Making a picture, photograph or embroidery in a baguette will require the use of a passport. Of course, you can do without it, but successfully matched to the color of the mat, its impeccable execution will make our image sound in a new, more complete and interesting way. In addition, the mat is able to harmoniously combine the decorated image with interior details .
You can buy a passe-partout in finished form, but it is not at all difficult to make a passe-partout with your own hands. First you need to decide on the color, then buy cardboard in the
baguette workshop . To make a passport, you will need to cut a neat window in the sheet of this cardboard. The surface on which we will work should be strong enough and resilient, and be sure to be perfectly flat. In addition, it should be noted that in the process of cutting there is a threat of damage to it with a knife.
When making a passepartout with your own hands, you can use the usual well-ground knife, but if possible, it is better to purchase a special cutter . Using it, you can make an oblique cut (45 degrees) on the inside of the frame, which will give the image a perspective and a sense of depth, and the work will look professional and elegant.
It should not be forgotten that the passe-partout for embroidery, photography or painting should overlap the image by at least 5 mm around the entire perimeter. When cutting, you should be very careful, the cleanliness and accuracy of the cut must be observed.
As for the tools with which the manufacture of the mat is made, it should be noted that working with the simplest and cheapest cutter is quite complicated, without certain skills it is unlikely to be able to do the job accurately. Much better results can be obtained by using a cutter in which there is a special slot for the knife blade. One of the most convenient and affordable accessories for making a passe-partout with your own hands is the "Logan 4000" cutter, which has a fixed angle of inclination of interchangeable blades.
The device for the convenience of the user is equipped with control marks that define the beginning and end of the cut. To fix the required field sizes, a movable graduated rod is used.
Making a passe-partout with your own hands will also require knowledge of some subtleties and rules. This applies to the width of the frame: the picture or photo, which has a large number of details, can have a wide frame, or even a very wide one. Then all attention will be concentrated on the central part of the image, the significance of the general idea of the work will be emphasized. A narrow frame in this case will provoke an examination of every detail and image detail, and scatter attention. A wide frame will require a portrait, which has a minimum of detail - so we can expand the field of the frame. Photographs or paintings with large spaces - sea, sky, etc. can be decorated with a very thin frame.
The attractiveness of a piece also often depends on the color and brightness of the mat. Too bright a color can “clog” the image itself in the picture or picture. For non-contrast and dim images, you should make a passe-partout of softer and lighter shades. The width of the frame and its shade are also able to work to give the image volume, "moving" it deep into, or, conversely, moving it forward. But to predict the result is very difficult, it will be possible to evaluate it only when the picture is framed.