I’m helping out a local non-profit museum with an exhibit of a late artist. One of the pieces is a wonderful 8″x10″ acrylic self-portrait on canvas. It was removed from its stretcher bars years ago and we’re trying to think of a nice way to hang it. There’s not enough canvas on the sides to pull, so I can’t restretch it onto new stretcher bars.
I was thinking of mounting it onto a hard surface. I just bought a nice unprimed wood panel from Blick with 1″ sides. I was thinking of glueing the canvas painting onto the front wood surface.
Do any of you have any experience with mounting a painted canvas onto a hard surface like this? Do you have any tips or advice? I was thinking of sealing the wood front with Gamblin PVA. Then when it was dry, I would adhere the painting itself using PVA glue. I’d try to carefully burnish it to remove any air bubbles, then put a piece of cardboard on top of it, then books to weigh it down. Then I’d let it dry overnight. When it’s done, I would then trim the excess unpainted 1/2″ canvas that used to be stapled on the sides of the old stretcher bars.
What do you guys think?
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