Attaching large and often not entirely flat artorks

[Thys Dullaart]

Hi There! We are a brand new company working in Johannesburg, South Africa. (dragontree.co.za) We would really appreciate any guidance when it comes to archivally attaching artworks made on paper to mounting board. We have encountered a few problems - one is that we have a small amount of product on shelf available here when it comes to anything archival/conservation framing. We have been making hinges from acid free tape and attaching those to the artworks and passed them through slots cut in the mounting board. Problem is that this only works well with smaller and flat paper works. The moment they get bigger and less flat, this method does not really work too well. We would appreciate any input tremendously!

Kind regards

Thys Dullaart and Marianne Schwankhart

 

[Jerry Feig CPF]

Welcome Thys

Nothing works better than good old fashion hinges made from hand made paper and wheat or rice paste. Properly done and installed single paper hinge can hold 1 kg.

http://www.frametek.com/HTML/Articles/Hinging.html

 

[Thys Dullaart]

HI Jerry, thanks so much for the reply, we will check the link out.
Kind Regards

Thys

Welcome Thys

Nothing works better than good old fashion hinges made from hand made paper and wheat or rice paste. Properly done and installed single paper hinge can hold 1 kg.

http://www.frametek.com/HTML/Articles/Hinging.html