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Many thanks to all who have put me straight on that and matter and I now feel a bit foolish for not knowing it wasn't deliberate! Actually the gold/brown edge complements colours in the print very well so I thought it must have been planned. However, it's obviously a happy accident! A white edge wil...

I'm fairly new to framing and have been given a signed Lowry print to re-mount. It has to match the existing now rather manky double mount which consists of a pale blue outer and dark blue inner. No problem with that except that both have a brown/gold core and I haven't so far been able to find a ma...

Thank you to everyone for their very helpful advice and comments. I realise I have much to learn from those with much more experience than me and will no doubt be darkening the doors of this forum again in the future!

Regards

Terry

Thanks very much for your very helpful reply - I will be on to them first thing in the morning. No, I didn't mention mount cutting, but I have also invested in a mountcutter after struggling with the wrong tools! In fact it was after being able to cut consistently accurate mounts and teaching myself...

I am completely new to this forum and indeed something of a framing virgin so would be grateful for some advice. I am an artist, producing oils, waterclours and now prints, so needing to keep my costs down, began making my own frames with a mitre block and saw - with the inevitable mixed results and...