Pictures on canvas, Whatman paper or firm basis, for example on fibreboard, write after rather long preparation, and it begins with production of the stretcher. Artists use rather simple and checked way for its assembly.
It is required to you
- Wooden rails, industrial or furniture stapler, wood saw, hammer, nails, PVA glue.
Instruction
1. For production of the stretcher pick up and prepare knotless rail and cracks, rectangular cross section. One of corners of rail should be cut off then to saw it on pieces, using the joiner's miter box, so that at assembly of the stretcher the chamfered corner has turned out inside, on face side. It must be done in order that further the canvas has turned out tense from edge to edge. Calculate external dimensions of the stretcher and sustain such that after canvas stretch (will most of all increase on corners) it easily entered frame, but also without gleams at look from face side.
2. Now cut from bar corners for strengthening of design. Collect rails with corners on glue, leave to dry. When glue completely dries, in addition fasten the stretcher with self-tapping screws, twisting them through rail in corners. If sides of the stretcher rather big, exceed the sizes of 100х75 cm, they should be strengthened cross-piece, or even the crosspiece that at canvas stretch has not led rail, or has not bent. Pick up for this purpose rails with the section of the smaller sizes that they did not stick out neither with front, nor from backside.
3. The Whatman paper is pulled slightly moistened with water, taking on reverse side brackets by means of the stapler, in process of drying, waves which have appeared as a result of small unevenness of stretch, will be smoothed. Pull canvas with noticeable effort, before having taken one long party behind design, having oriented it fibers parallel to sides of the stretcher. Fix it on rear side as well as Whatman paper. Create corners accurately, beautifully, without big hillocks, it is possible on glue, after supporting with brackets.
6. Paste over all back surface of the stretcher with dense paper so that its edges did not support external limits. After drying of glue cut off surplus edge of safety razor or thin knife inside. Now your stretcher is ready, it is possible to begin creative process!