Hi all,
I’ve not had huge experience dry mounting. The framers that I am currently working at uses hot dry mounting occasionally for posters.
Recently, a customer has come in and firmly requested for us fo drymount an oil pastel/ mixed media. It’s already really flat and supported on grey board so I don’t know why they want it dry mounted really! But I don’t take the orders and rarely get to talk to customers. My main question is surely heat from dry mounting is not good for oil pastels?
Drymounting oil pastels
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Re: Drymounting oil pastels
Is the customer the artist? As far as I know to dry mount original artwork is a no no unless it is the artists decision as it will reduce the value considerably. Of course the customer is always right, but sometimes they make mistakes!
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Re: Drymounting oil pastels
Apparently she is the artist. I’m going to call her to discuss her order, but I wanted to be sure of what I’m saying. I’m worried that the heat of drymounting will melt the oil pastel? I mean, it needs to be hot enough to melt the glue of the drymount tissue.. surely it’s not good for oil pastels?atomgallery wrote: ↑Wed 01 Nov, 2023 8:14 am Is the customer the artist? As far as I know to dry mount original artwork is a no no unless it is the artists decision as it will reduce the value considerably. Of course the customer is always right, but sometimes they make mistakes!
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Re: Drymounting oil pastels
I have no idea about that, see if she can give you a failed pic or a sample of paper with the same pastels on it to test?
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Re: Drymounting oil pastels
It may depend on the heat that the particular brand of tissue you use requires, but I would comfortably say no. My hotpress runs at 92o for mounting, so it' is going to melt anything oil/wax based!
@atomgallery If the process and implications are explained fully to the customer and they make an informed decision, then that is theirs to make and I'm happy to do it. A £200 print is a valuable piece of work to some customers and disposable art to others!
@atomgallery If the process and implications are explained fully to the customer and they make an informed decision, then that is theirs to make and I'm happy to do it. A £200 print is a valuable piece of work to some customers and disposable art to others!
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Re: Drymounting oil pastels
Mounting 101: NEVER stick anything down that you can't replace.
If the piece needs to be drymounted then the artist should mount the substrate before executing the work.
*I would be very wary of applying heat to an oil pastel. It would need to be cold-mounted using PVA and left under weight
for 24 hrs.
If the piece needs to be drymounted then the artist should mount the substrate before executing the work.
*I would be very wary of applying heat to an oil pastel. It would need to be cold-mounted using PVA and left under weight
for 24 hrs.
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Re: Drymounting oil pastels
My first thought is a big NO for all of the above comments. The number one directive is to do no harm and to not experiment on a clients work of art.
On the other hand, if you accept the challenge and it goes wrong, who is a fault and who is going to pay for
the waisted materials
the customers art
the release board / paper and other cleanup that might be required
your time and aggravation
BTY, some formulas of oil pastels contain wax. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_pastel
On the other hand, if you accept the challenge and it goes wrong, who is a fault and who is going to pay for
the waisted materials
the customers art
the release board / paper and other cleanup that might be required
your time and aggravation
BTY, some formulas of oil pastels contain wax. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_pastel
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@Fran When you say that it is supported on grey board, can it safely be removed from that board? That would be a good start imo. If she insists on dry mounting then I would 100% have her sign a disclaimer.
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