Back in the day, ohh it must have been about 6 months ago, I decided to launch myself into the vain world of mounting photographs. I perused the small selection of related tools and accessories at my local art supply shop, finally buying a craft knife, a T-square, one of those little red logan freestyle bevel cutters and a small selection of different coloured mount boards. Elated at the possibility of finally mounting and framing some of my prints, I sped home ignoring all traffic lights, zebra crossings and other petty obstacles.
How and ever, as it always seems to be, the task at hand was more difficult than first imagined. First and foremost, I can only imagine that being a lefty didn’t lend itself to being a native mount cutter. Either that or I just suck at cutting mounts. I chose to believe the latter and so broke out in a cold sweat whenever I had to face the challenge of cutting a straight line in a piece of coloured card. No amount of concentration, prescription drugs or alcohol could make me cut a line that was straight, free of burrs and not completely jagged.
So the inevitable choice arose; spend more money or give up completely? Should I buy those hugely over-priced pre-cut mounts (like a loser) or shell out yet more dosh in the never ending quest to further my craft? Given that I’m an idiot…. I chose to shell out more money and bought a Logan 301 from a helpful lass on ebay.
It arrived last night in some unmissable blue wrapping along with a cheery note from the seller. Ebay really is an invaluable resource. After I got it home and finally got all that bubblewrap off it, I unpacked it and gazed in awe. I couldn’t fail this time! Given that I’m in the I.T. industry (and an idiot), I sneered at the the instruction video and manuals, deciding to leave them in the box. I proceeded to mark out a rather large off-cut of mountboard and placed it into the cutter. Five nervous minutes later, I had one almost perfectly cut mountboard. Amazed? I practically soiled myself. Five minutes later I had my second almost perfectly cut board. Long story short, spend the money, don’t be an idiot. Beats buying those damn pre-cut boards any day. Or maybe it doesn’t. Rats!
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I suppose we could buy our own mount cutters or, we could all pop round your place and watch you sweat while you cut them for us!!
oh bother, did I forget to add “will cut mounts for pints” ?