What's it good for? It's good for stretching watercolour paper (on a board that's bigger all round), and easy to remove afterwards by dampening it because gum arabic remains water-soluble.
It's also great for sealing the edges of a screen for art screenprinting. After it has dried give the tape a double coat of polyurethane varnish.
See also Testing the gummed paper tape
Tree, Chaguaramas -- Update
After printing a few sheets of the third colour I've decided to abandon this print for now because the registration of the yellow is way off. I didn't realise it was so bad until the third color went on. Luckily each colour is on a separate block so starting again is no problem except I'm out of paper and will have to wait for more to arrive before going ahead. Expecting to resume in a week or ten days.
1 comment:
Thanks for the tip on gummed paper - brilliant idea, especially as you can remove it with a little water application afterwards.
Looking forward to seeing the next stage of the tree, when you get back to it.
Best wishes, Lynn
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