How to gesso stretched raw linen?

[Linda Brandon]

Originally Posted by Ilaria Rosselli Del Turco

... while the next ones can be very well applied with the sides of your very own platinum visa (or any other credit card).

Ilaria, I laughed at this. All of my paintings are created with the swipe of my Visa card!

Are you sure that steaming the linen is okay archievally? I wonder about this. I have a big crumpled bundle of linen in the corner of my closet that landed there in a Bad Art Moment. It would be nice to resurrect it someday.

I'm doing a "gallery wrap" where I go around the sides with the linen. Yesterday I sized the canvas with Gamblin's PVA size (a subsitute for rabbitskin glue) and today I plan to put on a coat of Holbein's Underpainting Lead White.

Allan and Carlos, thanks for your tips. I wonder if somebody could post a photo of the back of a perfectly made gallery-wrapped (around the sides of the stretcher bar) stretched canvas?

[Ilaria Rosselli Del Turco]

Linda, I am positive about ironing, it will tighten the weave
Sorry I only have thirty seconds, after which my stupid computer monitor goes black, guess I 'll be online again next week after it is repaired
Ilaria

[Linda Brandon]

Originally Posted by Linda Brandon

I wonder if somebody could post a photo of the back of a perfectly made gallery-wrapped (around the sides of the stretcher bar) stretched canvas?

I'm reviving another old thread.
Does anybody have a good photo they can post of the back of a GREAT gallery wrapped painting? I especially want to see corners ("hospital" corners, or cut?) and where you placed your staples or tacks (on the edge that hits the wall, or all the way around the stretcher bar?). Thanks.

[Allan Rahbek]

Originally Posted by Linda Brandon

Does anybody have a good photo they can post of the back of a GREAT gallery wrapped painting? .

Linda, I don

[Ilaria Rosselli Del Turco]

Allan, this looks very neat, despite folding origami in my teens I didn't know how to fold corners that well! I'll try straight away, thank you very much for posting this
Ilaria

[Linda Brandon]

Thank you Allan! That was indeed a great corner and, like Ilaria, I will try to duplicate it.

[Marcus Lim]

[QUOTE=Allan Rahbek]Linda, I don

[Allan Rahbek]

Originally Posted by Marcus Lim

Hi Allan,
how did you manage to tack it that way?

marcus

Marcus,
I use a Staple tool that works with only one hand. If you would use a hammer and tacks you would need a magnetic hammer.
I bought a canvas pliers, but it broke, so now I use my fingers again like I used to.
To wrap the canvas all around the stretchers I place the canvas upside down on a table and use both my thumbs to add pressure from the front side of the canvas, and when it is tight I hold it with the one hand and staples, first on the edge and later on the excess.

Hope this was helpful, Allan

[Marcus Lim]

Thanks Allan for sharing.
I'm not sure what a Stable tool is, but basically what you're saying is that you use your thumbs and the Stable tool, to get a drum-tight canvas? Sounds pretty amazing to me.

marcus

[Allan Rahbek]

Originally Posted by Marcus Lim

Thanks Allan for sharing.
I'm not sure what a Stable tool is, but basically what you're saying is that you use your thumbs and the Stable tool, to get a drum-tight canvas? Sounds pretty amazing to me.

marcus

Sorry Marcus, this was just one of my usual misspellings, I should have said STAPLE. You know, those small clamps that you see on the pictures of the corner. I find it easier to use than a hammer and nails.

About stretching.
You will find excellent advises if you look for the post: " Stretching Pre-Primed Canvas" by Garth Herrick.

Allan