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Framing: Preparing your materials
The main characteristic of a good framer is a sense of organization. Well thought out preparation will help you remember everything… and will greatly reduce your risk of using the wrong boards in the heat of the action!
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5
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Choosing framing accessories
From glue to the work area, here is an overview of framing tools and accessories. From the essentials for novices to specialized tools reserved for professionals…
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2
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Choosing framing papers and mat boards
Papers, boards and covering materials are available in different sizes. Thickness of these items is expressed in millimeters or in fractions: 20/10ths of mm = 2 mm. Their weight, or "grammage" (basis weight), is specified in grams per square meter.
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3.75
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Printmaking: Choose your paper
The production of prints or the creation of an artist's book requires, above all, paper with the proper specifications.
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4.6
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Manufacturing: Papermaking on a fourdrinier papermachine
Paper is most often made on a fourdrinier papermachine
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4
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Manufacturing: Traditional papermaking: cylinder mould
Papermaking on a cylinder mould is a highly traditional process, the closest to handmade paper (but without its drawbacks – defects, irregularities, etc.). Its principle has remained unchanged since its creation at the beginning of the 19th century.
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4
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Paper manufacturing
Paper is a mat of plant fibres. The raw material is thus paper pulp, produced from a variety of fibres:
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4
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Technical drawing: Selecting your accessories
Measuring, drawing, cutting, erasing… Technical drawing, depending on how experienced you are, requires many accessories. The perfect panoply for the perfect designer!
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3.333335
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Technical drawing: Selecting your medium
From the initial sketch to the final diagram, technical drawing is multi-faceted! Therefore, you need to select each medium carefully, in correlation with the nature of your work.
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2.5
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Technical drawing: Selecting your paper
Texture, format, thickness, grid: a wide range of paper, tracing paper and transparent film readily adapts to all your creations.
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