matting going from light to dark causes the eye to draw inward to the lighter center of the artwork. The effect makes you feel as if your crouching behind the crates with this hero waiting for a chance to shoot back.


The paint cards in this one are raised on various levels of foam and matboard pieces. The effect is as if the paint chips are jumping out of the frame wanting to get out. The chips represent various shades of gray promoting "Grayscale" an incredible presentation of the black and white photography of Barry D. Kirsch on display this month at Corners Custom Picture Framing. Stop by on the 22nd for an exclusive gallery presentation of this work!
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