How would I mount my prints?

Artist Life

24 Oct

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A black and white relief print of a harvest mouse on a bramble bough covered in ripe blackberries. The print has a textured off-white mount with a black core.

These four prints were on show at Water Street Gallery in Todmorden as part of its ‘A Modern Bestiary’ exhibition “[e]xploring the animal kingdom, real and imagined, through the eyes of artists who have a personal and contemporary take on this fascinating genre.”

If you’re in the area, I hope you managed to see them in person to appreciate all the fine detail and textural marks a computer monitor can’t show you.

Of course, exhibiting prints meant mounting them, so I’m also able to share how I would mount my prints.

A close up of a black and white relief print of a red squirrel in its winter coat. The print has a textured off-white mount with a black core.

I really like black core mount board with my black prints. The black reveal really sets off the printing and keeps your eye in the picture plane.

A black and white relief print of an otter swimming through still water. The print has a textured off-white mount with a black core.

Once mounted, I also like to pop these in a thin profile black frame because black goes with everything.

A black and white relief print of a barn owl. The bird is standing on a post listening out for its prey rustling in the undergrowth. The print has a textured off-white mount with a black core.

Of course, these are just my preference so feel free to go as wild or plain as you like with your choice of mount and frame—you do you!—but the latent graphic designer in me just loves that graphic black core.

Click on any of the images if you’re inspired to try black core mount!

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