The mat board that you choose can make a dramatic difference in the final look of your framed fine-art photography. You will find many different choices available from Frame Destination, a supplier of fine-art frames and framing accessories. All of the colors, styles and variety of materials that you need to bring the artistic vision of your artwork to perfection are available at affordable prices at Frame Destination.
The first choice you have is for precut mat or uncut mat. You may want uncut mat in order to cut your own mats to the custom sizes you want, although it can also be used for a wide variety of craft projects. Precut matboard means that the center hole is cut out for your with our professional framing equipment, giving you a precision fit for your fine-art photographs, paintings, and other types of artwork that you choose to display inside a frame.
Next, you can decide if you need a mat that is crafted to help preserve your artwork. At Frame Destination we offer paper mat, alpha mat, and alpha rag mat selections. The paper mat comes in a wide variety of colors, and is best suited to framing projects where the longevity of the artwork is not paramount and you want the best value available. Alpha Mat is a moderately priced mat that is suitable for archival framing, comes in several classic colors and offers a white core color. Alpha Rag is our premium-quality mat, perfect for your framing projects that demand conservation quality, and the core color is the same as the mat color, giving a very professional finish to your fine artwork.
Mat board from Frame Destination comes in a huge assortment of sizes. If your artwork warrants, you may also opt to have a custom-sized mat cut to your specifications. You can see all of the different types of mat that we offer online, and even order samples ahead of time, along with descriptions of each to help you select the mat that will work for your framed art project.