gum & gloy

TERRY KING (101522.2625@compuserve.com)
19 Feb 96 07:07:34 EST

Judy

You must meet Dunstan. There is no one else like him !

I think that I have already said this. I think I started this whole Gloy bit.
when an art school had not had its gum arabic delivered and I had to get
students to scour the local stationers. I used it at a number of workshops
around the country and it began to catch on. If you want the very best and are
looking for a pure water-colour effect with great subtelty and are prepared to
suffer a low success rate, then use gum arabic and water-colour. Gloy lacks a
certain gentleness and has a slight sheen. It is quicker and gives a greater
success rate. I suspect that it will only be the artist who will know the
difference.

I do not mean PVA, I mean Gloy. I do not know what surfactants and colour
Henkel add to to the PVA but it works similarly to gum arabic. Straight PVA is
unusable at the second coat. There may be ways of overcoming this but I will not
find out until I have to. One of my students has some kind of in with Henkel and
may be able to find out, but they would not tell me.

I heard the other day that Lynn Silverman has left Derby. She is a lady whose
work I admire. Where is she now?

I assume that you are using 'kvetch' in its meaning of 'flaff' rather than 'arf
inch' .And the second time as 'grolly'.

Terry