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S.Witt-Tampa

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We have a local artist from a local Arts League here that works on Yupo paper. It is a synthetic eco-friendly "paper" with a very high gloss front and back. She works in watercolors which seems like it may be a little fragile in such a glossy, non-porous finish.

Anyway, I have never had to frame anything on this before so, does anyone out there have any suggestions (horror stories, etc.) as to mounting (procedure/materials/etc) and special handling?? Maybe we'll get the work, maybe not...maybe it's all just a test!
 
I framed four acrylics on Yupo about a year ago. I was, like you are, very unsure how to mount them. I wanted to mount them to foamcore and then bevel-cut it before mounting it again to a mat to make it look like it was floating. I did drymount it using speedmount (short dwell time). I was unfamiliar with Restore at the time. I would suggest using that. They turned out beautiful, and are still hanging in the gallery waiting for someone to take them home. I wouldn't think watercolor would be anymore fragile than acrylic. Hope this helps.
 
Howdy,

I just did four acrylic paintings on Yupo paper. It was tough. Yupo is extruded polyethelyne, and it's waterproof, which gives watercolor a really interesting effect and is troublesome in the shop.

No heat or spraymount. The artist who did these paintings actually publishes information on how to mount her prints but it's a little vague. Just says if you must mount, use a cold press system. Her handout claimed that spraymount would expand the paper. As the paper doesn't accept glue, that just leaves strips or pressure adhesive. For sale, she had stuck the prints to foamcore with ATG 924. It came off the back really easily and left no visible residue. Normally, we would NEVER mount an original, but I took the handout as permission to mount. All four paintings were for different customers and each one didn't want to mat or glaze the picture, so we really had to take a stab at it.

I used 3M PMA. It worked pretty well. I'm not sure how long it will last but I used two layers of adhesive and I got a really good bond. Also, it didn't appear to warp or need countermounting, but we'll see how time treats it. This was nerve-wracking, but I think I lucked out on this one. I took the time to really go over the options with the customers. The artist had been at a big arts festival we have here about a month ago, and each painting was $700-$1500 unframed. I did make them sign waivers.

Preservators? Thoughts?
 
Thanks - she actually does want some of the pieces floated on foamcore - I guess that this is the "Yupo-du-jour" treatment.

She mentioned that another framer she used would mount the artwork onto another piece of Yupo paper before mounting both to the foam core - but I don't see what that accomplished????????????????

....maybe that's why she's in the market for another framer???

Still leaning toward cold mounting but fret the watercolor's traction on the glossy finish - scared of putting it into the press - if I don't slide the weights around I won't mess up the artwork - right? - guess I'll have her chose a method and sign a waiver.
 
S.Witt-Tampa said:
She mentioned that another framer she used would mount the artwork onto another piece of Yupo paper before mounting both to the foam core - but I don't see what that accomplished????????????????
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Maybe she was misunderstanding countermounting and the framer was mounting the other piece of Yupo to the back.
 
We sent a piece of blank yupo to the company we use to do plaque mounting for an artist to be cold mounted on mdf without lamination.

It seemed to be a good mount and he did his painting after mounting.
It's nice to see an artist thinks about how the art will be displayed before it's finished.
 
I regularly frame for a watercolor artist who brings in paintings on yupo all the time. Do not handle it with wet hands:)

I use clear corners on rag mat and bring the top mat in about a half inch all the way around if the painting allows it. Since they are originals I have never concidered framing them anyother way. We have never even discussed mounting without mats or anything.

Anxious for more replies to this myself:)
 
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