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How to frame calligraphy

How to frame a painting or calligraphy is as follows:

1. Put the back of the work toward . Up flat on the table.

2, with a brush soaked in water to the back of the work, not too hard, not too dry, the work can be brushed flat.

3. Spread newspaper over the work to absorb the water.

4. Dilute the glue with water, not too thick, not too thin.

5, another wool brush to dilute the glue evenly on the back of the work, be sure to coat evenly. Then the work around the table on the extra glue sassafras clean.

6, take a piece of rice paper around than the work are about 2 centimeters wide, the left hand from - side of the rice paper, the right hand to take the brush (to dry brush) back and forth and slowly put the rice paper and continue to brush until the rice paper is completely attached to the work. {Example: we put the rice paper with the left hand holding the rice paper slowly put, then the right hand up and down back and forth brush, and constantly move to the left, brush can be covered with a layer of newspaper and continue to brush until there is no air bubbles.

7, this time in the extra 2 centimeters of the place to brush on the paste, and then prepare another two 5 cm wide by 10 cm long about the rice paper, covered in the work on one side of the 1/3 of the place, which is called "chimney" is to let the work back to keep breathable. Finally, with a knife or something to pick open the rice paper is a corner, slowly lifted. Note that the work should be attached to the rice paper.

8, after picking up the framed work, the work of the front facing themselves, go to a smooth wall (board) next to the closer the better, blowing, on the wall, with a dry brush in the work of vertical brush a brush, horizontal brush - brush, painting the meter can be, and finally put the work around the 2 centimeters to the outside brush. This - a pair of paintings are basically flat.

9, a number of days later, when the painting is dry with a knife to cut down the wall painting is good, cutting finished, framing is also over.