Bevel mount slip

The extra thick bevel on the inside of this mount is a wooden slip that is covered in paper, it is then cut to size and joined together in the same way a frame would be joined. The outer or top mount is then cut to size, this is made from 1.5mm thick mountboard. On this slip the paper is plain off white but all sorts of different papers and fabrics can be used.

Green silk

Here are some mounts covered in green silk fabric with a gold slip. The mount aperture is cut and then an adhesive is brushed on the mount board, the adhesive is left to dry. It dries to a slightly tacky surface so the fabric is then positioned and smoothed down firmly. A tacking iron is then used to reactivate the adhesive and create a good bond with the silk.

Bamboo frames and silk mounts

Here are two of the silk mounts from a few posts ago. 

Silk mounts and gold slips

Fabric covered mounts can look great, they seem to be very popular in America but for some reason they are not that big over here.
The mounts above are covered in a pongee silk with a gold mount slip.

First I cut the bevel edged mount as usual although the bevel was reversed which is common practice when you intend to add a mount slip (some people call them fillets). The silk was adhered to the face of the mount and the excess was removed from the aperture with just 3/4" of  overhang which could be folded round and stuck down at the back. I then put some double sided tape, called fillet tape, on the back of the mount close to the aperture edge. The gold mount slip was cut to size and fixed in place with the double sided tape. The bottom photo shows the mount slip has been covered with aluminium foil tape which protects the artwork from any impurities in the wooden slip.