Browsing Archive: resources, 2014

Making the Glue Paste for Scroll Mounting

Posted by Oi Yee Tai on Tuesday, January 14, 2014, In : Chinese Scroll Mounting

I will be explaining in my blog how to mount rice paper on silk scrolls. The first step in Chinese scroll mounting is to make the glue paste

Mix flour with cold water

remove the gluten 去麵筋

use sieve to filter at least twice

Steaming the artwork

Posted by Oi Yee Tai on Sunday, January 12, 2014, In : Chinese Scroll Mounting

Before mounting, the painting or calligraphy on rice paper needs to be steamed in high heat for about 15 minutes to prevent the ink from running. All artwork that has been done within the past 6 months will need to be steamed. You can skip this process for artwork older than 6 months.

All artwork sent to us for mounting will be steamed as we will not be sure how old or new it is.