Re: gum arabic

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Subject: Re: gum arabic
From: Loris Medici <mail@loris.medici.name>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:32:19 +0200 (EET)
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I'm not that much confident since I had read this:
http://www.history.org/foundation/journal/Winter01-02/bird.cfm

What do you (all) think?

Regards,
Loris.


30 Ocak 2009, Cuma, 4:27 am tarihinde, Judy Seigel yazmış:
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> ...
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> I wouldn't worry about "archival qualities" either... Not that I speak
> with authority about the chemistry, but I figure that, hardened by
> dichromate, odds are good the gum will last as long as, maybe longer than,
> the paper. Not to mention that the "patina of age" is an enhancement for
> MOST art (tho I realize that's not this discussion).