Must say. These Ocean's Eleven posters look incredibly cool in person. i mean..the are really really cool
I agree! And one of these days I'll go all out and buy some sort of US version. But I do love my Yugoslavian version. It's only 20 x 28 and will be easier/less expensive to frame!
Thanks guys! Yesterday (Sunday) was cloudy/rainy all day so I spent it watching the NFL & working on posters that have been in frame too long. My better half pitched in quite a bit & she is actually very good at color-matching!
Here's another that got finished. Scandal at Scourie-1 Sht- 1953. Before backing-a real visible issue was the top center fold which had lost some paper.
This blue line appeared very prominently after the wash & backing. I can only guess it's a printing perfection that became more noticeable after wash & deacidification. I did not address covering it up. Not happy with it, but haven't bought an airbrush yet to lay down a fine layer of paint which I believe would be needed to cover & it look acceptable. Poster may hang in our home one day so not too concerned.
There was also some fine paper loss in the top & bottom cross folds that we're not addressed. Need to experiment with smaller bits of paper fill as well.
Josey Wales-Yugo, finally cut down. I leave an inch masa paper border. Framer can trim more if needed. Will get framed early next year after the holidays.
Thanks David, it was a productive day! Will post soon the Call Northside 777 1sht. Ran into Jimmy's jacket which had a %*@&! Eggplant like color and it did not turn out as well as we wanted. Restore & learn!
Overall, when it's finally cut down & trimmed, I'll be happy with the overall effort. I've got 4 more months before I'm a year into this and feel positive about results so far.
I know the lighting is horrible, need to get a magnetic board & the Nikon set up.
Scandals is lovely Mark, top result. Now i want to restore. ..also keep me occupied and off the poster buying street! !!
Thanks so Sven! yeah, the linenbacking has slowed down my purchasing lately, but not completely! I still haven't purchased all the needed restoration supplies due to paper I want to buy.
Sure, let me know if I can be of any help if you want to tackle backing/restoration. Although I have so much to learn! And many kudos to Charlie for all the information he's imparted to me.
My Fair Lady---was the first in depth resto tackled. I haven't kept a strict time count but would guess around 2-3 hrs. Which I'm sure for more experienced restorers is very slow, but it's a learning process.
Josey Wales---about 90'mins-the pixilation of the poster was challenging-getting the gray/blue/charcoal color of his pistol was a tough.
Scandal at Scourie---about an hour or just under.
Call Northside 777---3 hours. Shading the btm left qtr panel was time consuming, and his jacket got troubling as we tried to do too much-color matching was rough.
Definitely feeling more comfortable in the whole process-much so with pencils dry or wet. Paints still learning. Paper infill, yikes!
I'm keeping a timer on my work on Oceans 11 so it'll be interesting to see the final numbers. 20 mins so far on pencil removal.
Scandals is lovely Mark, top result. Now i want to restore. ..also keep me occupied and off the poster buying street! !!
Thanks so Sven! yeah, the linenbacking has slowed down my purchasing lately, but not completely! I still haven't purchased all the needed restoration supplies due to paper I want to buy.
Sure, let me know if I can be of any help if you want to tackle backing/restoration. Although I have so much to learn! And many kudos to Charlie for all the information he's imparted to me.
Tape Removal-Oceans 11. This first corner had some sort of "paper" tape. It did not loosen up as easy as typical cello tape. After a few emails with Charlie yesterday I decided to remove the corner to experiment with paper infill on a straight edge to see how that worked.
Backside before-nearly entire corner is tape.
Front side-after tape removal and corner trim. Didn't like doing this, but curious to see how paper replacement will turn out.
There was still some tape on backside that needed to be removed, then some rough spots sanded down.
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-Before-
-After-the pixilation of the image/print was challenging.
-After-
Before backing-a real visible issue was the top center fold which had lost some paper.
After backing- top center fold needs addressing.
Not a 100% perfect match, but very close.
The finished product, ready to be cut down.
paper border. Framer can trim more if needed. Will get framed early next year after the holidays.
Scandal at Scourie-1953-1Sht. Cut down & trimmed.
sheet backed in April, finally got some restoration. Lots of areas to address.
Missing paper top center line-
Center fold separation-
Loose ink? In bottom left qtr panel-
Center fold area-
Lower left qtr panel-
Missing pieces top center fold line-
I know the lighting is horrible, need to get a magnetic board & the Nikon set up.
Sure, let me know if I can be of any help if you want to tackle backing/restoration. Although I have so much to learn! And many kudos to Charlie for all the information he's imparted to me.
Good question.
My Fair Lady---was the first in depth resto tackled. I haven't kept a strict time count but would guess around 2-3 hrs. Which I'm sure for more experienced restorers is very slow, but it's a learning process.
Josey Wales---about 90'mins-the pixilation of the poster was challenging-getting the gray/blue/charcoal color of his pistol was a tough.
Scandal at Scourie---about an hour or just under.
Call Northside 777---3 hours. Shading the btm left qtr panel was time consuming, and his jacket got troubling as we tried to do too much-color matching was rough.
Definitely feeling more comfortable in the whole process-much so with pencils dry or wet. Paints still learning. Paper infill, yikes!
I'm keeping a timer on my work on Oceans 11 so it'll be interesting to see the final numbers. 20 mins so far on pencil removal.
Before---
After---
This first corner had some sort of "paper" tape. It did not loosen up as easy as typical cello tape. After a few emails with Charlie yesterday I decided to remove the corner to experiment with paper infill on a straight edge to see how that worked.
Backside before-nearly entire corner is tape.
Front side-after tape removal and corner trim. Didn't like doing this, but curious to see how paper replacement will turn out.
There was still some tape on backside that needed to be removed, then some rough spots sanded down.