Tissue Paper Tip
Friday April 17, 2009
"I use acrylics to paint bleeding art tissue paper to use in collages. They are currently stored in a plastic zip bag that bedding came in. I can see in, but when I take out the tissues, I have to carefully separate them so as not to tear them. Any suggestions on how to store these tissue papers so they don't stick together?While I don't have a definite answer from something I've tried, how about putting some greaseproof paper (baking parchment, the stuff you use to line cake tins) between them? Or freezer paper (though the plastic in this might stick to the acrylic). Anyone else got any solutions?
-- Buff H.
Comments
Hi,
I like to experiment using collage and tissue paper in my paintings. I would like to find out if you need to use non acidic tissue paper and lightfast tissue paper in fine art if you are selling to galleries?
I would. Ask yourself this: If you bought an artwork from a gallery and a few years down the road it started yellowing or fading, how annoyed might you be? If it’s part of the artist’s intended effect, that’s one thing; if it’s unintended, that’s another. Yes, archival supplies cost more, but what price do you put on maintaining your reputation as an artist?