Maintaining Depth at Assembly

[JKX]

You’re not showing yourself up, you’ve only been at it a few months.

Take some time to use the search facility here, then register on The Framers Grumble and search that too - it’s the best online resource there is.

https://www.thegrumble.com/

There are some great books you can buy too, some of which are available digitally for less money. The guide GCF study guide has all of the basic principles such as stuff in this topic and more; that and Jim Miller’s book on mounting three dimensional objects would get you off to a great start. Most if not all of it is either here or on TFG if you can wade through it all though.

[prospero]

Hi Jerome. I fear I'm showing myself up here now.
In answer, I have the double mount...against which I have attached with tape the art print. Behind that is backboard. I hadn't realised that I should have a separate undermount strictly for attaching the art.

This is not a limited edition print or anything, and is something I will be hanging at home for myself. that said, I need to normalise working as if every project is for a client so I need to get these standards correct now.

We all did that back when.... It seems the logical way. Nothing wrong with it but it's not the 'done thing'.
The 'mount' should consist of a hinged package that is a separate entity that cocoons the art and allows easy and safe handling.
In big public galleries they haven't the space to display 1000s of paper-bourne artworks so they store them mounted in cabinets.
They can be taken out and examined fully by students/academics by simply flipping back the window part. This way the art isn't
touched and you can see the full sheet.
Can you imagine how irksome it would be if the art was attached to the window? Sometimes it's easier to do it the 'proper' way.

Another thing I feel I should mention is that fixing the backboard to the frame can have consequences as the backboard can swell
in humid conditions and bow or even break the frame corners. Particularly on big frames with a narrow moulding.

[JKX]

According to a "masterclass" I took with a conservator from Birmingham museum - museums do not store loose works on paper under window mounts, they are stored covered, completely covered, with paper, film or card; an aperture mount would serve no purpose and is for framing. When they hinge artwork it is with ' V' hinges so that it can be flipped to see the reverse.

[Tudor Rose]

Depends on the Museum and the collection I guess.

https://archetype.co.uk/our-titles/cons ... gs/?id=435

Went to an exhibition of mounted and unframed works at the British Museum a few years ago, the mounts were in such remarkably good condition that they looked like they'd been cut that week, instead of in the 19th Century.

As they were intended for display or storage and not to be framed, each mount was hand stamped and then had the signature rounded corners - which makes the mounts "more resilient and safe for handling". They smooth down all the edges too. Real attention to detail.