During designing this, I mentioned the possibility of floating it to look like this, with all the edges showing. She loves the idea, so now I'm figuring out how to do so. It's paint on fairly thin cotton fabric, and although I'm no paint expert, I'd guess acrylic.
I can imagine a few different ways to do it. One would be to roll fabric glue on the back and mount it to a backing with a roller, but with the fabric somewhat warped from the paint, am concerned it might wrinkle there. Another is to glue fabric hinges to the back (or strips), then wrap them around a float platform. But I'm guessing it's not sturdy enough for that, or why would BEVA be suggested for doing it instead? And doesn't BEVA require heat? Seems like heat (including the 130 degrees needed for Canvas MountCor), might melt the paint. It was painted in Haiti, and who knows what else was added. I have no idea how much heat it takes for a flammable thing to ignite, but I'd rather not be the one who starts that campfire. Anyone here with knowledge on these things is welcome to share it.
A couple of years ago, I took a class from a teacher who said folks are doing such canvas floats with Dual Lock, after which he suggested it as a possible float help for things like aluminum photos and cast paper. He made sure to say that it wasn't for art of any real value, but I'm still leery of the idea. As well as the Dual Lock might hold, who knows what's in the adhesive, or whether it will eventually give way or discolor when possible.
We're using an outside frame, and for the float backing that shows out around the piece, she's open to a range of options. We could use a wide black frame that's hidden behind it, with the float back glued (or screwed) into it and only a part of the outside of the frame showing before it tucks under strips at the side of the 'frame frame'. (ha ha....don't look that up). Or we could use a board, (or gatorboard? or Mighty Tough?) painted black. Or we could use a matboard, mounted to a hard substrate (marble? my skull? sorry, I need some comedy relief), in which case, it seems like we should cover the whole thing with glass.
Pondering which to use has started to feel like sitting at the little table and arguing with the Sicilian over which cup has the iocane powder. So, I thought I'd ask my friends. Oh, and the painting is about 18 x 25".
I can imagine a few different ways to do it. One would be to roll fabric glue on the back and mount it to a backing with a roller, but with the fabric somewhat warped from the paint, am concerned it might wrinkle there. Another is to glue fabric hinges to the back (or strips), then wrap them around a float platform. But I'm guessing it's not sturdy enough for that, or why would BEVA be suggested for doing it instead? And doesn't BEVA require heat? Seems like heat (including the 130 degrees needed for Canvas MountCor), might melt the paint. It was painted in Haiti, and who knows what else was added. I have no idea how much heat it takes for a flammable thing to ignite, but I'd rather not be the one who starts that campfire. Anyone here with knowledge on these things is welcome to share it.
A couple of years ago, I took a class from a teacher who said folks are doing such canvas floats with Dual Lock, after which he suggested it as a possible float help for things like aluminum photos and cast paper. He made sure to say that it wasn't for art of any real value, but I'm still leery of the idea. As well as the Dual Lock might hold, who knows what's in the adhesive, or whether it will eventually give way or discolor when possible.
We're using an outside frame, and for the float backing that shows out around the piece, she's open to a range of options. We could use a wide black frame that's hidden behind it, with the float back glued (or screwed) into it and only a part of the outside of the frame showing before it tucks under strips at the side of the 'frame frame'. (ha ha....don't look that up). Or we could use a board, (or gatorboard? or Mighty Tough?) painted black. Or we could use a matboard, mounted to a hard substrate (marble? my skull? sorry, I need some comedy relief), in which case, it seems like we should cover the whole thing with glass.
Pondering which to use has started to feel like sitting at the little table and arguing with the Sicilian over which cup has the iocane powder. So, I thought I'd ask my friends. Oh, and the painting is about 18 x 25".
