noisician

noisician 3 months

@Lacko Illustration - Thanks for your comments! Yes, I actually did put varnish on all the pages, and this seemed to help (before that, pages immediately began sticking together). With the varnish, apparently it took a few months (and presumably some amount of pressure from being squeezed into a book shelf) before the pages glued to each other.

Lacko Illustration 4 months

Just read your comments about your pages sticking together. Perhaps a few clear coats of a workable fixative or a varnish for the next book. I used fixative on my pencil work. That and doubling up pages with glue also helped them not to stick.

Lacko Illustration 4 months

Love the William S Burroughs painting in your collection. Big fan of WSB. Often listen to his readings when I work.

"Smash the control images.
Smash the control machine."

noisician 6 months

@D Chai Sourh: thanks for the Dorland's wax tip, sounds promising!

D Chai Sourh 6 months

I came across information that proved useful. Please experiment to verify findings. Using acrylic as we both know makes the pages stick. Try using Dorland's wax medium. after paint has dried, rub in wax medium with soft cloth. Let stand for few hours. Then rub off with clean cloth.

You can also heat the wax into the acrylic but you have to watch out for how it effects your artwork. When the wax dries..still buff it out. I know Dorlands is generally used for oils..but I think this method is a winner.

D Chai Sourh 7 months

thanks for the response. I am actually incorporating wax paper into the book on the facing pages. So far my preliminary test appear to be working.

noisician 7 months

@ D Chai Sourh: thanks for your comments! I haven't looked into Saatchionline, and did not sign up for the 2012 project... partly I think because of the trouble with using acrylic in the book.

I didn't find a good solution for using acrylic on facing pages. If the paint is very thin, or if you don't paint on facing pages, I think there is less of a problem. I thought I had solved it by covering every page with matte varnish, and when I saw my book in Brooklyn at the opening, it seemed *mostly* OK. But then I heard some time later that pages were starting to get badly stuck together. I think that there is probably no way to keep painted acrylic surfaces from sticking together if they are left touching and under pressure for a long time.

D Chai Sourh 7 months

Love your work. Have you considered using wwww.saatchionline.com to sell prints of your work? also wanted to know if you are participating in the 2012 sketchbook project, if so what is your theme?

I to make the acrylic nightmare mistake. have you a solution by any chance?

Raccoon906 10 months

Amazing portrait work, I've really enjoyed looking through all your pictures.

Cindy Schnackel 11 months

Beautiful portraiture, love the loose style and intuitive editing of details.