On yesterday's post I showed a finished piece from my Family Photo Album series of 4 works. I came across these polyphotos which I'd never seen before as they were in my aunt's possession. Here they are: I tried working with the Plymouth franking taken from the envelope, but in the end decided to go with just three of the polyphotos. Making the artwork you saw yesterday: Wren Christine Burt The background is stretched 100% cotton paper such as Somerset Satin or BFK Rives. The photos are … [Read more...]
Glues at Limetrees Studio 2 – Archival Glues
These glues are all suitable for paper. To stick paper onto card or to laminate two sheets of card, you need PVA glue which has lots of "grab". For very heavy paper, you can mix one of these glues with PVA glue. These glues all penetrate the fibres of the paper and allow it to stretch and dry super flat if the paper is being glued to card. If you use the pastes to glue paper onto paper it will cockle. If you are glueing pictures into a scrap book, look at yesterday's craft glues or Methyl … [Read more...]