backing a collage

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ERIC

ERIC

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I have a customer with a collage that he made which needs to be mounted.

It is about 40 x 40 and is made up of torn paper from bus stop posters. It has no continuous substrate and he (of course) wants to float it.

Since he used gel medium to make the piece, what if he backed it with cloth and used the gel to mount it to the artwork? And what if he left excess fabric to the top that I could use to hinge it with?

What is the best type of fabrc to use since I will be using it to hinge?

Any dangers of this method??
 
Why use fabric in the first place? What kind of paper is it glued onto now? Can you float mount it on top of foamboard (cut slightly smaller than art) with hinges going around to the back?

If he wants to do this himself; have him glue it to a bigger piece of paper or foam board.
 
Washed unbleached muslin attached not quite to the perimeter and stretched on a secondary substrate? I agree with using Acrylic Gel Medium if that is what the piece is put together with. Not too keen on using the cloth backing extensions as pendant hangers.
Will have to be done wet since reheating might cause things to stick to things thet aren't supposed to.
Might want to consider Lascaux 360.
 
"What kind of paper is it glued onto now?"

It's not - it was assembled on a piece of sheet metal and then scraped off, so the entire piece is , well small pieces glued together. Got word from a frame tech at MOMA that fabric backing is a common way to handle this type of unbacked collage. The mounting though it more involved than the budget will allow.

Any more comments? Hey Hugh - where are you??
 
If the artist would coat the back of the art will acrylic gel it would become a stable piece which can be easily handled.
 
Of course.

What do they say about the obvious?

Okay, so he does that - then how would you hinge it? He is not keen on glueing it to a backing board . . .
 
Imbed hinges in the arcylic medium while still wet.
 
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