> Let me put on my archivist's hat and say than anything organic put on
> a print will make it more attractive to tiny beasties who look upon
> in as food. Paper eating insects are bad enough. Why make it worse
> by putting "iceing on the cake?"
How about gelatine added to paper? Not just as added size, but in other
forms. I have been experimenting with gelatine to glue paper to
substrate. Paper will release, but layer of gelatine remains on it. Is
that bug icing?
How would a hardener affect edibility? Many printers use a "hard"
gelatine without further hardening. Are they, too, feeding the
silverfishes?
And where do these insects come from? Who are they? I mean I don't meet
them around the house,except occasionally in the bathtub, where I don't
generally store art. Once the prints are left around in an old barn,
they're fair game, I should think.
Well Bob, you opened this can of worms. Now your public wants to know.
However, I'll add also that a few well placed wormholes can be very
decorative. (As witness the artfully placed wormholes of Francesco
Clemente's "Indian miniatures.")
Judy