Dry Mounting

[Swiftie]

How do people feel about dry mounting original pieces of art?... i've heard it shouldn't be done, but know there isn't real rules.

I've done it quite a bit in the past and have been happy with the results, I like flat... and it also gives me a choice to not have glass, which I quite like.

Any advice out there?!... I'm going to the framers on this Monday, so be quick.

[admin]

What do you mean Mr Swift?

Sticking eg works on paper onto board or foamcore or something??

[Swiftie]

Dry mounting is when the artwork (normally a poster) goes onto a bed and is pressed onto a sheet of glue, with heat onto a board, normally thin wood I think, not sure... the heat make the glue work..... then that gets framed.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_a_dry_mount_press

[admin]

Dont do it!

If theyre work on paper keep them as work on paper: theres a fragility and delicacy to work on paper that makes it special...

Just my view

[Swiftie]

yup, it's all on paper. I'm thinking the same as you, problem is I didn't really want glass, or boarder mounts, if dry mounting gets around that, as the paper wouldn't pop out of the frames.

Thanks for the advice.

[cyberduck]

There's lots of ways to do this. try looking at labs like spectrum or Metro on London or even someone like darbyshire ( expensive)

If its a work on paper then you really should use only archival mount tape (silverprint) - tacked to the acid free board or mount.

A good place also is http://www.conservation-by-design.co.uk/
these are the do*s B**LL**S and have absolutly everthing you could ever imagine to store, mount work etc..

[Swiftie]

There's lots of ways to do this. try looking at labs like spectrum or Metro on London or even someone like darbyshire ( expensive)

If its a work on paper then you really should use only archival mount tape (silverprint) - tacked to the acid free board or mount.

A good place also is http://www.conservation-by-design.co.uk/
these are the do*s B**LL**S and have absolutly everthing you could ever imagine to store, mount work etc..

Thanks Duck, I'm going to use your suggestion about silvertape (not heard of it) when I take everything into my framer, he's pretty good, but nothing as expensive as Darbyshire.

I'm gonna check out that link now.

[cyberduck]

Its SILVERPRINT not Silvertape, there's no such thing.....I mean Silverprint.co.uk - its a photo supplier in waterloo