Mount terminology

[girlfromkent]

Me again

I am about to start training my second victim, err... part timer, and I'm trying to be more organised about it this time around.

I've realised while writing a training log for her that, having learned as many do from a combo of differnet teachers, books, this forum and the wider internet, that I refer to the same thing in different ways, possible incorrectly. Please can you lovely people help me with definitions for these mount types?

Platform / envelope / encapsulation mount - are these not all the same thing? (window with a 1mm larger, straigh cut window underneath, no hinges)

Gutter / sink mount - the art of sticking foam board strips to the underside of a window in the vain hope that the evil pastel particles will fall in the gap

Shadow mount - the same as a gutter but with a nicer name? Or does this mean float mounted with the foam recessed to create a 'shadow'?

Cheers,
Megan

[JKX]

Platform / envelope / encapsulation mount - are these not all the same thing? (window with a 1mm larger, straigh cut window underneath, no hinges)

No< you're describing a platform mount, where the fallout goes back in to hold artwork in place. I don't know what an envelope mount is, and encapsulation is where art is encapsulated between two pieces of clear film.



Gutter / sink mount - the art of sticking foam board strips to the underside of a window in the vain hope that the evil pastel particles will fall in the gap

No. A sink mount makes something like an oil on board or a laced needlework flush and a wimdow mount over that holds it in place. I've never heard of a gutter mount but it seems fairly self explanatory - probably a spaced mount for pastels etc, but that is also a shadow mount, or simply a spaced mount.


Shadow mount - the same as a gutter but with a nicer name? Or does this mean float mounted with the foam recessed to create a 'shadow'?


First bit - maybe, second bit, no. float mounted simply means mounted to show the edges of the paper - if then raised above the back mounting board then a raised float or a pedestal float.

[girlfromkent]

Thanks JKX!

Pedestal is a new one! See, your raised/pedestal float to me is a 'shadow float' as opposed to a tight float.

But I've also seen shadow mount bandied about - idk what that is then.

Anyway, the smoke clears somewhat, thank you.

[JKX]

A shadow mount is a double mount spaced apart, maybe even a single mount spaced from the undermount. It can be used for effect (one I pesonally don't like) or for a dust/particle trap.

A shadow float is self explanatory but a tight float, not so. Float mounted or raised float mount makes more sense to me.

[prospero]

The fact is that individual framers adopt their own nomenclature.
The terms slip/fillet/spacer tend to be interchangeable.

A chap I knew called slips "Stretchers". Go figure.