DEEP BEVEL MOUNTS USING MOUNT BOARD COVER TAPE – FRAMED TO FATG CONSERVATION LEVEL A MASTERCLASS WITH JON PRICE GCF (APF)
With regard to framing experience, I was knee high to a grass hopper when I first visited the Spring Fair at Birmingham’s N.E.C. Not only was it my first trade show but it was my first real delve in to the wider world of framing. There were many things that wowed me that day and I left with a phone full of pictures and a head full of ideas. One of those ideas was deep bevel mounts. Deep bevel mounts are so simple and yet so effective. They’re subtle but they stand out. The funny thing is that it took me another year, and another trade show, to find out how to produce deep bevel mounts. Fortunately you won’t have to wait that long or even step out of your workshop. So, either read on, watch the video on Larson-Juhl’s website: https://larsonjuhl.co.uk/haven/vids/jonprice-masterclass, or even better, do both. Size and cut a window mount; I used Hayseed (8065) to match Hayseed self-adhesive cover tape (945008065). Our deep bevel mount will extend approximately 3mm per side further in to the image than a standard depth bevel. You may wish to allow for this.
Figure 2 Using a mount cutter, cut a bevelled edge along one long side of the foam board. If your mount cutter’s blade depth doesn’t extend to 5mm, cut as deep as you can with the mount cutter and finish off with a blade. Do this carefully and no one will be any the wiser once the board cover tape is in place.
Figure 1 Cut a piece of foam board (999010623) to the same length as one side of the mount but a few centimetres wider. It’s best to cut long sides first.
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