Digital BW, The Print

Paul,

This is a left turn from where you’re at but given that it’s canvas……I have done several large multi image displays for museums and commercial use.. You used the term light weight.. easy to hang etc.. What about doing gallery wraps.. OK, ok ….just hang on … I can do very larger pieces using a stretcher bar that is ¾ x 1 ½ ….as the piece gets larger I incorporate structure that is made from ¾ x 1 stock (all bass wood) I have made gallery wraps that are 54 x 80 for this type display or so that you can pick up with one hand easily and can safely be held on the wall with 4 pieces of Velcro.. ( I swear I’m not lying about the Velcro..LOL)  We typically make standoff brackets that attach to the wall that are [painted black so that we can alter the depth of the art from the wall to create sort of a 3d effect with the art work display.. The plus of this is that you can change out the art work easily with newer material. This may sound nuts to you but in the end it quite cost effective and actually looks really good. I’ve come up with some crazy crap occasionally thru the years but this was one of the better crazy things.  For the record I’ve used the same principle using paper prints & gator board but you have to finish the edges of the gator (bondo & paint plus a 90% chance of a good cut as the gator is pretty sharp on the edges) …

 

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From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] 
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2016 11:49 AM
To: DigitalB&WPrint
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Canvas & solvent-based adhesives

 

  

Likewise, paper company reps have told me that our inkjet papers are sometimes coated on both sides, not for printing but because the manufacturer found too much paper curl when only one side was coated.

 

Back to my large canvas mounting issue, in trying to find a light weight solution for a large display that needs to be easy to hang on a wall, a lightweight composite structure, coated on both sides, has appeal to me.  FWIW, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich-structured_composite .   

 

Paul

www.PaulRoark.com 

 

On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 9:07 AM, Jacques Caron jacques.caron@... [DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint] <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

  

Hi both of you

 

Being a photographer (an a woodworker too) this "tacking" question relates a lot whit what we call "surface tension". Any substrate used will warp if only one side is coated; using a 3' x 6' (and 1 1/4" thick) wood panel, if only one side is glued, let's say with Arborite, you will see the warping. It can takes a week or a year depending on the conditions but… it will warp.

 

If you want to test some substrate. I would consider gluing a scrap piece of the same material on the back of the mounting board to alleviate the effect. That's why you see furniture (made with Arborite for example) having a "backside" glued with a similar material to stop the warping.

 

Good luck

 

Jacques Caron

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Le 2016-09-05 à 10:55, "Paul Roark roark.paul@... [DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint]" <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com> a écrit :

 



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