I did what we called Museum Wraps, actually for Museums, back in the
60s/70s in San Francisco. We used B&W or Color prints on real photo
paper however. We used watered down Elmer's glue spread on one side of
40"x60" double-tempered masonite, laid the print while still slightly
damp, squeegeed out air from center to edges, flipped the board,
applied glue, then the print, to the edges and backside about an inch
in. To prevent tearing, we sanded the edges of the masonite to round
them slightly.
The only problem with modern materials is dampening the paper. In most
cases, it would affect the print inks in a negative manner. But it
must be easy to do, as it's not very expensive to have it done to your
prints submitted online.
That's the way I'd do it today. Have someone else do it, sending a
sample print of yours, if needed to match and let them print and wrap
it for you.
On Aug 4, 2009, at 10:09 , Bruce Walker wrote:
I'm getting into printing and investigating mounting and displaying
methods. Gallery Wrap seems to be getting a lot of buzz lately, and
I see that Hahnemühle sells a DIY system that they call gallerie
wrap: http://is.gd/22oz4
They suggest it's good for both paper and canvas, but I'm a little
doubtful about paper. This system relies on stretching the print as
the sides are folded-up (I'd be afraid of tearing), and the print is
directly exposed to the air.
So far I've had some prints done on HM German Etch (320 gsm)
textured paper, and that appears to way too brittle to survive the
folding process. I've also had a couple of prints done on Canon's
Satin Photo paper (240 gsm) and that seems like it would be too
fragile to be mounted like this.
Anyone here have experience with gallery/gallerie wraps and using
paper, or canvas for that matter. Has it worked out well? What about
using for exhibiting, say in a hotel lobby?
Joseph McAllister
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