Opinions Wanted Mounting

[Bill C]

I am going to float mount tapestry on a linen background. It is going to be oversized. I was thinking of mounting the linen onto plywood first.My question is what are your thoughts on this, and what would be the best adhesive to use. Mounting the tapestry is the easy part.
About three inches of the linen is going to be showing all around. Thanks in advance to everyone.



Bill C.

 

[PaulSF]

what about laminating a sheet of matboard to a sheet of coroplast, and adhering the fabric to the matboard? The coroplast would give more rigidity to the whole thing, and if you need to, you can even attach a strainer to the back of the coroplast.

 

[Dave]

I'd do as Paul suggests however if the oversize is 48" or shorter on one side I'd cross plain another sheet of Coroplast which creates a very rigid substrate probably eliminating the need for additional reinforcement.

 

[RParrish]

I agree strainer with coroplast or even gator board with the fabric glued to rag mat. Plywood is too heavy.

 

[Bill C]

Thanks for the quick responses guys. I was also thinking about coroplast, but was looking for short cuts.

 

[Jim Miller]

Coroplast is a good choice, as it is lightweight, fairly rigid, and stable.

I would consider stretching fiberglass or polyester screening over a strainer, covering that with the fabric, and then sewing the tapestry through all layers. The screen makes an easy substrate to sew through, and it is very sturdy. Avoid nylon or aluminum screening material.

 

[Rebecca]

Another way to do this is to

-make a backboard from 3/8" coroplast (if your item is larger than 4'x8' the coroplast can be spliced using vertical flutes (they fit into each other) and joins reinforced with Lineco frame sealing tape. 3/8" is pretty rigid, but If you need more rigidity the coroplast can be attached to a cross braced wooden strainer (bass wood is a good choice if available) or laminated to a second sheet of coroplast with flutes perpendicular to the first sheet. The weight adds up though.

-cover the coroplast with needle punched polyester (not the puffy kind- one trade name is insulate, quilting shops carry it, it is about 1/8" thick)I use 3M#415 tape or Beva to attach it either to the front edges or wrap around to the reverse.

-cover that with your washed show fabric, wrapping edges to reverse and Bevaing down

-center textile and stitch down with curved needle. Depending on weave, you might be able to use standard curved needles, or if very fine ones needed ou can order from Fine Science Tools.

The benefit of this is that there is a solid backboard, so no air filtration.

If it is to be glazed with Plexi you can also make this into a pressure mount and reduce sewing; so many possible variations!

Plywood is not a good choice as there will be a lot of acidic and other volatile vapors emitted by it and absorbed by the textile. I have a Miro print in now that has a very strong plywood pattern burned into the reverse.

Rebecca