Ron L
CGF, Certified Grumble Framer
Is there any safe way to flatten this type of art? I recently framed two paintings from China on what I assume is thin rice paper. The art was loosely rolled and rippled when they brougt it in. The customers insisted to have the art to to float between two pieces of glass. I discouraged this method, but I gave in to floating it between two pieces of acrylic due to the reduced chance of the art sticking to the glass.
I mounted the art to the acrylic with two dots of rice starch paste along with the byproduct of static from the acrylic. When they picked up the paintings, they were relativley flat. A week later they came back with the art and were unhappy with the ripples in the art. The static charge had weakened. I told them that is the nature of the paper to do this due to environment and paint on such thin paper. I guess I'm a victim of the static making the mount look flat when they picked up the art. However, they are so particular that they would not have accepted it without the benefit of the static. I told them that I will not mount the art with anymore adhisive than I used origianlly.
So, does anyone have suggestions of how to get this paper flat?
Thanks, Ron
I mounted the art to the acrylic with two dots of rice starch paste along with the byproduct of static from the acrylic. When they picked up the paintings, they were relativley flat. A week later they came back with the art and were unhappy with the ripples in the art. The static charge had weakened. I told them that is the nature of the paper to do this due to environment and paint on such thin paper. I guess I'm a victim of the static making the mount look flat when they picked up the art. However, they are so particular that they would not have accepted it without the benefit of the static. I told them that I will not mount the art with anymore adhisive than I used origianlly.
So, does anyone have suggestions of how to get this paper flat?
Thanks, Ron