| Matting
Design |

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Issue |
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A Classic
Gold Bevel |
Aug 03 |
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Add Flair
to Mat Designs with Composition Ornaments |
June 04
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Add Variety
with Specialty Matting Tapes |
May 93 |
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Aged Textile
Matting |
May 96 |
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Airbrush
Creations |
March 95 |
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“All
That Glitters Is Not Gold” |
Nov 92 |
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Arch Top
Mats |
Feb 93 |
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Architectural
Style Mats |
July 96 |
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The Art
of the Double Mat |
Jan/Feb
90 |
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Beautiful
Bevels |
June 03 |
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Better
Bevels: ... Colorful Creations |
June 04 |
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Beyond
Traditional Matting |
March 93 |
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The Black
and White Challenge |
Sept 91 |
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Buffered
vs. Non-Buffered Matboard |
June 00 |
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Burnishing
Matboard |
Feb 92 |
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Calligraphy
for Framers: Part I |
March 93 |
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Calligraphy
for Framers: Part II |
April 93 |
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Carved
Paper Overlays |
Feb 95 |
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The Cathedral
Cut with Step |
May 95 |
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The Cathedral
Mat |
July 99 |
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Circular
Corners |
Sept 92 |
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Color Value
in Matting |
Oct 93 |
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Crackle
Finishes for Frames and Mats |
April 95 |
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Creating
Your Own Conservation Deep Beveled Mats |
May 93 |
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Creativity
Flourishes with Bevelboard |
Oct 92 |
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Cut-Away
Panels |
July 95 |
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The Cut
Velvet Mat |
Jan 00 |
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Cutting
8 Ply and Double Thick Mats |
Feb 93 |
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Cutting
8-Ply Mats |
Oct 98 |
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Cutting
Unusual Mats |
Feb 04 |
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Deckled
Edges |
Jan 01 |
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The Deco
Corner Mat |
Aug 92 |
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The Deco
Mat |
Jan 97 |
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Decorative
Deep Bevels |
Dec 91 |
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Decorative
Mat Corners |
Sept/Oct
90 |
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Decorative
Mats for Shadow Boxes |
June 95 |
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Decorative
Matting |
Nov/Dec
90 |
| |
Deep Bevel
Mats |
March 95 |
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Design
and Layout Techniques for French Mats |
July 96 |
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Designing
with Pressure Sensitive Matting Tape |
July 92 |
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A Different
Kind of Mat |
June 01 |
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Double
Mats |
May 99 |
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The Double
Mat |
Aug 92 |
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The Double
Mat |
July 95 |
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Double
Matting Notch Corners |
July 91 |
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Drawing
the Line: Embellishing Mats with a Ruling Pen |
Mar 04 |
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Exotic
Papers |
Oct 93 |
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The Fabric
Covered Mat |
March 93 |
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Fabric
Mats |
Oct 95 |
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Fabric
Mats |
June 99 |
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Fabric
Matting |
Jan/Feb
90 |
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Fabric
Wrapped Mats |
Sept 98 |
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Fabric
Wrapped Mats |
June 03 |
| |
Faux Finish
Mats |
Sept/Oct
90 |
| |
Faux Finishes
|
Jan 91 |
| |
Fillets:
The Finishing Touch for A Mat |
Sept 95 |
| |
Flip Mats
|
Jan 97 |
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Foam Board
Freedom |
March 92 |
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The Foil
Fillet Mat |
April 92 |
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Framing
a Puzzle (Without Gluing It Down) |
June 98 |
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Framing
“Digitalis” |
June 96 |
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Framing
“Hippocampus Erectus” |
Oct 96 |
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Framing
“Jousting Knights” |
Aug 96 |
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Framing
“Yankee Legends” |
May 96 |
| |
French
Matting |
Sept/Oct
90 |
| |
French
Matting for French Court |
March 97 |
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French
Wash: A Traditional Technique |
April 93 |
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Fresh Ideas
for French Mats |
Sept 04 |
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Gilded
Mats |
Aug 96 |
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Gilding
A Mat
|
July/Aug
90 |
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Gouache
|
March 92 |
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Historically
Correct Matting for Art |
Sept 98 |
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A History
of Mat Design |
July 94 |
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The History
of French Mats |
March 93 |
| |
How Wide
Should the Mat Be? |
March 92 |
| |
Inlaid
Mats |
March 92 |
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The Inlay
Mat |
Jan 99 |
| |
Inlay Mats
|
Sept 91 |
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The Key
Corner Mat |
April 96 |
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Keystone
Mats |
Oct 91 |
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The Kobe
Corner Mat |
Feb 99 |
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Kobe Corner
Mats |
July 92 |
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Kobe Corners
|
May 91 |
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Laminate
Surface Enhancement |
Aug 91 |
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Leather
Look: Using Laminates for Mat Creation |
