Mat Cutting & Decoration (Library of Professional Picture Framing, Volume 2) (The Library of professional picture framing). This item is unavailable.Mat Cutting & Decoration (Library of Professional Picture Framing, Volume 2) (The Library of professional picture framing)

Step-by-step instructions! The professional framer's guide to mat cutting and decorating techniques. Step-by-step directions show you how to create more than 50 different mats. This training manual will take you from the basics to the most complicated cuts and designs. How to select color and use proper proportion of mats How to measure and plan multiple cuts Mat math including fractions Many fancy mats including French mats Faux Finishes Hand Cut Designs Singles, Doubles, Multiples V-Grooves Cove Fabric Wrapped Title Block Equipment Decorating with ribbon, marbled papers and more! Hundreds of illustrations show you how! Suggested by the Professional Picture Framers Association as a study guide for the Certified Picture Framers Test.

Vivian Carli Kistler, MCPF, GCF, Adv. Vivian Kistler is a leading picture framing expert and in worldwide demand. She owned and operated a large retail gallery and frame shop for over twenty years. She has a degree in art and a certificate in finance. She also owned a craft store and a commercial framing company which supplied framing and art to hotels, coliseums and hospitals. Vivian is the author of numerous books and videos, including the seven-volume Library of Professional Picture Framing. Her monthly articles appear in Art World News, Picture Framing Magazine and Profile magazine. As an educator in the framing and art industry, Vivian travels the world training framers. She is certified as a Master Custom Picture Framer in the USA by the Professional Picture Framers Association and as a Guild Commended Framer, Advanced in the UK by the Fine Art Trade Guild.