Furmatting: A Departure from Traditional Frame Matting

I have framed possibly thousands of my photos. Often I cut my own mats to fit a theme or a perspective. The materials I frequently use are derived from paper, some plant fiber and rarely wood.

I have never used fur as matting. So, I decided to try it.

… After preserving the hide of a hare, I decided on a photo I had taken in Barcelona and cut the hide to fit parts of the photo. I used a poster cut-out as background to fit the pensive mood of the model. To me, she does seem to think of someone and the old-fashioned letter envelope on that poster fits the mood.

I like the texture of the finished product. I will experiment on different ways of trimming the future hides.

Meanwhile, maybe the term I created, Furmatting, will go viral on the Internet!

July 31, 2018

© Vahé A. Kazandjian, 2018