Float Mount Floating Art Frame

Or to cast a more dramatic shadow first attach the artwork to acid free foam core so that the artwork sits a bit higher in the frame.

Float mount floating art frame.

The art appears as if it were floating in the frame because you can t see it mounted to anything. 1 5 deep unfinished doug fir 1 5 deep unfinished maple 1 5 deep black 1 25 deep black 1 25 deep. This is a very common way of mounting your artwork when you do not want a mat to cover the edge of the paper. Float or floater frames are so named because the illusion they create is that your artwork is floating within the frame instead of being covered by it.

When a piece is floated its raw edges are visible as opposed to mounting where the mount covers the edges with the crisp lines of the card and when you look at it from any angle there is no sign of anything which fixes it in position. You may choose to attach your artwork directly to the mat board with t hinges. Then you can either buy spacers to hold the mat board with the mounted art back from the glass or you can cut scraps of foam board to the depth you need and insert those in the edges of your frame. Your art will float in the frame.

We have 7 colors that can be used with artwork up to 3 4 deep. Work on paper by kerri rosenthal floated in our black gallery frame. An original charcoal drawing with an elevated float mount in our black maple frame float mounting is most practical for artwork when the image comes all the way to the edges. With float mounting the artwork will look like it s hovering or floating over the backing board.

Float mounting creates a seamless presentation. The whole point of float mounting is to make your artwork appear as though it s magically floating above an uncut blank mat board. Float mounting means your art work photograph or watercolour is suspended inside the picture frame. Second we use a spacer to create space between the plexiglass and the surface of your work.

Perfect for displaying gallery wrap canvases where the staples aren t visible these wood picture frames allow you to easily attach a canvas to the stretcher bars with screws. But if you want to have glass you will need to make sure your frame is deep enough for the float mounted art. Float mounting is where all the edges of the art print or picture are exposed and then art is separated from the glass with a plastic spacer. Your art will float in the frame.

We call this method of framing floating for two reasons.