Bottom Weighted Mat Frame

Weighting mats helps to counteract an inherent human visual perception problem.

Bottom weighted mat frame.

These mats are pretty self explanatory the bottom side of your matboard is weighted with more space than the surrounding sides. 11x14 white picture mats for 8 5x11 pictures with core bevel cut frame mattes pack of 12 4 4 out. Bottom weighted matboard styles. A bottom weighted mat board simply means that the bottom border of the mat board is wider than the top border.

I love the bottom weighted mat but a backing should have been included. Bottom weighted mats are slightly unconventional however they re a wowing framed display that will surely get your artwork noticed and generate tons of compliments. The borders are 3 25 top and sides with 4 25 on the bottom. One of the questions i hear most often both in email and on instagram is the source for the large mat offset picture frames in our master bedroom the truth is they are a semi diy or cobbled together effort.

The callie is a pre measured frame with a dramatic bottom weighted white mat offered in 3 different frame styles and 2 sizes for a 14x10 or 10x8 digital photo. So i ve put together my sources so you can also make your own large mat offset picture frames. Understanding centered and weighted matting options using the same image of star trek s iconic enterprise and the exact same sized mat windows here are examples of a centered mat window on the left a weighted mat window on the right. Frame your photos with framebridge here.

Why weight the mat. Bottom weighting means making the bottom mat width slightly wider than the top left and right sides to compensate for an optical illusion that happens where your bottom mat width looks narrower. With backing they would be 5 star. This bottom border is weighted and it is all explained below.

What s a weighted mat. I would have paid more for a backing. The betty is the perfect quick but refined gift with its square photo opening and special bottom weighted mat. You can request bottom weighting or top center which looks great especially for 8 10 photos in 11 14 frames or 11 14 photos in.

The window is moved up so that the bottom weighting is heavier. Upload your digital photos and we ll custom frame them at our factory in kentucky and ship them to your door. You may not want a piece that is centered and may instead prefer a bottom weighted mat. Buy pack of 5 8x10 white bottom heavy picture mats with square openings for.

These mats are vertical so you can only use them with a vertical sized print.