"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh
Well, there were some serious "tricks of the trade" on display there!
One of those tricks reminded of one that I used after I inherited all of my dad's photos.
Nearly all are sizes that are common today, but did include three panographs, the old fashioned sort taken with a wide angle lens, and printed on VERY wide paper. As in, 19", 27", and 29" wide.
They were rolled up for decades. When I decided to frame them, I had to flatten them, which was VERY difficult, given all the drying and cracking.
After a bit of research, I learned that if you put the photo in a closed container, above a pool of water, for an extended period, the increased humidity would gently rehydrate the paper, and more or less flatten it out.
That worked, but I put the photos under weights for a few more weeks to complete the process. I was then able to get them framed.
Bonus bonus: The Navigators. A documentary about the inhabitants of the Pacific Islands. It runs about an hour, in two parts. Worth a look for the boatmaking skills - amazing what the old peoples could do when working with their hands was the only option. https://archive.org/details/thenavigators
Somewhere in the bowels of the internet there is a clip I saw ages ago where some clever people covered a floor in their house with pennies and poured resin over it. It was a pretty cool looking floor, too.
Well, there were some serious "tricks of the trade" on display there!
ReplyDeleteOne of those tricks reminded of one that I used after I inherited all of my dad's photos.
Nearly all are sizes that are common today, but did include three panographs, the old fashioned sort taken with a wide angle lens, and printed on VERY wide paper. As in, 19", 27", and 29" wide.
They were rolled up for decades. When I decided to frame them, I had to flatten them, which was VERY difficult, given all the drying and cracking.
After a bit of research, I learned that if you put the photo in a closed container, above a pool of water, for an extended period, the increased humidity would gently rehydrate the paper, and more or less flatten it out.
That worked, but I put the photos under weights for a few more weeks to complete the process. I was then able to get them framed.
Bonus bonus: The Navigators. A documentary about the inhabitants of the Pacific Islands.
ReplyDeleteIt runs about an hour, in two parts. Worth a look for the boatmaking skills - amazing what the old peoples could do when working with their hands was the only option.
https://archive.org/details/thenavigators
That floor idea is awesome.
ReplyDeleteExcept for smoothing the acrylic, it's very easy too.
Somewhere in the bowels of the internet there is a clip I saw ages ago where some clever people covered a floor in their house with pennies and poured resin over it. It was a pretty cool looking floor, too.
ReplyDelete