Welcome
back to the blog! The holiday nonsense is officially over and it's time
to get back to business. We're going to start off with a tiny post about a large Lichtenstein silkscreen. This was a very simple and routine de-hinging project. The piece had been in a frame and was therefore hinged to a foamcore backing. This means there were two undesirable pieces of water soluble gummed tape on the back of the art.
John begins by running a sharpened metal spatula underneath the print to cut the tape from the foamcore backing. |
Here you can see the gummed tape on the back. |
John and Gabe flip the piece over. Notice the white cotton gloves. These keep the bright white paper safe from smudges. |
Melissa clears the remnants of foamcore from the tape before getting down to business. She massages a solution of water and cellulose into the tape in order to loosen up the gum. |
She then carefully edges her palette knife under the tape. She has to go slow in order to keep from damaging the paper underneath. |
The tape is removed and now the residue must be dealt with. |
She paints more water onto the gluey debris. She has to be sparing so as not to allow the art to wave up or wrinkle. |
The most satisfying part of the work, scraping off the residue with a blade. Notice all the bits in the foreground. |
And clean! She takes a bit of cotton wool and wipes away any remaining evidence. |
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