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splais
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| 07/18/2007 1:22 PM |
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I have two old (35 yrs) ink on silk/fabric drawings (about 17 x 21) I got in Korea around 1970. These drawings were made on a silk or fabric cloth that was glued to a frame. When I went in to see about getting them reframed it was just plain way to expensive. I'm looking at two options. One is to make new frames myself. the other deals with my questions.
If I just cut these drawings out of the frame to place in a standard photo picture frame will they remain nice and flat or will they deform and probably not look good anymore once the tension is off them? thanks. |
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reisafp
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| 07/26/2007 1:05 PM |
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Hi, splais! Please, please, don't just cut them out of the frame! Once the tension is off them, the glass will not hold them flat, unless you spray mount them to foamboard (which I wouldn't recommend, as it will damage the silk). You either need to restretch them, like canvas (making sure you put your staples in at an angle so as not to tear the weave of the silk), or you can pin them into a place of 1/4 foamboard, using stainless steel pins, or you can stretch them across foamboard and sew them across the back (whick is very time consuming, but easily reversible so as not to damage the silk). There are books you can buy that tell you how to frame fabrics that list all of these choices. Sorry, I don't have any titles off the top of my head, but I am sure with a little research you can find them (I used to be a picture framer and these are the various techniques we would have used).
Hope that helps.
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dlmtle
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| 07/26/2007 4:36 PM |
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would this stratagy work for a canvas that the wooden stretchers got warped? to take off and restretch, or woulf this damage the painting?
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reisafp
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| 07/27/2007 10:39 AM |
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Hi Dawna.
Yes, I would recommend taking it off the warped stretcher bars and restretching it. Just make sure you put your staples at an angle in the canvas, start in the center of the canvas on each side to pull it snug and work out toward the edges, and work both horizontal and vertical at the same time. And depending on how much canvas was left to grip on the back, you may have to work smaller than the original size, so your canvas pliers have something to grip. If you have never done this before, I would suggest practicing on a scrap piece of canvas before you work on a painting you value. |
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dlmtle
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| 07/28/2007 3:11 PM |
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so do you have any suggestions on where to get the stretcher bars and cross brace(s)? the only art store locally is Michael's and I think all they carry are the prestreched canvasses. The only experience i have with stretching my own is back in college where i got them at the art department (much sturdier than those flimsy prestretched things). If I can't find a place to get some new stretcher bars, do you think it would work to tak the canvass of the one i have, add some cross braces, and restretch it back on the original stretchers?
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reisafp
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| 07/30/2007 3:15 PM |
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If they are already warped, there is no straightening them out. I would suggest, ordering new ones online.
Dick Blick, Jerry's Artarama, Cheap Joes, and ASW should all carry them so you could comparison shop and see who has them the cheapest. The biggest thing to getting your canvas straight is going to be having canvas pliers and pulling it tight enough.
Good luck.
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