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Sale Coming to Documounts!

September 22nd, 2011

We wanted you to know right away.  Sale is only on Archival Custom Matboards and Full Sheets.  More information to come.

The Hows and Whys of Double Mats

September 20th, 2011

If you’ve been a little uncertain about how to order a double mat – or even why you would want to order a double mat, we have created a page just for you.

All About Double Mats breaks it down for you, let’s you know your options and tells you how to order double custom mats or double pre-cut mats from us at Documounts.

Are you looking for triple mats? No problem? This page will cover that, too.

See some of Documounts’ Most Prolific Artists in a Virtual Artwalk

September 16th, 2011

It’s time for another Virtual Art Walk!  We hope you’ll take a little time this afternoon to browse through the online galleries of some of our most prolific customers.  These links are  a collection of all the artists we have posted about on our weekly Friday Art Watch Series over the last two months.

If you’re not familiar with it, Friday Art Watch is something that we post only on Twitter and Facebook every Friday. We love being able to show you all the terrific work our customers are doing and hopefully the posts will inspire you as well.

Once every couple of months we post a round up of the artists from Friday Art Watch series on the blog under Virtual Art Walk. This gives people who don’t follow us on Twitter or Facebook a chance to see who we’ve been profiling. If you want to catch up with the series, here are the previous Virtual Artwalks.

We’ve really enjoyed having this dedicated time to showcase our customers work. So, in case you missed it on Facebook or Twitter , here’s your chance to catch up. Take a little Friday afternoon stroll with us and enjoy the featured artists from the last few months.

Eileen David – Painting

Jane Hemmerich – Photography

Hiroshi Rodriguez – Spray Painting

SurachaiPainting

Scott Lantz – Painting

Jeannie Truitt - Pencil

Jason Langer - Black and White Photography

Chris Bidleman – Photography

Chris Carr - Watercolor Painting

A great tip on framing a long or panorama frame

September 6th, 2011

Sometimes a long frame with a narrower moulding can bow a bit in the middle because of the weight of the glazing. When this happens the bottom of the frame will bend just enough that you can see the top of the glass behind the lip of the frame. This most often happens when a smaller width frame is used.

We have a tip for you that’s a good precaution to take when framing a panorama or longer horizontal frame in a narrower moulding.

After the frame job is completely done get about a 1″ to 2″ strip of matboard or mountboard and a staple gun.

You’re going to staple one side of the strip to the back of the middle of the top leg of the frame (make sure the strip can’t be seen from the front).  After you do this pull the moulding from the other side and hold it taut while you staple the other end of the strip to the middle of the bottom leg. This works like a belt and hold everything together.

It’s a simple step that can make your project look more professional.

Illustration and Presentation Boards Now Available

August 25th, 2011

We are excited to to let you know that we’re now carrying Crescent’s popular Illustration Board (in Standard and Rag) and the Ultra Black 8 Art and Presentation Board.

All three boards are great for doing your art and for mounting or presentation.  Currently we are offering these boards in small packs in six sizes.

Learn more about Art and Presentation boards.