Hanga is color woodblock printing with multiple blocks using water pigments and rice paste.
Matting japanese prints.
Mounting and matting before your print goes into a frame it will need to be mounted on a backing board.
It was the technique used to make the ukiyo e and shin hanga prints of japan.
Matting is the paperboard window which surrounds the print.
The best thing to do with a loose print is to mat it so that it can be framed.
Mounting matting and framing your prints and putting them under glass or a glass substitute not only protects your prints from dust pollutants and fingerprints.
It is good to show as much of the subject as possible.
Framing is putting the mounted matted print into a frame preferably behind glass.
I make woodblock prints using the traditional japanese hanga method.
Generally speaking for standard oban sized japanese prints image about 9 10 x 14 15 inches the wider face mat should normally be somewhere in the 2 1 2 to 3 inch wide range although variation is certainly acceptable and can be a matter of personal taste.
Posted by dara segal on sep 15 2014 as of may 2019 our available mat styles have increased.
When to float when to mat.
Then a decorative mat board border may be used over this.
My imagery is mostly of new england with a focus on the lakes and mountains of vermont and new hampshire.
It also makes your work look.
We currently offer no mat single mat double mat floated island mat and article framing for your artwork.