[frameconnews] Re: Tapes

["Applegarth" <applerepton@email.msn.com>]

Stephen

Following your message about commercial magazines, you probably won't want
this in either, but I don't see how the tapes discussion can usefully
proceed unless we discuss commercial alternatives.   If you think it is
worth discussing but really don't want names in, the Hayaku tape could be
described by its spec. although this would leave room for confusion.

It seems to be universally agreed  that self-adhesive tapes are not
acceptable for conservation framing and that freshly prepared starch paste
and Japanese paper tapes are the best.   A lot of correspondents in this
group appear to be interested in education and would probably agree that
most framers do not cook their own paste.   I doubt is this is purely lack
of education, but also a question of time (and therefore also cost) and
inconvenience.   So if more framing shops are to be encouraged to carry out
conservation framing perhaps it would be useful to discuss whether there are
any suitable, easy-to-use commercial alternatives available.   For example,
I would be very interested to know if anyone has tried Lineco's gummed
Hayaku Japanese Hinging Tape, and what other framers/conservators think of
it as a substitute for the real thing.

Mary Evans GCF
Applegarth Framing, UK

-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Todd <Stephen.Todd@btinternet.com>
To: 'Post to Mail Group' <frameconnews@egroups.com>
Date: 29 June 1999 11:40
Subject: [frameconnews] Tapes


>This Mail Group has not had any
>posts for some time, and therefore
>I am taking the unusual step of posting to
>my own list, to see if we can get the
>ball rolling.
>
>I recently organised a series of seminars and
>workshops at the Royal Horticultural Hall in
>London UK aimed at UK framers.
>
>There were several sessions that were about the
>mechanics of framing and of conservation or
>preservation framing. Whilst I was not able to
>sit in on any event entirely, I was aware that
>the use of tapes for suspending arts of work on
>paper etc. was a matter of some concern for many framers.
>
>Simply put it was the traditional method of starch paste
>and Japenese paper against propriety self adhesive tapes
>and or archival ready made tapes, etc. If you wish to make
>a contribution it would be warmly welcome.
>
>Stephen Todd
>List Owner, frameconnews
>
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