Square Mats & Frames, Matting & Framing Picture with Square & Rectangular Window
Get Squared Away at Documounts.
We’ve noticed that many customers are going back to square one when ordering framing materials. If you like the look of square presentations there are several options.
- Square mat with a square window. Say you have an 8”x 8” image. If you order a mat with a window cut to 7.5”x 7.5” (window should be a little smaller than the paper on which the art is printed) with an outside dimension of 12”x12”, you’ll get a square foot of matted image with a 2” border all the way around the artwork.
Square mat with a rectangular window. If you want a square mat but your image is a rectangle, order a rectangular window within a square mat. You won’t be able to have uniform mat borders surrounding your artwork, but the irregularity of the borders make for a unique and interesting presentation. You can also choose to weight the bottom of your mat, so that the window is shown higher in mat. Window here is shown centered.
Rectangular mat with a square window. This is an option if you want to fit your square image into a rectangular frame or in a standard size Clear Bag. It’s a good way to add a square element to a traditional presentation. With this option you can also choose to have the bottom of your mat heavier, so that the window is higher as show here.
Square Frames, Acrylic & Mountboard.
All square mats can be ordered through our Custom Cut Mat Builder. We can also cut all of the supporting players into square shapes – frames, mountboard and acrylic. We also now carry square Clear Bags in 12x12! For other square sizes, many of the traditional rectangular bags are easily folded over to fit compactly around your square art packages.
The Bigger Picture – Squares on Display.
Think beyond the single image to how your square presentations will look in a gallery or on the wall of your booth. You can group squares together to create bigger squares, ie. squares within a square .
They can also be arranged in a linear fashion to create lines and paths of art that lead a viewer throughout the gallery. And for full impact, imagine a wall full of same- size squares!
Think of squares as an opportunity to step beyond the commonplace and change it up a bit.
Because, you know, It's Hip to be Square (sorry, we had to say it).
