Digital BW, The Print

Arthur,
Spacers come in all kinds and sizes and replicate the true job of the 
mat which is to keep the glazing off of the print. The kind I use 
mostly are 1/8 or 1/4 inch deep, hollow plastic (clear or black) and 
have a self adhesive strip on one side that you put on the glass or the 
edge of the frame (wood) depending on...
I have never tried to put them in a metal frame but with a deeper 
profile you could adhere them to the glass, use some artists tape on 
the edge to secure the whole package and then slide it in.
Profile 12 is has the same face as 11 but is 1" deep overall with the 
opening inside being 19/32 as opposed to 11 13/32. If you need more 
space the 22 has a 5/16 face with the overall depth 1 13/32 inside (art 
space ) of 1 inch.
  The spacers come from a variety of sources and they are known by names 
like econospace, rabbet space, channel space etc. . If you have other 
questions please contact me off the list too as I don't get to read 
every    digest.
Good luck,
Jerry

Jerry Hadam
jerry@...
208-726-2942
888-540-8053

In Saddletree Cutsom Framing
Crazy Horse Square-Ketchum

Box 2749
Ketchum, ID 83340


On Saturday, September 18, 2004, at 08:40  AM, 
DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com wrote:

>
> Message: 13
>    Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 06:53:35 -0400
>    From: Arthur Fink <arthur@...>
> Subject: Framing with "almost" no mat
>
> I've got a number of 17 x 22 images that I'd like to frame with the
> appearance of having no mat.  (They are black & white enlarged contact
> sheets, and I like the feeling of having the black image blend directly
> into the black frame.)
>
> Of course, there must be some kind of spacer, so that the glass is not
> directly in contact with the paper.  Perhaps there could be some kind 
> of
> gasket ... or a special extrusion instead of the Nielsen #11 moulding 
> that
> I typically would use.
>
> Any ideas?  Any experience?
>
> Thanks much,
>
>
> Arthur Fink
>
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