Interesting, something I will definitely have to look for when buying posters. The poster wasn't too pricey so doesn't bother me, & isn't something that EMP does or should really include in condition grading-but will have to look more closely when buying foreign posters.
Finally picked up My Fair Lady-Danish, from my framer today. My wife mostly picked out the frame color, shape and I couldn't be happier! I think it turned out awesome!!!
Picture taken in frame shop-it's all wrapped up now for tomorrow night's bday celebration dinner!
Thanks guys. Yeah, I'd love to keep it, but it's a fun gift to give! I'll certainly be looking out for another soon. Yeah, a gift card certainly would have been easier! ...I hear ya Sven!
Here's something I've been fiddling with lately. I linenbacked a 1940s one sheet, Hired Wife. It had a lot of tape on the back that had to be removed, and the stubborn tape tood some paper with it-there were also some pieces missing prior to backing. It is going to serve as my experimental piece for paper infill. The poster.
I read the AIC chaoter on paper replacement which helped. But found a video on Youtube which demonstrated the technique using tracing paper, and found Charlie's video when he did a piece infill for The Hour Before Dawn.
Here is the scene prepped for the piece in-fill. It's the bottom right corner.
The only old paper/poster that had access to sacrifice was an old 1946 western I bought for $2. It was a good match in paper thickness and flat "sheen", but was much darker in paper tone. I prepped the two in-fill pieces as I would wash a regular poster-with some added bleach time in an attempt to lighten the paper a bit-it did work to a moderate degree.
Here is the in-fill piece after using a small amount of wheat paste. It fill well, but the piece needed to be about 5%? bigger to fit exactly. It was my first try, am mostly happy with the results.
Obviously a paint match is needed, i don't have an airbrush yet to spray the entire borders, so some mixing of paint will be a challenge.
Here's another in-fill piece which matched ok. Wasn't entirely happy, but I'll get better-this poster needs about 4-5 more pieces in-filled so I'll get more practice. It was quite fun, and am hoping after it's all done, from 6ft it'll look good.
Great job! I over cut mine by 1/8th of an inch and then scrape the edges with a razor... However, hate to be a negative nelly but it would have been way better to closer match the paper. Even if you have to buy another poster from the same year and studio you can get these matched up where you don't even have to touch it up... It's going to take acrylic to cover that me thinks...
Great job! I over cut mine by 1/8th of an inch and then scrape the edges with a razor...
Thanks! I will cut a bit extra next time-my question is: when watching your video-did you cut your infill piece after it had soaked/deacid & was throughly wet? Or when the paper was dry? The piece in your Mylar looked too big for the infill area? Thanks.
However, hate to be a negative nelly but it would have been way better to closer match the paper. Even if you have to buy another poster from the same year and studio you can get these matched up where you don't even have to touch it up... It's going to take acrylic to cover that me thinks...
I know-The only paper I could sacrifice was nowhere near a match in paper color/tone. Hired Wife was only $9 & I was eager to experiment with infill. Will try gouache first, then move to acrylics if needed. It'll eventually hang in the house so won't worry about using acrylics.
Hadn't thought of same studio would reflect paper similarities, only year. Will keep my eye our for other low priced items!
Great to see you taking restoration to the next level Mark! And maxing your time between chores and NFL..efficent restorer and husband!!!
Thanks Sven, it's a slow process of learning, but a lot of fun. as for my efficiency, not sure yet about the restorer, but I can multi-task between laundry, dishwasher, and vacuum!
Great job! I over cut mine by 1/8th of an inch and then scrape the edges with a razor...
Thanks! I will cut a bit extra next time-my question is: when watching your video-did you cut your infill piece after it had soaked/deacid & was throughly wet? Or when the paper was dry? The piece in your Mylar looked too big for the infill area? Thanks.
I've done some were I basically tear it along the edges wet, but it is much easier to do it when dry. The planning involved is to deacid the piece of paper and then let it dry...
Finally picked up My Fair Lady-Danish, from my framer today. My wife mostly picked out the frame color, shape and I couldn't be happier! I think it turned out awesome!!!
Picture taken in frame shop-it's all wrapped up now for tomorrow night's bday celebration dinner!
Ohhhhh Mark..Perfect. You are just incredible. I love the overall look.
Finally picked up My Fair Lady-Danish, from my framer today. My wife mostly picked out the frame color, shape and I couldn't be happier! I think it turned out awesome!!!
Picture taken in frame shop-it's all wrapped up now for tomorrow night's bday celebration dinner!
Ohhhhh Mark..Perfect. You are just incredible. I love the overall look.
Thanks Rosa, your very kind. It was a good project from start to finish. My skills with pencils started there, now practicing with paints, paper in-fill. All challenging, but fun!
Here's a project I started working on to be backed soon. Yugoslavian-Ocean's 11-1960-19 1/2 x 27 1/2. Looks in good condition here but has a few issues to be addressed prior to wash & certainly after. Backside has quite a bit of pencil writing to eliminate. Not difficult, but time consuming.
Close up of pencil, some of which was visible from the front.
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Picture taken in frame shop-it's all wrapped up now for tomorrow night's bday celebration dinner!
Here is the scene prepped for the piece in-fill. It's the bottom right corner.
Here is the in-fill piece after using a small amount of wheat paste. It fill well, but the piece needed to be about 5%? bigger to fit exactly. It was my first try, am mostly happy with the results.
Obviously a paint match is needed, i don't have an airbrush yet to spray the entire borders, so some mixing of paint will be a challenge.
I know-The only paper I could sacrifice was nowhere near a match in paper color/tone. Hired Wife was only $9 & I was eager to experiment with infill. Will try gouache first, then move to acrylics if needed. It'll eventually hang in the house so won't worry about using acrylics.
Hadn't thought of same studio would reflect paper similarities, only year. Will keep my eye our for other low priced items!
Thanks Sven, it's a slow process of learning, but a lot of fun. as for my efficiency, not sure yet about the restorer, but I can multi-task between laundry, dishwasher, and vacuum!
I've done some were I basically tear it along the edges wet, but it is much easier to do it when dry. The planning involved is to deacid the piece of paper and then let it dry...
No, rode the Sydney to the Gong.
Ohhhhh Mark..Perfect. You are just incredible. I love the overall look.
Looks in good condition here but has a few issues to be addressed prior to wash & certainly after.
Backside has quite a bit of pencil writing to eliminate. Not difficult, but time consuming.
Close up of pencil, some of which was visible from the front.
Backside of upper right corner.
Top center piece missing -backside.