When lifting your artwork, slide a stiff paper or matboard below it before moving it. |
Paper artwork stained by an acidic matboard after many years of contact. |
Otto Rapp, Bogomil's Duckhunting Mask, 2012, graphite on matboard, 12 x 16 inches. |
Most matboard is manufactured from wood pulp, which is naturally occurring acids and lignin and over time can damage artwork. |
The company also offers complete lines of matboard, glass, ready-mades and supplies. |
After your art is affixed to your matboard, put it in the frame behind the glass. |