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didjimandecided it was time to grind up some ink and indulge in one of his passions. "So," he said to me, "I understand you have a Japanese name you use in the SCA. Do you know how to write it? " Well, not really, no. I have it in hiragana somewhere but I haven't practiced it for ages. So I fed him the syllablic elements and he looks up the various kanji on the computer. It helps that I know the meanings of each root element as well as how they're spelled in romaji.
Some time later, he presented me with this. The large character is "Ai" or "Love." The top three at right are for "Saionji", the bottom two are "Hanae." It goes without saying how deeply touched and honored I am to have been presented with this work of art.
Suggestions on how best to get the paper to lie more smoothly before I attempt to frame it more permanently are gratefully appreciated!
didjimandecided it was time to grind up some ink and indulge in one of his passions. "So," he said to me, "I understand you have a Japanese name you use in the SCA. Do you know how to write it? " Well, not really, no. I have it in hiragana somewhere but I haven't practiced it for ages. So I fed him the syllablic elements and he looks up the various kanji on the computer. It helps that I know the meanings of each root element as well as how they're spelled in romaji. Some time later, he presented me with this. The large character is "Ai" or "Love." The top three at right are for "Saionji", the bottom two are "Hanae." It goes without saying how deeply touched and honored I am to have been presented with this work of art.
Suggestions on how best to get the paper to lie more smoothly before I attempt to frame it more permanently are gratefully appreciated!
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Date: 2009-09-09 04:05 pm (UTC)I don't know what type of paper this is, but I've had some luck with the following method for illumination projects. It's an adaption of the method for stretching vellum/parchment that I modified for use with cotton drafting vellum (yay, budget options!). It has worked fine for me with modern papers, but if at all possible I would suggest trying it with a blank page of the same paper used in the artwork to test first.
On a flat, impervious surface (I use a glass coffee table) layer...
3 or 4 dry paper towels
One damp paper towel (thoroughly wetted but then wrung out and spread even in top of the dry paper towels)
artwork (ink side up away from the wet paper towel)
piece of saran wrap on top of the artwork (anti-sticking device)
a moderately heavy, large book
Leave it sitting for an hour and then check the paper - it should be just slightly damp and the paper should have a bit of give to it. If not, put it back and wait another hour. When it's been sitting long enough the wrinkles should have flattened out.
Once it's flat you can try letting it dry and see if it stays flat, but more often than not mine end up puckering as they dry :-/ I usually mount a piece while it's still slightly damp and has that bit of that stretch to it - it's a pain in the butt and very nerve wracking, but if it's stretched out a bit on the mounting board it should dry flat. I'd really recommend trying it with a blank piece of paper first to get a feel for how much it gives.
On a side note, I usually mount my projects on a piece of board that's just slightly smaller than the art page so I can wrap the edges around and glue them to the underside of the board...but there's detail on this beautiful piece that goes fairly close to the edge so I'm not sure that would work :-/