What are the advantages of French Picture Framing?
• It’s less expensive: First, you need just a few tools that can be covered in an average budget of $150, or even less (you would typically spend $250 for American framing tools). Second, the materials used to frame are less expensive as well. As you wrap your mats with papers, you can use all of the mat, compared to the regular mat usually used one time. Let’s take an easy example: You want to frame three photos, each 4″x6″, in three 8″x10″ frames. You will have to buy three mats with three different colors. At an average price of $11 per mat, that would be $33. With the French techniques, you will need only one mat at $6.50, plus three papers for three single mats (around $3 for the paper) so it comes to $15.50. In addition, you’ll have leftover section of 8″x30″ mat to use for future projects. The papers can also be used for something other than framing projects. Papers have so many applications. • It’s more creative. A large selection of papers are available, and they are often aci
