Float mounted by hand
Your image is mounted on top of the backing board with a shadow gap around every edge. The print appears to float inside the frame — the same finish galleries use for fine art.
Float mounted, gallery-grade, made by hand
Float mounting is a premium framing technique where the print is fixed in front of the backing board rather than under a mat. The edges of the print remain fully visible, with a small shadow gap surrounding the image — creating the illusion that the print is floating inside the frame. It's the same finish galleries use for fine art and museum-quality photography, and it's a notoriously hard look for a high-street print lab to deliver.
Float mounted photo prints
A float mounted photo print earns wall space. The frame's depth, the shadow gap and the full visibility of the print edge give a family photo, a landscape, a portrait or a wedding image the same presence as a piece of fine art. Most high-street labs can only flat-mount behind glass — we float mount by hand in the studio. The result is the kind of framed photo print you would normally see in a gallery, not a shop window.
Deckled edge — the fine-art detail
If you've ever seen a fine-art print up close, you'll have noticed the irregular, slightly torn edge to the paper. That's a deckled edge. On a float mounted print, the deckled edge is fully visible — exactly the reason float mounting exists. We can add a hand-finished deckled edge to any size of float mounted print at no extra charge — choose it as an option in the designer. Search terms like deckled edge print, deckled edge framed print, torn edge print and deckled photo prints all describe the same finish.
Archival & conservation float mounting
Archival float mounting means the print is mounted with acid-free, museum-grade materials so it doesn't yellow, warp or degrade over years on a wall. We use 310gsm cotton-rag paper, acid-free backing board and conservation-grade hinges — the same standards used for limited-edition fine-art prints and museum framing. If your image is one you want to keep on the wall for decades, this is the way to frame it.
Premium paper, real-wood gallery frames
Every print is produced and framed in our own UK studio. We print on 310gsm cotton-rag paper with archival pigment inks, then float mount inside a handmade solid-wood gallery box frame from Italian mouldings. Available in White or Black, in portrait and landscape sizes from 9" x 12" up to 24" x 32" and metric equivalents.
