I’ve printed my Cairo photo bigger than I’ve ever printed anything. It’s 60″ Wide by 40″ tall. I’ve always wanted to see this and some of my other images blown up really big, and… it looks spectacular! There is so much to look at, and the desert sands and the pyramids begin to take on a haunting quality that is missed in the smaller prints. I’ve the prints mounted on 68 x 48 foam core, so now the trick is figuring out how to mat and frame the beast. After printing it this large, I found out that the biggest mat sizes available from most places is 60×40. Oops. There is one place that sells 98 x 48 mat board, and it’s pricey. Having a 60×40 window cut in it is even more money… So I’m going to try to figure out how to cut 4 pieces and miter the corners, and hopefully it won’t look tacky. I am imagining that the framing would be even more expensive, so I have decided to build it myself. I just spent an hour at Home Depot figuring out what I want to try to do. Stay tuned for updates!

Ok. Update: I cut the mat using my mat cutter and somehow managed to do it all in on giant piece, without screwing it up. Yay!

I started the frame yesterday. Cut the pieces, glued the corners, wood putty, sanding, painting…

…Finished!!