The Complete Photo Guide to Framing and Displaying Artwork: 500 Full-Color How-to Photos

For anyone interested in framing or mount cutting then this book is brilliant. Covers virtually all aspects of the subject from start to finish with detailed instructions and colour photographs. Lots of tips and pointers that help the novice improve their work. All in all a very useful addition to the bookshelf and an essential reference book on the subject. Recommended reading.

While the author of this work sadly passed away a few years ago, the book is not in the least outdated and is as clear and as comprehensive as one could possibly wish. There are large color photos on virtually every page. If you have the least bit of interest in DIY framing (or even professional framing, though no claim for that is made by the author), then this book is for you.

I'm an ammeter photographer who is starting to break into semi-pro. When I started getting serious inquiries about prints of my work I had to learn about matting and framing. Even though I may not do my own framing, this book has given me a complete understanding of all of the terminology and many fantastic ideas on how to present my photographs. It's a fantastic read and well worth it for anyone who is new to framing.

A really great book to understand how to frame picture!!

Quite a comprehensive introduction to framing that goes on to cover more complex and challenging aspects of framing paintings on fabric to 3D objects. Equipment required for creating mat cutouts for you pictures is well covered and explained pretty well. I don't know if you could call this the definitive framing publication, but it's a pretty good starter for beginners, such as myself, and should enthuse you to delve deeper into the creation of your own frames. I think that the chapter on frame styles for various artworks is important, though perhaps a bit light, as it's an important consideration when you're trying to determine the look of your artwork as some frames just don't look right for certain images. Overall it's a very good and quite readable book and I'd thoroughly recommend it. Given a bit more technical detail I'd have given this 5 stars and my rating of 4 stars should be read as 4+.