9. Here’s a deckle edge border, using the “smooth” or fine teeth side of the ripper. All four borders were deckled (only two sides are shown in this photo) AFTER the paper had been printed with an image (it’s much easier to feed the paper into the printer that way). TIP: If you want to have a 1 inch border with a deckled edge around your image, you’ll need to leave at least 2 inches of border around the image, because you’ll want at least an inch of paper to hold onto when you do your ripping



10. Here’s a view of the deckle edged print that has been matted and framed. TIP: Mount the print to a sheet of 4 ply mat board that is about 1/4” smaller than the deckle edged print, then mount that mat board to the mounting board that goes into the frame behind the glass and beveled mats (double matting is necessary to give the depth you’ll need to for this technique). The mat behind the print act as a “pedestal”, raising the print enough to create a nice drop shadow, and producing a very artistic and three-dimensional quality to your displayed art.



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