Re: PVA vs RB Glue

In Reply to: Re: PVA vs RB Glue posted by James Morton on 08/21/00 at 12:59 PM:

>>>BUT consider this: if the artwork deteriorates rapidly because of the use of ill-considered materials or techniques it might be in such a deplorable state that a future owner will not wish to invest any effort and expense into maintaining it -- considering too far gone to bother. <<<

That's a given assumption. I hardly think that using a rabbitskin glue size and white lead ground and painting with high-quality long paints puts the picture at risk. After all, it's the same stuff used by the masters whose works have come down to us intact. Why waste time using exotic (and dangerous)materials like BEVA or even PVA carpenter's glue on the say-so of a restorer or someone who does not have a reputation as one of the premier paint makers. Whilst Gamblin does have a gift for self promotion, his attitude toward various pigments and vehicles rings of commercial convenience, not a quest for the very best materials. His pronouncements fly in the face of the great paint makers and their products. There's a very good reasn that Old Holland costs twice what Gamblin's paint costs. If anyone doesn't understand that, they are more easily-gulled consumers than serious artists searching for something other than novelty items.

BTW I am not at all impressed with the fact that the Smithsonian ordered paint from Gamblin any more than I would be if he made paint for DisneyWorld or P.T.Barnum's collection of oddities. The Smitsonian and places that have pickled babies and the world's largest ball of twine ain't an art museum.


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