How to Mount Chinese Paintings
In Chinese painting, a piece of art work is painted a thin sheet of paper called ¡§rice paper¡¨ (although it does not actually contain any rice). Once the painting is done, it is mounted to a few more sheets (usually one or two more) of rice paper that serves to not only strengthen the painting but also preserve it by having the creases or tears removed. After this process, some silk strips are glued around the painting so that it looks better when framed. In this sense, mounting is thought as the equivalent of matting in Western art.
Most often than not, paintings sold online are usually un-mounted. Think you can just bring your artwork to have a professional framer mount it and frame it? Think again. It¡¦s not that easy since most framers have no idea what to do with such kind of artworks, especially when it is not yet mounted.
Listed below are the step-by-step procedures needed to get the job done.