Framar
WOW Framer
I am VERY proud of myself - today I told a good and loyal customer that I would not touch her work with the proverbial ten foot pole and sent her to a conservator!
For years now she had been telling me about this ancient Chinese scroll that was deteriorating on her wall. Her husband was reluctant to "invest" in a frame - so it was exposed to the air, a leak from somewhere plus silverfish! This thing looked like the Dead Sea Scrolls it was so tattered and fragile. She noticed a piece was missing that had been there when they put it on the back seat so she sent her husband out to look for it - he found the piece on the sidewalk!
We discussed mylar encapsulation but I finally assured her that a conservator could deacidify it and stabilize it first and then I would be more than willing to tackle the job. The scroll was almost 60 inches long - I warned her it would cost a bundle to frame it with proper conservation but if it were to be stabilized it would be a worthy investment. She agreed.
Before I let them take it back with them flapping around in the breeze I cut a piece of corrugated slightly longer, covered it with Lineco scraps, and wrapped it loosely with foam packing material. Then I taped the wooden ends of the top rod to keep the whole thing from sliding around. They were VERY pleased, and I am so relieved!
I did it! I turned away an impossible job!
What is the best (worst) job you have ever refused to do???
For years now she had been telling me about this ancient Chinese scroll that was deteriorating on her wall. Her husband was reluctant to "invest" in a frame - so it was exposed to the air, a leak from somewhere plus silverfish! This thing looked like the Dead Sea Scrolls it was so tattered and fragile. She noticed a piece was missing that had been there when they put it on the back seat so she sent her husband out to look for it - he found the piece on the sidewalk!
We discussed mylar encapsulation but I finally assured her that a conservator could deacidify it and stabilize it first and then I would be more than willing to tackle the job. The scroll was almost 60 inches long - I warned her it would cost a bundle to frame it with proper conservation but if it were to be stabilized it would be a worthy investment. She agreed.
Before I let them take it back with them flapping around in the breeze I cut a piece of corrugated slightly longer, covered it with Lineco scraps, and wrapped it loosely with foam packing material. Then I taped the wooden ends of the top rod to keep the whole thing from sliding around. They were VERY pleased, and I am so relieved!
I did it! I turned away an impossible job!
What is the best (worst) job you have ever refused to do???