How to mount paper or canvas to wood?

[ejfarrae]

I would be interested in hearing any ideas that anyone has on the best ways to mount a painting or drawing done on paper or unstretched canvas to a wood or masonite support. i have tried acrylic medium with limited success and also contact cement, but that gets a little unwieldy when dealing with anything of any size. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[Leaflin]

Here is an excellent demo that Larry did.:)

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Articles/Larry_Seiler/110/

Also these two threads contain more info

http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2707

http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2706


I would avoid the use of Rubber Cement on anything that you want to be around for more than a year.
It destroys art with a vengeance.

[Leaflin]

ejfarrae
I just noticed that this was your first post.:)
Welcome to WetCanvas.
Hope to see some of your work soon.

[ejfarrae]

thanks for the info leaflin.

didn't know that about rubber cement. thankfully i never used it on anything important.

thank you also for the welcome. obviously i am just learning my way around the website. as far as posting some of my work, i would love to. if i can just figure out how....

[Leaflin]

Your welcome.
It takes awhile but you will get the hang of it.
If you have any problems post a question in the Welcome/New Users forum and someone is sure to help you out :)

Enjoy.