Mesa
Super Freak
I stopped into Michael's today to find a frame for a new art print I picked up. Print measures 17x22, and standard frames come in 16x20 or 18x24. So I asked how much to frame it and he said a custom frame, after the 40% discount, would be ~$180, which includes frame/glass/matte.
The sales person did say that I could buy a matte, one that would fit the 18x24 frame, and either special order the matte, or buy one off the shelf and have them cut it out, where my cost would be cost of frame (~$30), matte(~$10), and labor (~$6).
Or I could buy a Matte work center for around $50 (after coupon), which would have the tools I needed to make custom mattes myself. I probably wouldn't do this for a single print.
Has anyone ever order just a matte from an art store and gave specifications on dimensions and used in combination with a standard sized frame? How difficult is this, and how was the final outcome/quality? Is there some guidelines on how much matte to use around the edges to make it look good?
The sales person did say that I could buy a matte, one that would fit the 18x24 frame, and either special order the matte, or buy one off the shelf and have them cut it out, where my cost would be cost of frame (~$30), matte(~$10), and labor (~$6).
Or I could buy a Matte work center for around $50 (after coupon), which would have the tools I needed to make custom mattes myself. I probably wouldn't do this for a single print.
Has anyone ever order just a matte from an art store and gave specifications on dimensions and used in combination with a standard sized frame? How difficult is this, and how was the final outcome/quality? Is there some guidelines on how much matte to use around the edges to make it look good?