June 91 |
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Leather
Tooled Mat |
March 92 |
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Making
and Selling Fabric Liners |
Nov/Dec
90 |
| |
Marble
Panels |
Oct 91 |
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Marbled
Mats |
Mar/Apr
90 |
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Mat Cutting
Techniques: Offset Corners and V-Grooves |
Feb 04 |
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Mat Decoration
|
March 93 |
| |
Mat Design
Trends |
April 00 |
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The Mat
Drs Q&A: Cutting 12-Ply and Oversized |
Nov 03 |
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The Mat
Drs Q&A: Squaring Matboard and Reverse Bevels |
Dec 03 |
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The Mat
Drs Q&A: Clean Bevels and Stepped Mats |
Jan 04 |
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The Mat
Drs Q&A: Using Production Stops and Burnishing |
Feb 04 |
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The Mat
Drs Q&A: Dented Boards & Using Production Stops |
Mar 04 |
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The Mat
Drs Q&A: V-Groove Tips |
April 04 |
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The Mat
Drs Q&A: Multiple Openings and Surface V-Grooves |
May 04 |
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The Mat
Drs Q&A: Rejuvenating Sueded Mats and Minimizing Overcuts
|
June 04 |
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The Mat
Drs Q&A: Cutting Different Board Surfaces |
July 04 |
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The Mat
Drs Q&A: Cutting a Slant, Notched Corner Mat
(without use of measuring stops) |
Aug 04 |
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The Mat
Drs Q&A: Revisiting a Multiple Opening Mat |
Sept 04 |
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The Mat
Drs Q&A: Cutting a Slant Notched
Corner Mat (with use of measuring stops) |
Oct 04 |
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The Mat
Drs Q&A: A Ribbon Mat and Defining a Paper Mat |
Nov 04
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The Mat
Drs Q&A: A Double Mat and Defining a White Core Mat |
Dec 04 |
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Matting
Proportions |
July/Aug
90 |
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Oversized
Mat Cutting |
July 93 |
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Mat Designs
With a Click |
Feb 03 |
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Matting
Proportions |
May 94 |
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Matting
Strategies for Photographs |
Oct 97 |
| |
Metal Leafing
A Mat Bevel |
March 92 |
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Metal Mats
|
March 96 |
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Metallic
Accents for Mats |
March 95 |
| |
Mosaic
Mats |
Aug 97 |
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Motif Mat
Designs |
Aug 95 |
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Multi-Opening
Mats |
May 91 |
| |
Multiple
Opening Mats |
Jan 99 |
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Multiple
Opening Ovals with V-Grooves |
June 92 |
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Multiple
Ply Mat Cutting |
May 93 |
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The Offset
Corner Mat |
Sept 99 |
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The Oval
Inlay with V-Groove |
Aug 92 |
| |
Photo Collage
Double Mats |
March 96 |
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Pressure
Sensitive Decorative Papers |
July 92 |
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Profitable
Frame Designs Begin With Mat Borders
|
Oct 02 |
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The Reverse
Bevel |
Jan 94 |
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The Reverse
Bevel Mat |
March 99 |
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Ruling
Lines with the Ruling Pen |
July 95 |
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Sandstone
Panel |
Dec 91 |
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Scalloped
Mats |
May 92 |
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Score and
Fold Mats |
Jan 95 |
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Sheer Mats
|
Sept 00 |
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Sink Mats
|
Dec 91 |
| |
Southwest
Style Matting |
Sept 92 |
| |
Specialty
Matting Tapes |
May 93 |
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Specialty
Mats: An Exciting Alternative |
July 99 |
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Sponge
Painted Mats |
Jan 92 |
| |
Squaring
a Matboard |
Mar/Apr
90 |
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Squaring
a Matboard |
June 92 |
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Squaring
a Matboard |
March 95 |
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The Temple
Mat |
July 96 |
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Testing
Matboard for French Matting |
June 97 |
| |
Tiered
Matting: Part I |
July 93 |
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Tiered
Matting: Part II |
Aug 93 |
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Tiered
Matting: Part III |
Sept 93 |
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Tiered
Matting: Part IV |
Oct 93 |
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Titling
Framed Art |
June 94 |
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Traditional
French Matting |
June 97 |
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Traditional
French Matting |
Oct 01 |
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Traditional
Mat Decoration: Part I |
April 93 |
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Traditional
Mat Decoration: Part II |
May 93 |
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Traditional
Mat Decoration: Part III |
June 93 |
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Traditional
Mat Decoration: Part IV |
Aug 93 |
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Traditional
Mat Decoration: Part V |
Sept 93 |
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Using A
"Coved" Mat in an Object Frame |
May 93 |
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Using Proportion
in Mat Design |
Nov 94 |
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Using Ruling
Pens and Markers |
March 93 |
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Using Trends
In Your Mat Designs |
May 02 |
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V-Groove
Designs Made Easier |
Feb 03 |
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V-Groove
Designs Made Easier: Part 2 |
April 03 |
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V-Groove
Designs Made Easier: Part 3 |
June 03 |
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The V-Groove
|
March 96 |
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The V-Groove
|
Aug 99 |
| |
V-Grooves
|
April 91 |
| |
Wider Mat
Borders Increase Impact
|
April 95 |
| |
Wrapped
Bevels |
Feb 91 |
| |
Wrapping
Up Profits with Ovals |
Dec 93 |