Jleschak
True Grumbler
Hello All,
Need to get some perspectives here. I am framing 2 papyrus which have been pre-mounted onto a coarse and reasonably rigid burlap. They are from Egypt and best described as a higher end papyrus from a specialty shop, the burlap mounting is strong and stable. The size on the smaller one is 25” x 36” and larger one is 36” x 74”.
My need for information specifically is around mounting. If there is no burlap, I have been using a heavy Japanese tissue color matched to the backing (most often black or gold) using a hedgehog method with Klucel-G with success. The course burlap make that not feasible IMO.
I am not interested in dry mount nor DCO.
My current direction is to “sew” wide spaced thread attachment points on a grid spaced 5 or so inches apart, then fed through a mat board cut 1/4” smaller than the actual papyrus area. The thread being carefully fed behind the burlap strands such as to not penetrate the papyrus itself. Those individual threads then are passed through holes punched with an awl in the same spots and secured,,,using a tissue template to match positions. These are thus a grid of individual threads and not a single large sewn stitching. To secure the thread, I’ll need some additional structural support in back, but can work that out.
With the burlap backing, I am thinking expansion should be minimal, but any actual experiences are welcome.
Set transportation aside for the topic. Largest will be acrylic and smaller will be glass, but plenty of content around on previous post to guide me on that topic.
Thoughts on this approach? Risks? Other ideas? Am I way overthinking this and there is a simpler method? I am not yet at a point of no return and my direction should be reversible.
Thanks in advance.
John
Need to get some perspectives here. I am framing 2 papyrus which have been pre-mounted onto a coarse and reasonably rigid burlap. They are from Egypt and best described as a higher end papyrus from a specialty shop, the burlap mounting is strong and stable. The size on the smaller one is 25” x 36” and larger one is 36” x 74”.
My need for information specifically is around mounting. If there is no burlap, I have been using a heavy Japanese tissue color matched to the backing (most often black or gold) using a hedgehog method with Klucel-G with success. The course burlap make that not feasible IMO.
I am not interested in dry mount nor DCO.
My current direction is to “sew” wide spaced thread attachment points on a grid spaced 5 or so inches apart, then fed through a mat board cut 1/4” smaller than the actual papyrus area. The thread being carefully fed behind the burlap strands such as to not penetrate the papyrus itself. Those individual threads then are passed through holes punched with an awl in the same spots and secured,,,using a tissue template to match positions. These are thus a grid of individual threads and not a single large sewn stitching. To secure the thread, I’ll need some additional structural support in back, but can work that out.
With the burlap backing, I am thinking expansion should be minimal, but any actual experiences are welcome.
Set transportation aside for the topic. Largest will be acrylic and smaller will be glass, but plenty of content around on previous post to guide me on that topic.
Thoughts on this approach? Risks? Other ideas? Am I way overthinking this and there is a simpler method? I am not yet at a point of no return and my direction should be reversible.
Thanks in advance.
John
