The best float mounting I have seen with large prints ( up to 110cm x 130 ) is where the print is mounted with jap mulberry paper on to a piece of foam core that is cut 2-3cm smaller than the print then the foam core is mounted to the back mount as usual. The end result looks amazing. The foam core keeps the print very well supported and the thickness of the foam core gives the illusion that the print is really just floating in the air.

Hey folks, I'm in the middle of framing a bunch of stuff and my framer likes to use a quarter of an inch board sandwiched between the mat board and the print. This quarter inch board (from here on out I will call this a riser) is trimmed too about an eighth to quarter of an inch all the way around so it gives a three-dimensional effect to the Print with the final product.

This is little bit of a departure from what I've seen other float mounts where there is no riser and the print lays flat on the mat board.

On one of the posters that I got done I noticed waviness on the edges of the poster, making me wonder if my prints framed in that same way are at risk. I figure it's the weight of the paper and the humidity in my house that would be deciding factor of how much damage this will cause. I do have a built-in humidity control function, necessary if you live in Charleston South Carolina.

Does anyone have a opinion on this method? Any issues that you have found?

Comes down to personal taste really....I really like a raised float mount! I’ve got both large and small framed this way and has never made a difference to print condition moving forward.

As you say, humidity course play a part - don’t have that problem in the UK much!

Nelly Duff frame a lot of their stuff this way. Not something I like but personal preferences and all that. Shouldn’t make a difference to how much the art moves in humidity against floating straight to the mount board.

I use Brampton framing online for all my frames, they're the only online company who use proper Tru Vue glass and the quality is top notch. They do various different depth / width spacers, or custom painted ones.

Email the sales team if you have any questions, they're really helpful

I have run several experiments using both S hinge and V hinge float mounting and fully reversible archival materials. I did all on practice paper and then on cheap prints. Totally doable and a lot of fun, but time consuming. I did not cook my wheat paste, but short of that I tried best practice. It provides a deeper connection with your art, I feel.

But do not do it on your expensive stuff. You will regret it.

Just the title makes me anxious... fair play to the lot of you

this! i learned this trick of the trade a couple years back.

This seems a S hinge with an angled slot. I always do it parallel.

By the way, I am not even good with my hands, so if I can do a S hinge, 90% of the forum will be able to do it.

The remaining 10% should staple the print to the board or dry mount it with Gorilla glue because of evident lack of effort.

I have the exact same thing on a floated Fanakapan print done by Mister Frameman just before christmas.
As far as I'm aware its quite normal and nothing to worry about.

It's normal for float mounting... usually doesn't show much, but paper can expand and contract... also, maybe, because the print was rolled at some point.
It happens behind a mount too, but you tend not to notice so much.

Not only is it normal. I actually find it very reassuring that the print is mounted sensibly and with a few tabs holding it in place rather than double sided tape or some other monstrosity used to fix it to the board..

All good

Hi,

Just wondering if anyone had any ideas for framing this print. 


It is hand-finished and also got a white gold mask. I spoke to the framer this morning and he was against floating it as he was worried it could damage the hand-finishing / gold leaf. Ideally I’d float it rather than mount it because of the deckled edge but not really sure what to do without pushing the glass against the image.

Thanks!

Float Mounting Art.





What do you think? Is that the correct way to do it?